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. . f -"-J Jg-j. ' - , - ii L. " " . . - -;. l ' j m as " . aav -.-. - " . ----t.S" Vlf j . - f " r'.-iV J ' "" . - , . . . .v. -. ' . . i'TOLiLME XXfX.MJilBER 17. . 0OLtTMBtTS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3, 1898. WHOLE 'NUMBER .1,47: r If .. IF U I jg - , i im ii mrritrmre -uirrrnra tTP "yX4- f3WiP- . !: (-'"-&1 J H H a""L Mae m Jb"L Hl ." " .HM aw "Hi .bL "" as aH x H wavaf M? Ja"L. Hl "Hi .Ha .Ha Ha Ha -"Ha. J"H . BM t s: ; . ! - . .. :-V . 1 1 v Y- ?.V. hi ..t. -j:- .. 1 ?.". ; , ,'"'1 tisk'bts tae Tra33?3rt3ti3!i art Ajri-r;.-'r- .. .. M!t3ra!-!a3i2i2t SairgiaTg- BEAUTIFUL: TCT BSHOLD .'. Exhibfcic'ttiat rs HriUj Intcrrtlnc a! iMtrrzc ie A. 31 jvla I"Jce Trala IBm:jcI d CrrLjre Preparing Tot Odd, Fellow -Dj ';ioa rutaa'i .Xocrssaieni. ."'.'.'-Tb lraa?ort2tIcn and 3riecitnrai .- .""" .v ; .-"&:7;ef3ic buildins cf lie Trans-3Iis-".. ''A ."Eiiwi espcsiiloc is located on Tea ".. . :; f tJPtA street sota ct tie Midway, and '1 '" ' ". a - larssi ground a of anj : ".". " 1. ;,..' ersnre XDtf" tie Trans-iHssiaalppi ex " ' ' rs!tiOII sroandi. heinz 43 "feet lony -. nfi 300,Xt wlie. asd ir cosseqaeialT wen ada'pwtf for the pnrpose-fo- wlf it Ms !e-teL CoT.D. K' Elliott, the i , ' . .' C?riatedpar of The building. ha3 ".""". "" f- eahaard tip appearance of the fnter- . .. .-J j; or tp a very -grat extent by adding ; ' .. ' :'.;hi'5. 3padui- potlectioa of flas if the H; . -ty-decpravoss. Thr are faresty-three '. '.if I "v"':""."-Sa?5. reprMe-ting th moat important :V- .'.v.''53 cstftjss. The Spanish. fi-U :v.. '.' s--j-7,fa.eahl!jttfe icstalVd in this hnild .. 1 V."1 . .n'S2 5-" among ihe sort interesting . .....". V.. '.'and, "Instcu'txe to be spn at the ex- ":;-- ""v -vO-Ji'n TSe transportation ehiht3 . I lj .. Vaj- jfrrmnWit.'aics1 the north sid of I ": s .t.""ttehBifdi3i..'and-incIu3e every kind ." -. . of fhl.I fro2 2 plain farm Wiiua or j .bab-Jed to-a, aianifirently equipped y. 7PwIirs.Ti vsstftTiIt? train f a s7Tiaq palarc, atd is la charge of Cond'jcior C C Chenanit. who has ein rwesty-eight vpces of service sth the "ouptnr aad. has been at 2smt of the xiQsiticns in this coun- Cry srher" th pTrllniaa cars have bea displaved. Th Atlantic stand Srt Ef tie est ead oC the track. It is a okia ad reanin? rar upholstered :n -eaeaer. a;u cas a eathroom and i-i : . . "rIianVestiT)iIItrafn. Tfce monster , "" tT -- . y ' - : .:-': 'iff fia. xss ar.d rh smaller ones ' ff a " & T,h? Queen regent : f.VW ir.:r.f penair 'traia serric l enaiiri with exclaiming -Tnani -! t .?. ift;'iD -reft: ihspectioa on one ' Gci rtnsie anew he was coxing. :. - ': V'ras-KSw3ta t'zi oM- car iei bv Abra- f OPifoas d'ff-r as to whether a ai- - - '.-: '.'.hi Uarsia b-ftV" his d.ath. and in nsultary biaet would make for peace . '-;:.--: .":;.--w-.l iu remains wer trasssorted i cf, far a continuance of the war, but V V--. . -?rot..-athiton to SprfaeHeTd. It is I re ? tthai 1: old any i ...'.. . . 4- thr-srorri of tie Tulsa Pacific rail- j M ?nt,?c e::d tQ lh8 Prcseat Inverts- r.ircpr ncp i ne larter ess a can- '-'Cfpy roof of op3;rinc Jewel glass. j: - Amf-rirsv, it" iiaiae car. is finished ":' ixi."hsnd-r.-rvvi vfraill'on wood, aad - "ft J fumiId in mahc-eanv and up- ' : 'h Tird m Pifbcised Russia latb- -'. ."V", "Thf tabie srviee i of -nchite gold ' v'.taud chna .''IT tflass anJ strliag sil- ; v", and a model ki-r.-ha s supplied "; w'-Ji the ratst r.'-asils. CilambU is a nr.s: ca. ".-.''; a smaH librarv. Tho "STPs. and -.chair rotors ar rr'arino ,liT: -7- Sjnbbra is a sleeping car . - ' iilrten rrtIons and draTring rooms. Tfte mrtftins ar.a berth artltions ia " r!;U -a arp e7cia!ly bauriful. fcInx J-.