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WAR IS AT AN END
Spain Humbly Accepts the Terms of
This Countrys Protocol
The war is over The Spanish cabinet
after due consideration of the terms of
the protocol presented by President Mc
Kinley decided to accept it and M Cam
bon the French ambassador at Washing
ton was instructed to sign it With this
signature the war comes to a close after
nearly fdtar months duration The war
has been shorter than even the most san
guine anticipated Since April 21 the
date fixed by Congress as the beginning
of the struggle Porto Rico Cuba the
Ladrones and the Philippines have passed
into our possession two Spanish fleets
have been destroyed one Spanish army
has been captured and in every engage
ment the enemy has been defeated in the
face sometimes of overwhelming obsta
cles The valor endurance skill and dis
cipline of American soldiers have been
fairly tested and they have compelled the
admiration of the foreign military observ
ers The navy has covered itself with
glory and challenged the plaudits of the
whole world In these few weeks the
United States has taken position as one
of the strong naval nations and a military
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power which must hereafter be taken into
account in world movements The coun
try has entered upon its imperial career
The United States Government is now
in a position to proceed to the negotiation
of terms of peace and the peace commis
sioners in compliment to the French Gov
ernment will meet iu Paris Under the
protocol which Spain accepted Porto Rico
will be ceded to the United States Cuba
will be freed and Spain at the earliest
practicable day will evacuate all its West
Indian possessions This country will also
have a coaling station in the Ladrone Isl
ands Manila Bay with the city and
surrounding territory will be retained by
the United States and the future govern
ment of the Philippine Islands will be de
termined by the commission
Spain is whipped If she had not recog
nized that fact she would necessarily have
been subjected to an unmerciful trounc
ing The proud Castilians yielded to the
inevitable and humbly accepted the terms
of peace offered by the United States In
the history of warfare it is doubtful if
the conqueror ever treated the conquered
more generously The war that has been
conducted on our part with humanity
amounting to chivahy would have been
continued if need were but Spain in such
event could not have looked for any more
of the forbearance that has characterized
its conduct thus far No money indem
nity is wrung from an exhausted and im
poverished people and no humiliation
pressed upon them other than that which
is entailed upon defeat in battle So far
as the exaction of territory is concerned
it is nothing but what the world foresaw
nt the beginning of hostilities When the
Spanish Government dismissed our minis-
t Madrid it placed its American pos-
ms In the scale which the ruthless
l wfl sure to outweigh As a
to Cuban independence followed
frjo Ilican possession There could be
no other outcome To leave Spain in
poMSsiou f Torto Rico would be to
leave the seeds of a disease that would
again break out and again demand our
Intervention As to the Pacific islands
we are willing to leave them to the de
termination of a peace commission with
the sole reserve that coaling and naval
stations at least must be retained by us
Peace conios with all her blessings and
for thiK a united and humane neople may
well be thankful The war has not been
nn unmixed evil We have gained a pres
tige in the world that never will be light
ly challenged by any power The pur
on for whichthe war was entered upon
oh ur paj t have been accomplished Cuba
- Is Free We Ilave Remembered the
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Fpaniarda LayDown Arms
The city of Gunntanamo surrendered
to Gen Ewers Six thousand Spanish
- oldiers marched to the barracks and piled
up their arms and over two million rounds
of ammunition were turned over to the
Americans
Now Camp Wikoff
Hereafter the designation of the camp
at Montauk Point will be Camp Wikoff
in honor of Col Charles A Wikoff of the
Twenty second United States infantry
who was killed at the head of his brigade
lhe 1st of July at Santiago
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SPAIN HAS ACCEPTED
PROTOCOL IS SIGNED
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THE WAR IS ENDED
OUR TERMS FOR PEACE
Queen Christina and the Spanish Ministers
Bow to Uncle Sam
Every Demand Made by President McKinley Is Agreed To by
the Spanish Government
A THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS
THE TERMS SPAIN HAS ACCEPTED
Conditions as officially announced by
the President
First No claim lor pecuniary
indemnity
Second The relinquishment
of Spanish sovereignty over Cuba
and the immediate evacuation of
the inland
Third The cession to the United States and im
mediate evacuation by Spain ot Porto Rico and other
islands in the West Indies and the like cession of an
island in the Ladrones
Fourth The United States to occupy and hold
the city bay and harbor ot Manila pending the con
