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TOLUME XXIX .--NUMBER 15.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 20, 1898.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,47!.
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'. Cbargcs .Uwt the Defendsat Has Failed
'tIAecoaat for Proceeds off- gale, of
Taraa rrostacts Raised at Kearney by
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1 . Uie ladaatriai School.
:'- Lincoln special to the Omaha Bee:
- Iq 'accordance with the report made
. by." .the "Mutr investlcating committee
-bme time ago. Attorney General
'"" 8nvth' has commenced suit in the dls
.trljt court Of Buffalo county- against
Jo'hn-T. Mallalieu of the industrial
school -at Kearney, and- his bondsmen,
"-; J:. Swltz. F. J. Robertson and J. H.
.J-lrrlir, to recover an alleged deficit of
44.468.38. together with interest at the
"-rate of 7 per cent from February 1.
18S7: The petition recites that in 1891
r'John T. .Mallalieii. in bis capacity 01
superintendent of the industrial icbcol,
told to the Oxnard Beet Sugar com-
-pany at Grand Island twenty-two ear
. loads of beets, the property of the
state- of .Nebraska, for which he was
.- paid, the sum of f 1.186.07. In 1892 he
cdld to the 'same company forty-three
rarloads of beets for $2,835.54. in 189-1
feeven carloads for $442.88. in 1894
-twelve carloads for JGG3.3G. in 189.1
..:twerity-e'Ight carloads for $1,912.23 and
; In 1896 thirty-tbree carloads for $1,-
921.68. The total amount received by
- h'im for the sugar "beets belonging to
the. state was f8.9Sl.6G. whereas he
only accounted to the state for $5.
P09.10". On ihis deal the state wants
.,$3,972.56. It is also alleged that in the
,- fall :of -1892 Mr. Mallalieu sold to D.
M Ferry ft Co. $15.72 worth of seed
: belonging to the state, and that he re
fused to account for it in any man-
. ner -Again, in December. 1896, be sold
Xo. Davjd Landreth & Sons 3.000
pounds of "White Spine" cucumber
. scd for $424.50 and turned over to
the Btate only $124.50. leaving a de-
--licit of $300. The petition states that
Mr. Mallalieu has converted to his own
use $415R.3.9. and asks, in addition to
-Judgment for the same, with interest,
that -the defendant shall pay the costs.
' Am to Nebraska Crop.
The Nebraska crop report says: The
-.rainfall' was below normal, exespt u
". some western and a few southeastern
counties, where heavy local showers
;." rjeenrred. The heaviest showers oc-
.. -fcurred, in Lancaster. Cass and Douglu.
counties, where the rainfall ranged
Trom three to six Inches. In most or
--of the remainder of the eastern par-
-.'tion of the state the rainfall was -Jess
" - - fhan half an Inch, and generally ex-
xeeded.half an inch In the western por-
:.'-tion..
' .The harvest of winter wheat and
'..rye has made progress and is well nd
" vanced, 'Stacking and threshing have
. commenred in the southern counties.
; "'-W.hefct will yield less than was v
, ;.-"Pcted a. few weeks ago. but Is a good
."! crop. The oat -harvest has eommenr---".ed..In
southern counties, and reports
!seera to 'Indicate iibout an average
" -"crpp.
. -:'-Corn1ia8 grown well in nil parts of
-:-.the statp, and is generally laid by
: . Icar of weeds and In goad condition.
- .- Jt Is smaller than usual at this spa
, . pon.df the year, and is just beginning
. to tassel. Rain would be beneficial to
; . corn in nearly all counties, but it has
-- not suffered -from droueht.
fcpeelal Day at the KzpoKltlon.
July 11, Massachusetts day; 14.
..girls'-aRd boys day. Ida county and
. Ida Grove (Iowa) day; 20, Minnesota
'day.
August 4. Stenocraphcrs dav; 9,
Iowa Knights of Pjthias day; 10. a-
Men's day; 11. Tennessee Red Men's
. day; 13. SL Joseph day: 15. Busincs
and Fraternal associations' day; 23.
pes Moines day: 25. Sioux Citv dav:
. 1R. Texas day; 27 Bohemian clay; 30
.Missouri day . .
"..September 1. K?nsnrdav:. 3. Edi
tors day: 5. Iahor day": 6. Colorado
day; 6, Rocky Ford Melon dav; -7. Por-
ArthuV dav; 8. Fraternal Union o?
'America- day: 9. Lumbermen's dav.
Woodmen of the World day; lo. New
Mexico day; 14. National Shrincrs'
;day; 15. New England day; 16 Ofcla-
koma day; IS and 19. Modern Wood
inrp days: 20 and 21. Iowa davs; 24.
.Commercial Travelers' flay.
-. October 1. Chicago day; 7. Knox Col
lege day; IT. I. O. O. F. day; 18. Ten-
essee" day.