-nd s:broiderd. The last car ia , . tai rrain at the west ecj w rs Pa- i$c-.- Xi-5 is tfee fcniblnarion slep- -r?r !!' sKcrt vi is - .;.fc vvMw. .riir-i fm!shio:. The carpets are -.Kv5.5en vet-.n an: tne cariaias are "..-''''?'.?& silk damck. The train is. ;.'. Tji;ht..'! by it'r?o!tv aad steam hat- r.i. 1 oe wsa tanas are an ai ilex- :. kz.ii raxx. T? old style siaener tha "'""sraTis ra ti- n-t rra. k has an iron , sor- s-i?h btixfuU of weed beside It. and fttfcr arcpssor;es wn:ch show sfi'Tx era!? -as the primitive sleeaing s v;.Tip Mrvcl0 ialh"it is rry comslet. ;;?howjrcth'5 -.2.r!-2ps models of wheels. Ith bains aaI witiwnt them.. Cap .""Jain. SisrsbeeV bi"-. which' went ..; tfcsvu -ith the Maine. Is exb.bi- ' 'arT-i ?a- vrry wd .-ondrrion. by the :. '.tjrm.ihat madi ?- A bicvrle ambu- ;.larP. snrh as 1- -n as at the Chicago :"-ser. and is criiDDd with covered ton t'd H.-s wi?h. windows and a coai- 'Iczzzl cct. TS-s disbar of rar.i'jTflc ?. cugales a-sd. b:.-'5jecrci? irr.udes hus- .'' t "ftres; models from th 'rsst factor- ;. :- ". .v? Ti la! 0::e of li latest bug " ' .' "iss j th? Mobson. Th whelB ind ; ' Tu.-.nicg- e?ac ac paint-'d red with '.. ?' -' :.wsit und b u Jwrlrss and the design : " i'."-..'tfraf cjt ih Ik?z? sids is an an '.;': 'c' Thi rushions ar covered with "'''. nvy b3 broidcloih. Mahosany sI- c .".:'" -slated farm wagons Hiilt i.yr th V.'f ."it-ritfr-n sfaud si'ie b id wish ta s .".T. a? old-swle ron wa(v? that hare i'. .y lot:: brn the indpeasab farm ve '". ire. Tn3tT-flr Thoas-nt! Odd rUow. .'". -I -' -piafca: rrdi F-ilcws si patting . v s .v fcrih. streatrrus efforts to e-ure a a'tndan-4 at the prtrinn nn -Odd.Iaw day. October 17. The .; have srarte to work, "earlr. and wHl ' .pur;u hr caFpaizii,with- the aim of laiidias net .lets than ii.OW aaem- '. .V?r? o" The crdr on ih 'exrcsitkjn .S7cun? on 'tip dav cami. '..'-'' - bureau c infermatiam- has been " established with headquarta at Kour- : 't.-;th an??- Dodgs streets. and Mr. " .Jcfen" .W. Nicho's lias ben appointed .- &;crplarv of th bar-aj v siring '.'.'&$ 'Fl!o-s may- find aim a; the ui- .;aea? heasf-narT-r? at asy time our-' .. inr th,o.,tay. The "bureau of informa ;:..tiou i, la. rbsrr?. cf a eeneraL com-' . C-niTTr 'or-s-st'r.'r of members fronr :. 'IS?-1 lod-e i -"" ?" as follows: ': .LrHs? XU j.p Stifaer. a jk Vr.r. 2e.v xnt? f?"fmr.cd. '" l-" IS ?f)- J- s. D- Karbon. A ... ls. . t. treim. - . ".'"irLJ" No- -fr- J I Alvisoa. M. Mc- ..: ;.?:r.-C. A Grimes. :- .".3.' -o. ?s r. Samuelson, GJ VSpdla.-'.Join' RuiJ. .-.Lc--e' N.a 2U. Haas ETL Pte Jpti- ." " ' - rs! tSs coanitteei -g, Stiffler- is V:.V:.:.-.fb;53 C-'A- Grlfaes. secretary. . . .' ac5 -Q "atscn. treasurer. i?a an usarra iis been'an- ".. sp'-'P'i. cca:st;ns-cf cne member for :. Vdge. and a comrs!ttpe on trans t rostymj wh-c wiir ncavor ?t e- '. ..'V .tI1",cf. t cer ? mile c th , -- . rs-oads. .'.-- Od I FAnnw? day. ; . Cr- X. Bt Keiai. dpartmeas com- r P tag Patrtarchs Militant of - srsk$; wil. j- rsnhTirrrfn-i -,' .-the other cc3mifee. caU cu all uni-H .. :o. -rn caatens in .er-raska. asd wni " . r '1aTOr to induce ail -trass-MIssis- -'Ei""T csrmrs . t? hp prenz. Tie . Xf.r.d Masters cf the various sta:s m hr-r. i pvited to be present, and t tasn- s -?ispen satici to their snb-."..cru-nate lodres to attend, rI Q ' ?tmcnt cf Henrv JIIn -. ijhcrsise as city trsisurer. of "- r -srec-a upon zs a compromise, . ws "pain in by the bondsnin last w-r to -the city treasurer. BoIIn's .sBhaxe was estimated at S1C5.000, win recent developments have icOdi . e?t-l that ir'was scssewhat ia excess cr taa bus.it has not been tafced. ' ' . WAR NEWS SUMMARY. Satsrdmy, VaJy S3. All, feet twenty-three thousand cf d:e soldiers are now ia the service: President MeKinley announces that no more troops are wanted for the present Tw Twt9l .nnn-i f-a Iftll I v t. .