clusion of a treaty of peace covering the future of
the Philippines
Fifth Commissioners to be named by the United
States and Spain to conclude the treaty of peace
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HONOR FOR BOTH
Schley and Sampson Are to Be Rear
Admirals
The President will recommend to Con
gress that Acting Rear Admiral Sampson
be advanced eight numbers and Commo
dore Schley six numbers This will result
in making each a rear admiral but with
Commodore Schley ranking immediately
below Sampson Captain Clark of the
Oregon will be recommended for an ad
vance of six numbers in the captains
grade and Lieutenant Commander Wain
wright will go up eight numbers Other
promotions throughout the fleet will be
recommended
The promotion of Schley and Sampson
adds two more to the roll of rear admirals
who have won their advancement by gal
lant services in the present confiict The
list- now includes Dewey Schley and
Sampson all of whom have done heroic
work for their country and have demon
strated the prowess of the United States
as a naval power
The promotion of Lieutenant Command
er Wainwright marks him for especial
distinction as he is the only naval officer
who has been twice recommended for
higher honors during the war and none
more richly deserve such recognition than
this gallant officer who first waged suc
cessful battle with two of the enemys
most dreaded war machines at the mouth
of Santiago harbor and a few days later
gallantly sailed his vessel into the port of
Ponce and raised the Stars and Stripes
for the first time as a conquering invader
upon the soil of Porto Rico This daring
young commander who comes of splendid
fighting stock has added new luster to
his countrys arms and may be counted
upon to -fill a place in martial history be
side the grandest heroes who have done
service in army and navy
Captain Clark of the Oregon has nobly
won the honors his country bestows upon
its heroes His unrivaled achievement in
making the longest voyage ever made
with a battleship and then participating
in one of the most memorable naval en
gagements in the worlds history doing
incalculable damage to the enemys fleet
proves his ability as a commander
SIGNING OF THE PROTOCOL
Elaborate Ceremony Attending the
Proceeding at the White House
M Cambon the French ambassador
was elaborately received at the White
House when he came representing the
Spanish Government to sign the protocol
He was conducted to the diplomatic re
ception room where he found four copies
of the protocol spread out upon the big
mahogany table Two of these were in
French and two in English The United
States retained one copy of each and M
Cambon the same One clause in the pro
tocol relates to an immediate cessation of
hostilities and this was ordered as soon
as the document was signed The tele
gram which had already been sent to the
commanders of the army and navy ac
quainted them with the status of the
peace negotiations and operated by bring
ing about a temporary truce The dis
patches sent immediately after the sign
ing instruct Gens Miles and Merritt to
cense further operations and notify the
Spanish commanders of the fact that all
fighting has ceased The impressiee cere
mony accompanying the signing of the
protocol was witnessed by a number of in
vited guests
TO RULE NEW ISLANDS
Plans for Temporary Government Are
Considered
Plans for the temporary government of
Cuba- and the territory which will be ac
quired from Spain as a result of the war
are now under serious consideration by
the President and the members of the
cabinet Torto Rico as an actual addi
tion to the territories of the United States
will be placed in charge of a military gov
ernor who will exercise a supervisory
control of all the functions of government
under the direction of the President until
Congress snail determine upon a perma
nent form of government for the island
The President under the constitution
and laws has no authority to go beyond
this preliminary or temporary stage in
the establishment of any system of gov
ernmental controls and although it is al
together probable that in his message to
Congress on the subject he will exercise
his constitutional privilege of making rec
ommendations upon Congress alone will
devolve the responsibility and duty of
determining the character of the political
relations which Torto Rico shall perma
nently bear to the United States There
are reasons for the belief that the Presi
dent himself favors a colonial form of
government and that this view is shared
by members of the cabinet Canada is
cited as having a model colonial govern-
That Is About What the War Will Cost
the United States
The evidence on every hand that the
war is about at an end has aroused the
mathematicians They are now engaged
in demonstrating what the cost of the
whole war will have been to the Govern
ment when the last volunteer soldier is
at home the last penny of war bond in
terest paid the last pension awarded
This calculation is of course far reaching
Fairly accurate estimates of the extraor
dinary expenses of the army and navy
during March April May June July and