. ' "SplcUcr Ila'Mltal FnntM
Camp Thomas (Ga.) corresponden -e-The
Seccn.d Nebraska 'has a hospital
m fund that. promises io fiirni3h the sick
- with all the -delicacies so necessary to
. iheir recovery. . Major' Mapcs met the
'. other, commanding officers of tre d'.-
rslon -this morning and an agreement
.was made whereby all patients, no
matter -from what regiment, will receive.-equal
treatment. A stated sum
per, week will be allowed each patient
Vfo.when a Nebraska boy lies alongside
' a New Yorker-or a Tcnnessean. he will
t be. compelled to watch them, amp-
ly supplied, while he is in want A
hospital fuftd is given Chaplain Tate
. ea5h: week;fro'm the proceeds of the
post exchange. lately established.. It is
the duty of the chaplain to see. that
-each patient wijl have just what be
craves most
" Hartley I. Jnhnnnn-Dead.
!.- Wprd-'has -been received from Salt
Lake City or the death of Hadley D.
. -Johnson at that place. -Mr. Johnson
was 87 years, of age.
Hadley D. Johnson was one of .ths
..founders of the state of Nebraska. lie
-came to Council Bluffs about 1852;cand
..roon Crossed -the river to Omaha. He
'..there took "a prominent part In bu-I
-- ess and PQlitfcaraTfairs. r.d'was one
.- or the first delecates. to congress from
the-territory.- He left Omaha in 18S2
.-going. to Salt Lake, where'hehas since
resided; having been in feeble health
for ."a number of years. . .
Beatrice Dispatch: There was .great"
.- rejoicing today among the parents, rel
. atives and- sweethearts of the members
of company C. First regiment Nebras
. ka Tolunteers, who re'eaived letters"
Tfcy the hundred from Honolulu, writ
tern there by the boys. But while these
- ' .were rejoicing over the good tiding
all were impressed by the sad thoughts
that there was one fanny, forwhom
'.there came no greeting:"no word save
, " the matter cf fact announcement, writ
tem by the company commander, of 4h
death of thir-fon. The bp.v3 all write
In glowing terms cf their trip.
Colmnbus dispatch:: ' Tschuay..
Lsugnlta tnd Butcher." three young
lads chanced with stealing hon.es. were
. arraigned on the information yester-
day before County Jndge Robinson'
and waived examination and were
boaad over to the district court -tha
bum of $2,000 each..
8atorday,..la1y 9.
Four transports carrying wounded
from the battlefield at Santiago have
arrived at Key West
Eleven lighters to debark siege guns
at Santiago have been wrecked In a
storm off the Cuban coast.
The Spanish consul at Hong Kong
cables that the insurgents at Cavlte,
Manila bay, have revolted against the
Americans.
It is said that 40.000 tons of coal -is
now on the way to the Philippines,
where it will be transferred to the
American fleet.
The officials of the Spanish embas
sy in London say they have no know
ledge of any peace negotiations being
on foot at present
A Madrid dispatch says that alL ru
mors as to peace negotiations are
semi-officially declared to be unfound
ed. Spain will never give in.
As a result of the cabinet meeting it
was decided to uispatcn a regiment
.of troops to Honolulu immediately
and J.he commandant at' the Presidio
has been communicated with to learn
what forces are available.
'The Rome Italio says negotiations
have been opened among the Euro
pean powers, with a view of arrang
ing peace. The best intentions, the
paper asserts, are manifested at Wash
ington, but the Madrid ' cabinet
strongly opposes any idea of peace.
The 'government has not yet deter
mined how to dispose of Admiral Cer
vera. A feeling of the highest admi
ration prevails at the actions of the oid
warrior and the noble spirit exhibited
by him in his misfortune. The dispo
sition is to treat him with as great
liberality as conditions will permit
A special dispatch from Madrid, re
viewing the situation, says: All Spain
knows of her defeat, and the people
arc beginning to realize the magnitude
of the disaster. The conservative press
exhorts good citizens to maintain
scace. An Important circular has
been sent to all the republican organi
zations, signed by the leaders and
bearing the motto, -Prepare."
Monday, July 1 1.
The Spanish refused unconditional
surrender, and the bombardment of
Santiago has commenced.
Six troop sips, carrying 2,500 men,
two batteries of artillery and a large
quantity of ammunition and supplies,
arrived at Santiago on the 10th.
Passengers report that only well-to-do
people can survive in Havana. The
poor people arc dying like sheep. It
is no uncommon sight to see them fall
dead in the streets.
Orders have been issued from the
war department to the commanding
otlicers at Camp Alger and Chicka
roauga to have a large force of men
ready to move to Tampa about July 17.
Confident of the early fall of -Santiago,
the navy department. is making
arrangements which. It is expected,
will result in advancing the date of
the eastern sauadron's departure for
Spain.
Captain Cocper of the naval academy
at Anapolis hiA completed his prepa
rations for the care of the eishty
Spanish naval officers. Including Ad
miral Ccrvcra, recently captured off
Santiago.