- "ir,5, -;, ' ' ccal tee tivi American fleet. A special to the Frankfurter Ga zette from Shanghai asserts that th relaticna between the Germans ana .iwcj.fc j i jiiu.a mc .j u.-wij. 4MMliMtM Vr-T' wa a f?any i Erisadier General Pred I. Grant aas i, ,:--i w ,- ox-, , vu.cu u. 4 y. a to the command cf the Third brigade o" General wileon s division ' the First army corps. A cuetfoa of zreat interest as to the rJ "" t l tC-r,r of Ji :ceptancc fcy the government of vol - acceptance fcy the government unteers raisefi on the Paciflc coast has ceea rferred "bj the war department to Attorney General Griggs. Secretary Alger states there is eo fooniaticn to the report that Cubans have been cot off from rations. "Sec- HWarr Alfcsr haffTrtOci: talk with Sett er wussaca. waicn. wa3 very sausiac tory. It ia said ia Spanish &! circles- Chai.no dispntche? have been received ,, nrr, rr,i r4i,- Ti,- '- Spaaish Voverameni is considering a mean of restoring comauaicatioa t with Cuba -. . . The ihin! resimeat of Nehrsska j volunteers arrived at Jacksonville on sx special transports over the Plant 1 system railroad. The regiment will 't he encamped at Panama Park, five miles ;from Ike city. A special dispatch from Madrid ' sa "The arrival of General Pola- f oaaay. .iiy - Lieutenant William A. Fiscu3 of the ' Second Infantry, who came north on the Olivette from Santiago, suffering fron? fever, i3 reported to be dying at Fort Wsdsworth. The German steamer Croatia, which arriVed at St. Thomas, reports that it WM tjred pon three times about eight , miles from Sn Ju an de Porto Rico bv a ship said ro form pa" of the Ameri 1 can invading squadron. Long .pent about two hours with the 1 resident, presumably going over Ad- I rural Sampson's report cf the destruc tion o" th Spanish flee: at Saatiago. The secretary dclrri-d to say anything in rejeard to th matter. A special dispatch from liadrhi says 1 that General Augusti. captain general 1 oi the Philippines, has tlegraphed to t m u rt -ne icverameiic as icuoirs- lue Americans are ahest to attack JIanila, grave events arc impending." The Cubans at Santiago resent Gen eral Shatter's attitule in ignoring General Garcia and in refusing to al- low the Cuban'trccps to enter Santia go cr to ansnlt Gensral Garcia en terms cf the sarreinkr cf the city. The fii-st gr?at batri'? oi the war in Pcrto P.I00 will oe fouat at San Fie dras. This torrn is the point qt con vergence with the army of General liles moving west from Fajardo and Ercofce moviag north from Guancia. A diijstch reserved by Adjutant General Corbin says that 33S aew ca es cf fevr of all classes were report er in his camp before Santiago. The same dispatch reports only four d"ata? and noae cf them from yellow fever. The statement telegraphed to Lon 1 don from Berim thst the European - powers, with the exception of Eng land, had come to an arraasejnent to , not peral. the ann exstioa of the Phil- ca is utterly devoid o: icunoaiicn. j The German firms at Manila have j decided to petition the government araln to- obtain froai tae Lnited " States indemnity for their less. Ther wanted the British traders to joia in i the appeal, but the latter received a tint from London set to-joia. ; Revised reports cf tha nserican losses, during hostiliti. attending the J takiax of Santiago are as follows: I Killed, wounded and missing. 1.593; officers killed. 