August gave them as 150000000 of
which about 105000000 was expended
between April 25 and Aug 0 and 123
000000 between April 1 and Aug G The
latest calculation based upon treasury re
ports and comparisons with similar ex
penses during the civil war calculates the
war expenses from April 1 1S98 to April
1 1809 at which time it is assumed all
extraordinary expenses will have ended
and adds thereto interest and pension
charges growing out of the war and an
arbitrary estimate of the value of the
labor lost by volunteers entering the army
According to this calculation the war will
eventually have cost the United States
1000000000 Here is a table of esti
mates of war expenses
Current war expenses April 1
1898 to April 1 1899 400000000
War expenditures of the separ
ate States 15000000
Citizen contribution to soldiers
aid liifOOOUOO
Wiir damage claims against the
Government 20000000
Loss of labor of 230000 volun
teer soldiers one year 100000000
Interest on war debt 90000000
Probable new pensions to be
paid 300000000
Value of the Maine 3000000
Total 943000000
This estimate is so close to 1000000
000 that the round total may in the end
represent the expense of Spains mistakes
for us
JAPAN OFFERS AGUINALDO AID
Will Supply Arms to Rebels if United
States Withdraws
A dispatch from Hong Kong says that
a delegation from the Philippine junta
visited Mr Wildman the American con
sul and informed him that certain offi
cers of the Japanese cruisers Matsushima
and Takasago had declared that Japan
WHAT SPAIN HAS LOST
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The total shaded portion represents the amount of colonial territory we have
taken from Spain as compared with the area of the mother country Tho doubly
sliaded portion represents the population of the captured possessions as compared
with the population of the mother country
ment which is satisfactory alike to a ma
jority of its people and to the mother
country
Upon the evacuation of Cuba it is be
lieved to be the intention of the President
to establish for the whole island a tem
porary military government similar to
that now in operation at Santiago When
order has been fully restored and the peo
ple have settled down to their peaceful
occupations it is believed to be the view of
the President that a convention of repre
sentatives of the people should be called
to vote upon the question of a form ci
government for the island
WRECK OF THE RE1NA MERCEDES NEAR SANTIAGO
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WHAT IT CO TS TO FIGHT SPAIN
Actual Expense Thus Far Has Been
800000 a Day
Up to the present time it is estimated
at the Treasury Department the actual
amount paid out in war expenses since
the conflict with Spain began is 95000
000 The average daily expense has been
about 800000 During July it was about
1000000 a day It is believed however
that when a final accounting is made the
cost will foot up 1500000 a day for the
army and navy
Victoria on Spanish War
Parliament was prorogued Friday The
Queens speech concerning the Spanish
American war says Her majesty has
witnessed with the deepest sorrow the
hostilities between Spain and the United
States The present negotiations give
hope of an honorable and enduring peace
Would Sell the Philippines
Spain is considering favorably the prop
osition to sell the Philippines as it is
believed the United States will only take
Manila and the adjacent territory
had authorized them to offer to supplj
Aguinaldo with arms and ammunition
gratis -in the event of the United States
abandoning the Philippines and the in
surgents wishing to fight for their inde
pendence
SPANIARDS BLOW UP A BRIDGE
Enemy Driven from Vicinity of Coamo
by Our Troops
After the capture of Coamo troop C of
Brooklyn was ordered out along the road
leading to Aibonito The American
troopers had not gone far when they dis
covered a party of Spanish engineers who
were attempting to destroy all the bridges
spanning the streams The Americans at
once started toward the Spaniards who
fled and pursued them for five miles The
pursuit was so close that the Spaniards
did not succeed in doing any damage to
the bridges until they reached a point
three miles from Aibonito Here they
were able to halt long enough to blow
up a culvert bridge
First Loss in Porto Rico
Two of Gen Schwans soldiers privates
in the Eleventh infantry j were killed in a
battle near Mayaguez Porto Rico These
were the first deaths in the Porto Ilican
army of invasion Fifteen others were
wounded including Lieut Byron of the
Eighth cavalry
Spanish Craft Destroyed
In a skirmish on the coast of Pinar del
Bio Cuba between American marines
and Spanish soldiers Emanuel Koulouris
a Greek belonging on thw gunboat Ban
croft was killed Sevens Spanish ves
sels were captured or destroyed there and
off the Isle of Pines
Not Fit to Fight
It is known that Spains only remaining
warships which are at Cadiz under Ad
miral Camara are unsafe and the fighting
gear and turrets on all of the shipi are
practically unmanageable
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WAR HISTORY OF A VEER
Saturday
The Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa float
ed
The order dismissing the Michigan
naval reserves from the service revoked
by Secretary Long
The Spanish cabinet decided to accept
without change the terms of peace offer
ed by America the Queen Ilegent also as
senting
Camp McCalla held by marines since
the first invasion of Cuba near Santiago
abandoned The camp was burned and
the marines returned on board ship
Guayama Porto Rico occupied by the
Third Illinois and Fourth Ohio regiments
under Gen Haines after a sharp engage
ment in which four Ohio men were wound
ed
Sundny
The tug Hudson captured a Spanish
ploop and sank another off Cnrdenas
The rough riders the First regular cav
alry and Cummings battery sailed from
Santiago for Montauk Point
General forward movement of the
American army begun from Ponce Porto
Rico the objective point being San Juan
Secretary Alger decided to have the
bodies of the soldiers who were killed or
who died of disease at Santiago brought
to the United States
Monday
Sampsons report on the work af his
fleet given to the public
Spains reply to the American peace
terms reached Washington
Gen Shafter reported eleven deaths and
many new cases of fever in his army
Three transports loaded with men from
Gen Shafters army sailed for the United
States
Gen Shafter in dispatches to Washing
ton disclaimed responsibility for the suf
fering of sick soldiers on the transports
Concho and Seneca
Secretary Long of the navy wrote a let
ter containing an elaborate defense of
Rear Admiral Sampson against the nu
merous criticisms that have been made
upon him
Tuesday
The monitor Monterey and its collier
Brutus arrived at Manila
Spaniards at Guautanamo laid down
their arms and surrendered to Grig Gen
Ewers
Spain accepted President McKinleys
peace terms Certain representations
made regarding Cuba which were not ac
cepted
Gen Ernsts brigade captured Coamo
Porto Rico after a lively fight in which
seven Pennsylvania volunteers were
wounded Two hundred Spaniards were
taken prisoners
Wednesday
The Fifth Illinois were embarked at
Newport News for Porto Rico but receiv
ed orders to disembark
Orders issued removing a number of
regiments from the present camps in the
South to new camp grounds
Reports reached Santiago that Garcia
had captured Gibara and that he was
besieging Ilolguin with 8000 men
Said that Japan hns made an offer to
aid the Philippine insurgents with arms
and ammunition in case America aban
dons the islands
Gen Merriam at San Francisco was
ordered to assemble transports as rapidly
as ptjifiiblo to embark the 5000 men now
on the cof rerStuilife -
A system of tariff rates for Cuban ports
in possession of the United States was
formulated by the War Department Unit
ed States importers or exporters not ex
empted
Protocol covering the peace terms of
tho United States was agreed upon by M
Cambon representing Spain and Presi
dent McKinley It was telegraphed to
Madrid
Admiral Dewey wrote to Congressman
Livingston of Georgia expressing grati
tude for his introduction into Congress of
the resolution- thanking Dewey and his
mn for their victory at Manila
Thursday
Gen Miles troops were resting near
Aibonito
Spains cabinet formally approved Pres
ident McKinleys peace protocol and a
cablegram was sent to M Cambon au
thorizing him to sign in behalf of Spain
Friday
President McKinley issued a proclama
tion announcing a suspension of hostili
ties
Peace protocol was signed st the White
House by Secretary of State Day and M
Cambon
Orders were telegraphed to our com
manders at the front to carry out the
terms of the protocol and the proclama
tion
The Stars and Stripes raised over May
aguez Porto Rico the people receiving
Gen Schwans troops with the wildest
nithusiasm
Sparks from the Wires
The coinage of the mints of the United
States during July aggregated 0940744
of which 5S53900 was gold
The United States requested England
to join in dissuading Italy from bombard
ing the city of Cartegena Colombia
Only one gold claim in ten around Daw
son City Klondike is paying wages but
those which pay yield large sums
Thirty million bushels of coal is loaded
on barges at Pittsburg Pa awaiting
high water to float down the Ohio river
By the bravery of Hugh McCutcheon
an inside foreman forty men were saved
from death in a burning mine near Scran
ton Ta
Ex Senator Warner Miller is now confi
dent that the Nicaragua canal will be
built owned and operated by the United
States
The Spanish army officers at -Santiago
accuse Gen Linares of having purposely
shifted the responsibility of surrender to
the shoulders of Gen Toral
The Chicago Commercial Association is
laying plans for a trade carnival to be
held there Oct 3 to cost 200000
The brig Harriet G has made the jour
ney from New York to St Michael Alas
ka with a party of prospectors for the
gold fields
Four thousand men are scattered along
Stewart river Alaska waiting the open
ing of the season to begin gold mining
operations
It is reported at Yokohama that Ha
waii agreed to pay Japan 200000 to set
tle the dispute about the exclusion ol
Japanese emigrants from Hawaii
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