Assisted by bis son. Admiral Ccr
vcra ST-nm ashore from the burning
warship. th Maria Teresa, and was
picked up by the United States tor
pedo boat destroyer Gloucester, Lieu
tenant Commander Richard Wain
wrisht A letter from Madrid says that Gen
eral lllanco in replying to the gov
ernment's' request for his views, urges
war to the end. and aserts that the
Cubnn volunteers cannot be reconciled
to the idea of the handing of the is
lanls to the Americans, and that a
majority of the Cubans fevor Spain.
H. C. Fisk. company D, Nebraska
volunteers, died in Honolulu. Hawa
iian islands, June 26. The funeral was
.held on Sunday afternoon at the Cen
tral Union church. A company of the
national guard cf Hawaii acted as es
cort, and military honors were paid
to a soldier who died in a foreign land.
Mr. Fisk's home is at Adams. Neb.
Adjutant General Corbin has given
out a corrected list of officers dead and
wounded made out by a surgeon ar
rived at Tampa, giving the loss of
the Twenty-second infantry, formerly
stationed at Fort Crook, as follows:
Colonel Wyckoff, killed; Colonel Pat
tison. wounded; Captain Crittenden,
Killed; Captain S Moshcr, wounded;
Lieutenant Godfrey, wounded: Lieu
tenant Warrell. wounued; Captain
Lewis, sick; Low-ston. sick.
Taesday. Jaly 1.
A large expedition leaves Tampa
today, consisting of heavy artillery,
bound for Santiago.
Portugal is preparing to send troops
to the frontier, fearing an uprising
of the republicans in' Spain.
W. J. Bryan's regiment of Nebraska
infantry has been ordered to join Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee's corps at Jackson
ville. General Shafter's available force to
day, after counting all .reinforcements
and deducting the dead, sick ana
wounded, is 22.850 fighting men. ac
cording to military estimates.
Camera, when transshipping' coal at
Port Said, gave "a written guarantee
that his entire squadron was bound
direct to Spain. Emperado, Carlos V.
and. ten transports have joined the
squadron.
"A special- from Playa del Este says
tSat the Norwegian freight steamer
BraUon was captured by the Brook
lyn.. It had en board a cargo of sup
plies for Santiago, sent by merchants
at Kingston and Port Antonio on spec
ulation. "
The board .of survey appointed to
examine the wrecks of the Spanish'
shlps and to inquire Into the nature of
their injuries report that" only one
shin can possibly be saved. She' is
.the. Infanta Maria Teresa, the. former
flagship of Admiral Ccrvera.
" Adjutant 'General-Corbin " has. re
ceived from General Shatter a revised
and corrected report of the casualties
before Santiago on Julv l, 2 and S.
It slightly increases the number of
killed, and wounded. as given in his
rcrort at first
In Madrid it is asserted the. United
States makes, the following demands
as conditions of peace: First, "the
possession of Cuba and Porto Rico,
with a port atlhe Canaries; second,
an indemnity of abcut . $240,000,000;
'thjrd, retention of th'e Philippines as
a guaranty cf the payment of the In
demnity. These terms are Tegaded as
Impossible.
Wednesday, Jaly 13.
General Shatter has his lines closely
drawn about Santiago,
WAR news, summary:
. The Spanish conservative press de
clares Spain is prepared to accept
.peace provided it implies only the los::
ofCuba.
Senator John M. Thurston of Ne--braskky
believes the war with Spain
will practically be over with the, 'fall
of Santiago:
Secretary oC state Day, on entering
the cabinet authorized .the statement
that no peace overtures of any kind
has been made. V
After the Madrid abinet council
the ministers assertedthat Santiago
de Cuba had again rcfusedvthe Ameri
can demand for surrender.-
The navy department has asked for
bids for two floating docks. thCxtwo
to cost not exceeding $250,000, asre
cently provided by congress.
The Tribune of Rome publishes an
undated Kingston, Jamaica dispatch,
received at 6:20 p. m., affirming that
the city of Santiago de Cuba has ca
pitulated. General Toral sent ont & reply to
General Shafter's second' demand for
the unconditional surrender' of Santi
ago, reiterating his determination to
resist to Che last
An enthusiastic demonstration in
honor of Commodore Winfield Scott
Schley and his brnnant victory at
Santiago was held in Frederick. Md.,
where the commodore was born.
There is a rumor in London from
a strong Madrid source that Linares
evacuated Santiago with a majority
of his troops retreating to Holguin.
The movement was made during the
surrender parley. Toral with his hand
ful Is still holding the city, which
was looted and sacked of all valuables
by order of Linares.
The belief is prevalent in Madrid in
official circles that the probability of
direct overtures for peace with the
United States is only a question of
hours. The queen regent is as anx
ious as the ministers to come to terms
if the United States is not too exact
ing, otherwise the war party is sure
to have its own way.
Tbarmlay, Jaly 1 .
Sesor Sagasta, the premier, declares
that the peace propositions attributed
to President McKinley are inadmissi
ble. Terms offers' the Spaniards involva
the surrender of the garrisons at
Manzanillo, Hoiqnin. Santiago, Guan
tanamo and Earacoa.