22; enlisted men, killed. ! JOS; officers woynded. SI; men wcund ! ed, 1JN2; of3ccr3 missing, aone; men missing, .2. TaemJay, Jnly 26. General King anticipates Serious campaigning in the Philippine isiand. The war department has decided to send the First Florida. Second Geor gia and Firth Maryland regiments, now as Tampa, to Porto Rico. Lieutenant Carr of the Rough Rid ers, badly wounded before Santiago, was at the White House and had a personal interview with the p-esident. The Fifth Lnit2d States cavalry has been ordered from Tampa to Porto Jtteo.' Batteries A and B cf Pennsly vania. now at Xewport New. have been ordered to Porto Rico also. A private dispatch from San Juan de Porta R:co s-jys a-strong American squadron has zwezzvd befcre Behia j Kcnda. bat tae. American -attempt to disembark was repulsed with consid erable Ics Majcr General Langfitt. who is to go to Honolulu with a battalion of volunteers., rerelwed instruction from General Merriam to cause a prelimi nary survey to be made of tha harbor .at Kciolulu aad i.s surroundings. Everytaing is peaceful at Santiago. The 7,C0 Spanish soldiers at Guan tacamo laid down their army yestar iiay. The 2.250 frcm Palma Scriaao. Saa "Luis and Longo surrendered also to Lieutenant Miley and pack trains with provisions were sent to them. Adjutant General Corbin. with Gen era" liarsger J- B. Hutchinson of the t PennsylTanla railroad and a number .of other railroad officials, inspected a trac. of fand near Morrisville. Fa., with a view cf establishing a" camp for T General Shaffer's forces now at San.- tiazo. The managers cf the Joint TraSIc as soemtien recommend that, the circular last January anthcrixing the free transportation to Cuba supplies on ac count cf the Central Cuban, relief com mittee te cancelled en July- SL Re- i lief supplies will be accepted at regu- 1st traflc rates. Z5 per cent. ilajor SniCn cf the pay corns win sail frcm New York today on .the Oli h vette fcr Santiago, accompanied by three paymasters. They will begin the payment cf trcorts on their arrival and ia a very short time will be josa- ed ny o.ner paymasters, who wul as sist in payimc eff General Shatter's ar asy. an thea will proceed to Porto Rico to pay.cff-the aray cf General ICies. 1 uiac yum j . . Wcdaeadsr. JIy ST. Gcmiaay incites the powers to c?- poae American, rule in. ths Philiripine Islands. Ssaia Issui5 for peacs. The Mad rid gorernnrent has .made formal a&d i.e vi4uui4: ousiun icaeuc ia a. ! parinK-for a crand national peace fe: I ,r1 m Va 1aU S PSimiivA f- lfaw the close of the war. General Shafter ha3 discovered that Santiago prisons are crowded with persocs who have waited years "or a j v,,, 0 n-ttTT rirni .- . l,Mm r- ti t, l ,. c, ' Adwices ftqm Manua say the Saan- . longing for an omortunitr i J L . th' mp L to surrender ta Dewey. They expect death at the hands o the rebels. ! , ?,, - I c i. ' Fork will Itave Saa Francisco en Sat- . . uti -. -ta -. u . urdav foe Honolula with 730 men cf ! the New York volunteer regiment. who will garrison th islands.,. . Tie navy department has mace. pub lic She rwcorts Of Admiral samSSCB. f Commodore Schley. Captain. Clark of I ... the Oregon ted CtptaHPETaBS Of tfie; Iowa in tha fcatite cf July 3. which re sulted in tha, (Jestraction of rervera"i suadTon. General Fitzhugj Lee's entire irmy T - J corps nas ceea OTuerea to rcra r-:co. I Tte Third Nebraska Qoael Bryan;S , ff31 l3,a ?n ot -Iie3 c58 aad I i.urcguiii$ 19 l.U 1 iCU UUL II. U1COU3 I tnat ieorasa a i3ieai. voiuiiies win itv0 -, M m- General Shaftec and Sencr Rosr the j civil governor of Santiago, hare had j a serious clash over the jrcvemor's 1 ! officious and unauthorized dismissal I of Spanish officials. General Shafter undid the sovernor's work, sharply rebuked him and finally called him a "presuming rascal.' The United St2tes cruiser Columbia has just arrived at St. Thomas from Puerto de Guanica. Porto Rico, via ThacJay. July 2S. Cubans say that Garcia is satisfied with- General Shifters arrangements at Santiago. President McKIniey has coacradea not to give oit any inrtaer details concerning peace. Th latest disaatrnes from. ..Ian- sanillo stfte that an American force is encamped at Caleito. near that city. United States Minister Lcomis has had vessels laden with food for tha enemy, and consigned to Porto Rico, stopped. The First regiment of United States volunteer engineers, now rendezvous ed at PeeksMIl, N. Y.. has been or dered to repcrt to General Sliles for duty in Porto Rico. Spanish trcops in- Pcrto Rico are being withdrawn from the outlying towns and are concentrating upoa San Juan. The defenses of the capi tal are being strengthened. The order sending the Fifth Illinois to Newport News was revoked aftar the regiment had marched five mile3 to Rcssvilie and half loaded on- trains standing there The trains were un loaded aad the men. hizhlv disap- ! pointed, were marcaei back to camp. Tea United 3tatea cruiser Philad?!- Aibatross. to the Philaderpbla. Th Miller transferred his flag from the Albatros to the Philadelphia. Th-e t Philadelphia will mak all spcd to Honolulu. Admiral Miller, it a he- Iieved earned no special instructions a ilu nzii. uuL li resiiii a. nuiiuiur lu until ordered elsewhere. A dispatch front Guantanamo says: Colonel Ewers returned to Santiago Itst night, after receiving the sur- render of the Spanish troop at Cai- manera. lis was accompanied by Mr; Ercoks, the British consul, and offi cers from Caimanera. Colonel Ewers will probably return he snltins with General S manera was fouEd to be feaded. and rifle pits and completely surrounded Friday. Jnly 20 Terms cf peace are being drafted. Disposition- of the Philippine islands proves the bone of contention. . . - " 2 j j na t ?--i m r? -a raa-in-flnt nnrfov nf"fi"n3T"fi of Colonel Duncan S. Hco'i sailed for Santiago. The transports St. Louis and Mas sachusetts, with General Brccke, start ed for Porto P.ico. Other rranipcrta r?ill follow at ence. Admiral Cervera has forwarded to the Spanish gcvemmett. through the French embassy, his full report cf the aaval -engagement wich resulted ia the asaihilatioa cf the Spanish Seat. Spain is said, to be ready to yiei4 f TT?T-rh. ?he would erant an American prctectcrate over Coca and give up Porto Rico, also a ccaliny station m the Philippines, with nothing said- cf indemnity. The government took possession cr the 7.0G0 troops at Guantanamo. These included Linares' corps of .east ern Cuba. The Spanish, prisoners, at that place now number 12.000. There are 2000 at Holguin. Secretary Alger has sivea orders for the remcral cf all of General Shatter's army as sooa as the men, in. the discretion of the commanding -of : uaucu-u U1 i-- """ "'"p :r, may be safely brought bars: to mp on Montana: Pomt, L. i fice a camp News cc-es that the Spanish volun teers at Ponce, Porto Rico, are caus ing trouble. They have revolted .against ihe commanding officer and refusa to join ths 'regulars in the at tempted repulse of the Americans. Secretary of State Day was closeted with the president fcr less than half aa hcur over the response to Spaia's note suina; fcr peace. When 'he left the W te Kcuse Mr. Day anncuaced that the reply of this government would be given Friday cr Saturday. Meactime its tenor, so far -as the ad ministration is able to do so. is to be clcsely guarded -from ths puhlic. . Taale TTcrSeri ta Taaren. At Munich many cf the clerks at tha banks and hotels are girls, and as: cashiers and .bookkeepers at restau rants and other hcuses cf husinesa they axe well ia evidence. Many wooem are also employed' at railway stations as hooking office