A steamer arriving at Gibralter from
the Mediterranean reports having
sighted Admiral Caxnara's squadron
steering in the" direction of Cartagena.
According to advices received from
Havana Governor General Blanco
threatened to commit suicide when he
learned that Cervera's fleet was anni
hilated. A Madrid dispatch says that tnc
army and its supporters are violently
opposing peace negotiations the min
ister of war has laid before the queen
regent.
All the wounded at Fort McPher
son are doing well with the exception
of Captain Bigelow, Tenth cavalry,
who. in addition to the seriousness
of his wounds, is combatting a high
fever.
Captain Charles E. Clark, command
ing the Oregon, has been appointed
chief of staff of Commodore Watson,
commanding the eastern squadron, un
der orders to proceed to European
waters and harass the coast of Spain.
The remains of the late Capt. Grid
ley arrived In Eric. Pa., and were at
once turned over to the family, with
no demonstration. The funeral was
held at sunset and largely attended.
Business houses closed and flags were
at half mast.
Everything 'is in readiness at army
headquarters in San Francisco for the
departure of the Peru and Puebla and
the troops are simply awaiting the
documentary instructions as to the
garrison at Honolulu and for instruc
tions as to the annexation program.
The success attending tho attempt
to block the entire coast of Cuba is
gratifying to the government It is
said that since the president's second
order extending the blockading lines
no substantial' aid in the matter
food or war supplies has reached
Spanish forces in Cuba. -
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Friday, Jnly 15.
The cable destroyer Retamosa has
sailed for Cartagena. The Pelaya has
left for the Canaries as a guard ship.
Santiago has surrendered. The
American army is now in possession
of Cuba's former capital. The capit
ulation includes all the eastern portion
of Cuba.
Major General Otis has issued an or
der designating the troops for Manila
on the second section cf the fourth ex
pedifion or the fifth expedition as it
may be called.
Reports show that there was som1
mortality among the yellow fever easel
in General Shafter's army. This has
been slight, as it is said' up to the
present but five have resulted fatally.
The report of Santiago's capitulation
reached the house of commons at 11
o'clock at night The view generally
taken by British statesmen is that
the end of the American-Spanish wat
is in sight
Advices received at London from the
Canary islands, under date of- July 4,
say the two Spanish torpedo boats
were still at Las Palmas, and it was
announced that a Spanish warship
was at anchor at Teneriffe.
.
According to a special dispatch from
Madrid, the Corresponden tia Militar
announces that the government has
decided to suspend the payment of
salaries to all civil and military servants,-as
the money is needed for, war
expenses.
A -private, telegram from Madrid
states the Spanish cabinet is deter
mined to conclude peace, and M. Ga
mazo and Duke de .Almodovar, min
ister of foreign affairs; are preparing
a report stating conditions to wnTcri
Spain would agree.
It Is rumored that a -French spuad
ron consisting of two battleships and
three cruisers' will shortly proceed
.from Toulon to Tangier. Many fami
lies of Cueta and Algeciras fearing
American bombardment are emigrat
ing to Ronda and Jimera.
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The first chapter in the land, cam
paign of the United States against
Spain closed 'on- the 14th when the
Spanish gave place over Santiago
to the American flag. Next will fol
low the transportation of the Spanish
troops back to their native land and
the capture of Porto Rico, unless peace
soon Intervenes.
Jay Gould died in 1892. but his af
fairs are not entirely settled yet The"
state of New York placed a tax of
$587,000 ob his estate, which was con
tested by the executors. The case is
now before the Court of Appeals,
waich- is probably the final step In the
settleaenL
wta w or ra.
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"Honorable" Terms.May Be List
ened to in Spain
FRANCE MAY ACT FOR HER.
The Coaatltsttea Ila Beta Temporarily'
SopeadQd. F.savlag the Mlalatry Free
to Act WatBlaxtoa Ha Not Beea'
Notified of Negotiations Bat Is Iloaef al
i Madrid, July 16. The Official Ga
sebte to-day publishes a royal decree
temporarily suspending throughout
the Spanish peninsula the rights" of in
dividuals as guaranteed Jby tho consti
tut ion, The decrea adds that the gov
ernment will render an account to
parliament of tfci use it may make of
this measure.
The publication of the decree i gen-
i crally accepted-as convincing proof
that Spain is now ready to sue for
peace and that negotiations to that
eiYcct are actually in progress. The
government wishes to have full power
to suppress evidences of discontent or
rebellion that might appear. The
Carlists arc furions and sure to attempt
to create trouble.
One minister expressed the convic
tion that official overtures for peace
will be made before Sunday and there
is reason to believe France has offered
her services to Spain and that Spain
has drawn up conditions for peace
whleh offer a basis of negotiation.
Premier Sagasta is quoted as saying
that Spain wantt peace, but that "it
must be an honorable peace, as Spain
deserves."
"The army," the premier is said to
have added, "is anxious to resist to the
last, but the government cannot con
sent to such a useless sacrifice. Had
we our fleet, the situation would be
very different.'