clerks. CUaMLta- Was 3fat ta Btaaie. Eastern Speculatcr Ton say ihi3 Is a beaKhfsl climate, tut Icok at your graveyard. Why, if s fu3 tathe fencea." TT-lat Leni That ats't cat aothin' to i do with the climate. None o' them ! ducks died a natural death. Chicago News. Oxeerfnlness bright the tfft beautifies the jpver. Cans aan Juan. While off the latter itioir to take the Philippines as a ng- that there were 4..L.VL cases of sick point it spoke the Untied States aoai- 1 r- c fae 5tat j that there is ness in the army in Cuba has given tor. Terror, and the gunboats. Annas- practicallT no dlirercace Qf oainiod iri'fthe oSeials ci the war department "?& i? PBdTcSS I T ?P- b -bjec.; aU the jtobte. ?? 'mmediately f me'abers being- cppiisod to our aequisi- heteofore made that the yellow fevei tion of these islaad-,. ' eases were cf a mild tvpe encouraged - I I.UUO. OURTERMS I America's Ariswaf ii Spain's Peac Proposal Is Agreed Orf. THE CABINETS' DECISION; Tbrto K!es to He Sanenrtgrad Abiolctelr to the lnltl Starrs Inpealarc for Cnba Cowling- Stxttom Ar Deaia(II ta the FUlllp- pta ti lands aaH tlio Idrn IsLisdv So tademnttr McattoneJ SMta TTa - vCilM.lto.l4 J tact Against rtUllpoln Aaaea tics Tb Terms aa Clti aiatoai WU1 b X , rarteyicsi TTAsnrs'GToy. July 2d The- cabinet discussed the Presidents answer to Spaia's peace proposal and reached the I following' decisions: The absolute surrender of Pcrto Rico to the United States. Recognition of tha independence of Cuba. Cession of one of the Lidroni islands to the United States aa a coaling sta tion. fvrnn m tTiT"nJ..it5fn.nf .1. i.-.!. ! ing- station in the Philippine. niwKninnJM h.- w rlism- There has been no discussion vet. fcntrrpr fis to linn: Ur thn mr?ni!rpnt will go in its decision respecting the future of these iaiands, but it is prob- able that ths answer of the President m express the willingness of this j government to leave the matter of the . future goremmeat of the Philippiaes eatirely in she hands of a Joint com- mi&jio ' to appointed by this gov- emmeat and the government of Spaia The probability is that the United States will insist upon a guaranty of certain reforms of government in tho Philippines. The cabinet als 3 decide! that Saan- ish sovereignty ia the entire Carib- bean and West I ilia waters must be utterly removed. This means that not onlv muss I'orto Bico and Cuba be relenquishcd. but that the Spanish nag must be taken down on . . . . etrery oneot tne numerous small isiantis tn tnis nemispnere. 'laa is in aceorc- anee with a aentimeat. that haa been growing for some time: Two other propositions also were 'disposed of. Tae iadebtedncjS as- snmed by tpain and against both the is'an-J and Porto Rico will charged of Cuba not be Lssumed "- Ml Sr-rrmirt l n 3 rr mm j meat and moreover commercial : treaties nov cxistinr between, these islands and other Djrtioa3 o SsanLsh domain will b- invalidated hv th? traasfer of aathoritT, th, bia,;, hav. t- ...-. .. . in decided nat to recogn'ze them. America's answer will, make no mention of the money dndemaity. Neither will there be aar armistice. Ihe answer will bain the nature of an ultimatum, and if Spain does not. accept it sha will fare worse in tha fa- tare. .Apparent!. crpii taigui ii-Ju really have intended getting a direct answer from as, bak only to open diplomatie correspondence. This government will not have any such correspondence, baf will make a ! 5traizhtorTvanl statcnieai of it vreft- . . - , ent P terms for Spam's acceptance or rejection, naming conaiiiona tni: under the circumstances are reason- able and even generous. At half past 1 th- Clbiaet adjourned to meet at half past 3. . - The administration takes the - view that this note is the beginning of the end. and is pract-cally certain the answer of this government and the j general terms it will propose will be accepted" by. Spain. answer to the Spanish overture for peace would depend the whole future policy of the I'nited States. for it would determine whether the nation shall embark on a rolicy of world wide -expansion or hall more enn- tiQuslv content itself with expelling the Spanish flag frcm the Western hemisphere, wh Ii at the same time i nemispaere. wn ii at V prOTi ahat mav . . fo - be in the end jic i.i. oAivU ii- L-r rubCiij oa ui .-..-. - - l . ..-- - . -- v-k re aiier con- icecoteiroa spam. , is saiu. was iuai uin-naia is imbia: govern- j- th trn of Pmce Iiree miles in- hafter.- Cai- a very adroit and eoulvoea! document, ment party is much alarmed and has ,,, .T,:,.t, ;tr'-f thi.ifrnonTi. Scrongry oe-ff-ocj, the reading of which one .wo aid concentrated around the citv of Guate- i . .; -,, . nT.-r. eartaworiLs . think the onlv cn-stioo involveil was mala, daily expecting to ba attacked . . .- .,;. ,? rtr i.-.-.. the villaae. K--. . :.T -. ;-. . t. .t.., '.. ,-tr. t-t... i .- luv,dru " --" --r : " J' It was the general expectation tnat destroyed Spanish cruiser, against the Gifccs rrA aad Prirates in. results this meetia-of tho cabinet orders of Captain Cook. ' j James DTUmuioad and' H. G Garrv. 'would proe to be the mos important j The sheM. exploded n Tuesday, o WSi11s are eiad'the Amer that has been held, not only during whila Anderson was hammeidcg it in icm t s iamdr and sav thev thepres2nt. butinmanypreIiagad- an effort to separate the cartridge 1 jnerlcans aad wiir "in our ministrations. Uaoa the natn.-j. of aa and shell. Several of the Brooklvn's i A" ' tarv Long in his ofl-e just before that ' oBaal Wlile there,was narticnlar om air haTir?a'birin nn the present negotiasions. as Cantajn , - ' o Mahan-and the other naval strategists composag th:s l-ocrl would be able to give valuable advice oa the sttateVje - 1 T r- r tr C-r I aiuy acu at.-es5ik. o. ciung srations m the Philippine Laoroncs and other rZr 5 VffhT72-T to "hc 0rs;nV The President has not. so far as can f 2 "J? fL df.tis cisziosition to take . the American on to take . the people into his confidence ii dealing with tlus most diicalt and delicate snbject: and about the only restraint that is imposed upon publicity at th stage is that caused by ths observance of the amenities of tae diplomatic ex change. Thus it wHi be necessary to communicate to the French, ambassa dor the decision of the adnxiaistration before the same can be made known tc the American pnbllc It is said that the government's re- spoase wOi e "handed" to M. Cambon, J 1 whence it may fairly be inferred that S. ( fntiTiad that aha aoswar is 'ready. our trade in. the East. . ' on i:ae steamer I'ortian-J. brings snore In connection withth- peace nego- I th.an --05- He statetl that only one tiatioas. some slgniScan-e was "t- out cf every tea claims aroand Daw tached to the fact that the members of f -2 " PpUa" wages. "Hhose that pay the war board conferred with. S- I a all are paying big money. On El !- - .v..-.A- ..- i atiA ijc lAAiif oi rxr.117 nrn o-rrrnrvn. snn t these conferenceXare frequent. 