The minister of war, General Correa,
is quoted as saying in an interview,
that be thought peace might be ar
ranged upon the following terms:
The United States and Spain to agree
to let the Cubans decide by a plebis
cite whether they desire independence
or autonomy under the suzerainty of
Spain. The two governments to agree
to abide by the result of the plebiscite.
In the event of the Cubans voting
for independence, the United States to
allow Spain nine months in which to
withdraw her army gradually and dig
nificdly, from Cuba.
Washington, July 10. "There have
been no overtures for peace received
by any. United States embassy or lega
tion abroad or by the department of
state at Washington."
That was the statement made by a
member of the cabinet. The cabinet
was in session almost two hours. The
royal decree of suspension of individ
ual rights in Spain gave rise to some
discussion as to the outlook for peace.
Secretary Day, however, reported there
were no overtures of any kind so far
made known to him. Dispatches fol
lowing up the announcement of the
surrender were eagerly awaited, but
did not come.
President McKinley gave expression
to-day to a strong desiro for an early
peace. Answering congratulations
upon the success of the Santiago cam
paign, he said: "I hope -for an early
peace now."
In the course of other interviews he
gave voice to the same sentiment, not
expressing his entire dciici, out a
strong hope that peace would come.
TO BE A WORLD POWER.
Seaator Davis Talks of th New Destlay
of America.
St, Paul. Minn., July 10. Senator
Cnshman IC Davis, chairman of the
Senate committee on foreign relations,
arrived home from Washington just in
time to hz welcomed by the news from
Santiago.
"We are entering upon a new era.
The flag will not be lowered from
P.awaii, and the fate of the Philippines
is linked with the destiny of the re
public This nation in the near future
is to become the leading factor in in
ternational politics. We cannot re
treat to our former policy of isolation.
In the domain of the Pacific, ours is
henccfori'x the paramount power, and
wc cannot escape the responsibility.
The future of an. unborn empire of the
nest, the furthest l est that borders
on the East again, lies in our hands.
"I believe we shall be equal to' this
responsibility. We can take care of
all the possessions we may acquire and
comfortably shoulder all the tremend
ous duties- we may assume. We shall
find the neeessarj- resources of states
manship, the qualities of diplomacy,
the strength of rulership that is our
heritage. The future broadens before
us in wonderful ways we could not
have foreseen. We may go to meet its
destinies, calm, confident, secure in
the might of the nation -and the' just
ness of its purposes."
TRYING TO STOP AMERICA.
Cnropeaa Chaaeellors Seek ti Head Off
Uncle Sam's Aggressloa.
Paris, July 16. The Matin has
received from its London corre
spondent, who has unusual sources
of information, a dispatch in which
he says the European chancellors
are now discussing the question of the
eventual intervention of the powers in
the Philippine islands. .
Germany would prefer the mainte
nance of the status quo. but as a con
sequence of the war. Spanish, sover
eignty disappeared. American sover
eignty must not be its successor.
An international agreement, the
Matin correspondent asserts, will be
established and the powers interested
in the islands would each.be called op
to protect its own interests. .
FEW DEATHS FROM FEVER.
Tfca Mortality
la tha Army at
Uago
eea Ucfat.
WAsmsoTOX, July 16. The War de
partment has 'posted a' dispatch from
Assistant Adjutant Greenleaf of Gen
eral Milea's "staff as follows:
"Sibojcet, July 15. Only twenty
three new cases of .yellow fever and
three deaths reported within the past
twenty-four hours. Type of disease
mild. Camp site moved whenever
practicable. Have taken vigorous
sanitary precautions to prevent the
spread of the disease,"
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HOW FOR PORTO RICO.
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Aaaeriea:
Expedition Is to Co
AgaUut
Tbat Island at Oace.
J Wasuixgtox, July 16. The first
Chapter of the land campaign of the
fJnitcd States against Spain closed
yesterday, when the Spanish colors
gave place over Santiago to the Amer
ican flag. Next will follow the trans
portation of the Spanish troops -back
to their native land, and the capture of
the island of Porto Rico, unless peace
intervenes.
$ The siege of Santiago had lasted two
Weeks; and was remarkable in many
respects and in none more than in the
ieavy percentage of loss through
death, wounds or sickness of the sol
diers and sailors engaged on both
sides. Looking back over the record
of these two weeks, it is seen that a
great ironclad squadron has been de
stroyed; that nearly a thousand' Span
ish sailors have been drowned.
L'
killed by shell and flame.
that an untold number of
Jkwaisb. soldiers have died in the
trenches of Santiago. On the other
hand, about 250 . American soldiers
have been -killed, and in round num
bers 2,000 more have been sent to the
hospitals from wounds, fevers and
other ailments. Our fleet had a re
markable exemption from disaster in
the many engagements it has' had with
the forts at the entrance to the harbor
and with the Spanish squadron.
"Next is Porto" Rico," said Secretary
Alger, after receiving news of Santi
ago's formal surrender. "And then, if
need be, Havana."
The secretary said that the Porto
TUcan expedition would go forward
immediately. It will comprise new
men entirely. The warriors in the
trenches before Santiago havo distin
guished themselves and it is not
deemed prudent to bring them in un
necessary contact with new troops, in
view of the danger of spreading con
tagion. The sick soldiers will be
nursed back to health and brought to
the United States as soon as they can
be safely removed. Immune regiments
will be ordered to Santiago to garrison
the town.
The Porto Rican expedition will bo
commanded by General Miles in per
son, though General Brooke, now in
command at Camp Thomas, is expected
to be his main dependence. The size
of the expedition will depend on Gen
eral Miles' wishes, although it is be
lieved that 25,000 men will be sufficient
for the purpose. At San Juan the
navy will be of greater assistance than
it was at Santiago, owing to the possi
bility of approaching the town more
closely without risking- contact1 with
mines. General Brooke is now on his
way to Washington, by direction of
Secretary Alger, so that he will be in
a position to make his views known to
the department.
WHO THE COMMISSIONERS ARE
The British Consul One of Torsi's Hep
resentatlvcs.
'"With Shafter's Armt, July 1T. The
truce, which was to end at noon to
day, was prolonged by a flag sent out
from the Spanish lines at half past 9
this morning. General Toral, acting
on General Blanco's instructions, asked
time to communicate by cable with
Madrid, the surrender of Santiago be
ing too important a step to be taken
without royal authority. In the mean
time General Blanco offered to appoint
a joint commission to arrange terms.
General Miles and General Shatter
decided to call for a personal inter
view with General Toral, his message
being ambiguous. They rode out be
tween the lines shortly before noon
and met General Toral, who said he
had received, a few minutes before,
authority from Captain General Blanco
to capitulate and make the v;ork of
the commissioners finnl. General
Toral named Mr. Ilobert Mason, Brit
ish consul, General Tolon and his own
(Toral's) chief of htaff. General Shaftcr
and General Miles named General
Wheeler, General Lawton and Captain
Miley of General Shafter's staff.
A HOT RECEPTION.
Aid Expedition Kent to General Gomes
Has a Lively Scrimmage.
Kkv Wkst, Fla., July 16. Those
champion filibusters, the Florida and
the Fanita, under convoy of the little
gunboat Peoria, which proved herself
a very dare-devil, have landed the
largest and probably the last expedi
tion sent to the aid of the insurgents.
It was a "task beset with peril and
difficulty, costing one man his life and
wounds to half, a dozen others.
Captain Jose Manuel Nunez, brother
of General Emilio Nunez, was killed;
Winthrop Chanlcr of New York was
shot through the right elbaw, and five
Cubans suffered triflnginjurics. How
many Spanish lives answered for this
will never ba known, bat there were
more than enough to balanco tho
score.
WITH THE USUAL RESULT.
A Boiler Kxplodes and Many Are Killed
and Injured.
Buffalo, N. Y.. July 16. By the ex
plosion of a boiler in the Niagara
Starch works yesterday, the building
was wrecked, six persons killed and
twenty"-six injured. Two others are
missing, who are supposed to have per
ished. The cause which led to the explosion
will never be known, the engineer and
firemen, who were killed, being the
only persons who could have possessed
any knowledge on the subject:
: A PANIC AT SANluAN; '
The Jababltaats, Fearlag- Bombardment,
Flee te the Interior.
St. Thomas, July 16. Advices re
ceived here from San Juan de Porto
Rico show the inhabitants of that
place are greatly alarmed: They ex
pect the port will be attacked by the
Americans'to-day. The terrified in
habitant's arc fleeing into the interior,
and It is said the city and suburbs arc
practically deserted. .
Bteaauhla-Llae to Manna.
Seattle, Wash!., July 16: Shipping
men say 'that the Pacific coast steson
ship company intends .to establish a
line to Manila.
Lanaehlar of the Farragat.
Sax Fbacisco,' CaL, .July 16. The
torpedo boat destroyer Farragut will
be launched from the Union Iron
'works on Saturday night and will be
placed in commission as soon as possible,
SANTIAGO HAD 10,1 1BL
Only Half Our Spanish Prisoners
Were Defending the City..
8,0G0 OTHERS' ELSEWHERE.
General Shatter Bears Ills Ilonorj Mod
estly Says General Toral Raw Proved
Himself a Foemia Worthy of Any
Man's Steel Praises Oar Gallant Troops.
With Shafter's Army, July 15.
The reverse to the Spanish arms in
Eastern Cuba is, complete. Santiago
has fallen.and with it all tho eastern
end of the island. General Toral, the
Spanish commander, agreed to the
general terms of tho Surrender at a
"personal interview with .General Shaf-
tcr this afternoon, at which- General
Miles was present.
The victorious-American army, after
a canlpaigu of three weeks of the most
unprecedented hardships for both of
ficers and men, accept the news with
heartfelt relief.
The victory is greater tharf appeared
at first. All the Spanish troops in the
Fourth corps, the military division of
Santiago province, from a line drawri
north from Asseraderos, eight miles
west of Santiago, through Los Palmas,
Palmas Sorian, Alcsntaza to Sagua
de Tanamo, on tho north coast, and
eastward to Cape Maysi, are surren
dered and the territory is abandoned.
Between 18,000 and 20,000 Spanish t.-is-oncrs
are taken, about 10,000 of whom
are in Santiago. The remainder are at
Guantanamo and others are garrisoned
in the towns of Er.stern Cuba. All
these troops are to be embarked and
sent back to Spain under parole.
General Shaftcr bears his honors
modestly. He said: "The enemy has
surrendered all tha territory and
troops cast of Santiago. The terms
were dictated from Washington. It
has been a hard campaign, one of the
hardest I ever saw. The difficulties to
contend with were very jrreat. Never
during our civil war were more diffi
cult problems solved. The character of
the country and the roads made it
seem almost impossible to advance in
the face of the enemy. The transpor
tation problem was hard, but all the
difficulties have been Successfully sur
mounted. Our troop's have behaved
gallantly. They fought like heroes
and L am proud to have command of
them. During all the hardships they
have suffered they have shown resolu
tion and spirit. They deserve to con
quer.
"The resistance of tho
been exceedingly stubborn.
Toral has proved himself
worthy of any man's steel.
army has
General
a foemnn
The nego-
nations wnicn, culminated in tnc sur
render of General Toral have been
dragged out for ten days, with the
intermission of Sunday and Mon
day, when our batteries and
fleet bombarded the enemy's position.
Throughout these periods of truce
General Toral has shrewdly fallen
back, when hard pressed, upon the
statement tiiat he was simply a subor
dinate and powerless to agree to the
proposals without the sanction of his
superiors, except under penalty of be
ing eourt-imriiislcd. At the same time
he seemed to intimate that.personallft
he thought it useless to hold out any
longer. But he and his garrison were
soldiers, he said, and could die, if nec
essary, obeying orders."
It was at the personal interview held
by General Shaftcr with General Toral
yesterday that the American general
made the Spanish commander under
stand that temporizing must csass and
that before noon to-day a categorical
affirmation to his offer must be re
ceived, or the bombardment of the city
would begin in earnest.
In the meantime all our plans had
been perfected. The delay had been
ntilizcd to good advantage. Our lines
had been extended until Santiago wes
nearly surrounded and our light bat
teries had been so posted as to be able
to do more effective work.
In pddition, arrangements had been
made to land troops at Cabanas, west
of the entrance of the harbor of Santi
ago. The Spanish batteries opposits Morro
castle were to be bombarded
and - stormed, their guns were
then to be turned upon tho city,
and General l.awton"s division, at
the same time, was to fall upon the
enemy's left ll.ink un ler cover of our
artillery fire. We could then havo en
filaded their lines and liava driven
them info tho citv.
MORE SERIOUS THAN REPORTED
UciTcy Requested That I lie Fall Story of
the Irene Incident Be Withheld.
Losdon, July 10. The Daily Mails
Hong Kong correspondent says that it
is linown here that Admiral Dewey
requested the correspondents at Ma
nila' not to give the full story of the
Irene incident for fear of nrousing feel
ing in America which might lead to
complications with Germany.
When the full details transpire it
will be seen that the incident was
more serious than it first appeared to
be. 'As soon as the American ships
came on the scene of action in Snbie
bay, the Irene slipped her cable, leav
ing her anchor' in the bay. American
Consul Wildman refuses to say more
than this, taking the same line of pol
icy as Admiral Dewey. It is believed
by those who know Admiral Dewey
that on the arrival of the monitors
Monterey and Monadock; he will in
sist upon his harbor regulations be
ing carried out to the letter. The
opinion among the foreigners at Ma
nila is that the Americans will never
forgive the Germans for their meddle
some attitude in the Philippines. It
will-not only hurt German trade with
.America, but will also effectually de
stroy all of Germany's chanoes of hav
ing any. say or influence in the dis
posal of the Philippines if they should
become American property.
THE WRECKERS AT WORK.
Efforts to Savo the Spanish Cralsera Have
Already Beg-aa.
Washisgtox. July 1 6. Judge Advo-
cate General 'Lemly of the navy de
partment has received a telegram from,
the agents of the. Merritt-Chapman
Wrecking company announcing that
the wreckers have arrived at the scene
of the wreck of the Spanish vessels
near Santiago and are already at work
in'the effort to save them. No details
are given.
WASHINGTON STILL WAITS. .
Detail of Surrender Wilt Bj Coaaytaar
. 'Bids for TuajSportlax Prisoners.
WAsmxoTOJf, July 13. The follow
ing statement has been issued by Sec
retary Alger from the "dispatches he
has received from the officers, at. Santi
ago: .
"The commissIoneM on th? part of
the United States named br General
Shatter were Generals Wheeler ftpd
Lawton and Lieutenant Miley. Their'
discussion lasted until late last
night . and was -taken up by th'euj
at 9 o'clock this morninjr. .This stir-'
render covers a great area of the east
em part of Cuba- Of course the details
may take some little time, but they
are pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible." m
The cabinet adjourned without
knowledge of the details of tho terms
of surrender which were to-be made at'
Santiago by the commissioners re
ferred to by General Shatter in his dis
patch of yesterday. The details are
likely to" be more complex thanjs gen
erally suppassd, for aside from mat
ters of actual moment, such as the
methods of. transportation, the) car
riage of arms by troops and the trans
portation of surrendered Spanish ofH
cers, there are many smaller matters
to be attended to, some of them grow
ing out of tho fantastic Spanish notions-
of honor, which are quite as
troublesome to deal with as matters of
vital importance.
Many inquiries Are coming to the
war department as to the condition of
the sick and wounded American sol
diers near Santiago. The appearance
of yellow fever among the troops was
an additional cause of apprehension
and doubled the number of qnerles.
The war department does not deem it
prudent just now to make any de
tailed statement relative to conditions
in the camp, but Adjutant General
Corbin stated that he could say that
so far as the yellow fever was con
cerned the conditions at last report
were certainly better than they wcr.
two days ago.
Colonel Hector, who is in charge of
the transportation service of the War
department, is now busy trying to ar
range for the conveyance home to
Spain of Spanish soldiers who sur
rendered at Santiago. There is a dis
position to appeal directly to tho great
steamship transportation lines to make
bids to carry these people. The adop
tion of such a course would relieve the
government of a great responsibility.
If would put the Spaniards under a
neutral flag, which would insure their
reception without difficulty nt home
and it would relieve our government
of the necessity of sending with the
prisoners the heavy guard that would
bo required if they were conveyed on
United States transports.
Economically, it was thought that
the proposition was a sound one. As
suming that the companies charged the
usual passenger rates for soldiers, the
transfer could be arranged at a cost
not to exceed S-'00,000 a sum
which is probably less tlan would be
the cost of the service if undertaken
by our government. But a disagree
able complication has arisen from the
fact that reports indicate that yellow
fever exists among the Spanish troops
as well as among our own,, and 1t is
feared that if these reports are well
founded it may be difficult to induce
transportation companies to under
take the tnsk of conveying sick sol
diers and those who have been exposed
to infection. There is no doubt what
ever that the Spanish authorities
would allow the' men to land on Span
ish solL
Adjutant General Corbin said all
the necessary rations to care for the
Spanish soldiers wlien they surren
dered had been secured and were now
in place for immediate delivery at San
tiago. It is presumed that the quarter
master's officers will avoid the enor
mous undertaking of transporting the
supplies over the mountain trails by
sending thsse supplies in vessels into
the harbor to the city of Santiago.
This, it is believed, can be done safely,
as the terms of surrender will doubt
less rcqnire the Spanish to indicate the
location of the mines in the harbor.
It is expected that the great body of
refugees that fied from the town on
the threat of lwniban'raent will
cow return and great distress is ex
pected to result from the lack of food
supplies. General Shaftcr ha6 been
allowed to exercise bin full discretion
in dealing with these refugees and,
while he will not assume the 'responsi
bility of their miintunance, he will
without doubt spare as many rations
as possible from his own stores to aid
thuso unfortunate people.
AH INSPIRED DECLARATION.
Berlin I'rwi S-y Dewey Version of .the
Irene Incident Is a fabrication.
Kei:UN. July I ft. The Cologne Zeit
ung denounces the story of the Ger
man war.sliip Iren interfering at Sii
big bay, Island of Luon, Philippines,
as A fabrication.
The Loltai Anzeiger says the Ameri
cans are iinrcahonably excited abont
the Irene incident. 'Even if it oc
curred as Admiral Dewey says, the
Irene did not interfere,, but retired
upon the arrival" of the Americans.
Therefore, every courtesy was shown
that the Americans demand of a neu
tral country.
"Hut, if the Irons dtd hinder Aguin
aldo's landing, it is no business of
Dewey's. If the American admiral
sees fit to make common cause with the
insurgents, it is none of our affair.
Germany still preserves her neutrality
toward Spain, and docs not intend to
recognize Aguinaldo and his horde s
belligerents. The matter is so plain
that we do not believe any diplomatic,
step will be taken, and do not doubt
for a moment that the American offi
cials will admit the correctness of the
German proceedings."'
The foregoing is believed to be in
spired. CHINESE TORPEDO BOAT LOST
be Keported Slaklasrof the Ka Cains;
With IIS Men oa Beard.
Seattle, Wash., July 10. -The"
Hiogo News, published at Kobe, Japan,
Under date of June 20, just received
here by the steamer Yamaguchi Mrn,
contains the news of. the sinking oi
the Chinese torpedo boat Hec Chlng et
Port Arthur a. few days before th
paper was printed". It is .stated, that
there were 118 men on board, no.t on
of whom, was saved; JTo details art
given,. . . ;
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