3 Iwa creek, every foot of which le lZ- adis-oiIcn to 'rerard this na3 oee:i aurertaed as paying, there i-c-"- " " """"- T simple tnattor of Kan'Jin thla fcemanicatiod to the ambassador may livolfe quite important results. In tkeereniof its belnj senSo bim or Sanded ia him, this aot will be id thi ure of a finalitv ani tlfira will W afthinj remaining for tbx ambas sapor to5 do except ta forsvard tie eomranieatio3 ta Madrid. If. fou the other hand, hi is iaritca tc t5e T"hite house ta "receive he" eon aaknication, it opens up the possibility cf a conference between the President ad the ambassador, which may carry fdrnarti the subject considerably be yndhe point speci3ed ia the1 answer, othe United States governoent. It isvprobabie. however, that the action Ji tae g-ovsniment will be restricted sfn?J t( handing the note te the am bassador. After this, without further explanation, it will" bo for Spain t? nike the next mover jtp to to-day the Spanish govsmacnt has riven no intimatioa whatever 34 to its attitade or purposes bevoad the anginal proposition submitted Ts:. &ia- OVER 4,000 SQLUkrtS SICK. TSarm Than SOO Sew Cmtm at Carer In a a Day at SanttagOL Wasiusgtuct. July 30. The war de- partmuit la?t night posted the follorv- ingt 'Condition at the 2?thi Total sick, ( 4,122: tKal fever, 3.103J new case?, e22; cises fever rettiraed to d"ty, 3-12. j "FJeaths Private J. II. FarrelL Cgoj- pany H, Ninth lra;sachuserts volun teers, at Sibvjriey. yeilov fever; Cor-1 poraL Thomas Rolstoa. Company D; Twaty-fourth infantry. Siboney, yel low fever; Private William II. livers, ompany H. Seventei nth infantrv, cerebral aoonlexv. ! '-Suasteb. Major GeneraL" The report of General Shafter, show- I the hop that the death rate will be SmaLL la: .. .... large aumber of fever cases reported. 3,153. shows that not' I on!7 yellow fever, but typhoid and ctker kimls. ar? mmeron . FIGHT fiN THE CRAMPS. rha Am?ca SWp BaiMert Seem to Fa vor the (Ccailaa CoTernaent ' ".VAsnnfGTOS, July 3d. The placing of an onlr.by nsia with Cracics for tvj first class battleships, having a iper d of e; jhteen knots an hour, has , failed attention sharply to the frret, that American ships ordered or this - firm will have a maximum speed of only sixteen kaots. This fact i.- c-etl as an argument for a revision of the American order. The demiad ! ' is that oar new ships upon which con- i... ..i.. .T . s.mctioc is awni to oe commenccu j snau nave tne nigne speea ana tnat i e piaus cti-nangeu so xcac inis-re- suit can be reached. Secretary Long J has snbn-ittI .the matter to the me- ehanicad experts in his department anc upon theia reports will depend his action, secretary Long is iuite as anxious as th general public can be that t'tf American aavy have the best and cnlv the best. NEW GUATEMALA REVOLUTION. EcbcITicru S-j Fraqtpnt That Xasr Faor Aanrsatios to the Cnttstl State., Tafac-ict-a. Mex.. July 30. Genera! iroscero .Uorales. tMe U-iatcma.au j reToiciionary icaaer ino was tinvca , oat of that country by the late Pres- ! .men. wrnos, not being satistieU with the transmission of power j ' to Tresidcnt Estrale Cabrera, has proc.mnced a revolution, and the news , mc ic.oiuuionis.,. iuc u!i3iuKB community and many large planters are nisgusted With the frequency of , the recurring revolutions..and many of them advocate annexation to the United States or the establishment of I an American protectorate. I KILLED BY A SPANISH SHELL. Smn on the TJrocaa 3let Accidental i Oeatb Bj Ciscticj-iDir Orden-. J Pj.wa dei. Este. July 30. The, body of Earl J. Anderson, a seaman of the Cnited States cruiser Uroflklyn. ws buried .ashore here yesterday mcrainy. .nders3 was killed by the a-Hcntal dischargeof a Spanish one- pound shell smuggled from one of the men were around at ths time, but all escaped .the flying fragments except Anderson. A number of the pieces entered his abdomen. " A NEW KLONDIKE STORY. . Oa'T Oae Oar of Tea Claims Aracsd Sas- Francisco, July d0 F. Lev -is w uircie U!ty. .:as:ca. wao came tiowa ilr I. "r...... oratr" creei, h'e saya. there are abont.j are more than twenty miles cf absa- luteiT worthless cLiimx, 4 Searealas Staazir Sillt. IIAXIFAX.N. S.. July . John Perry of Kansas Citv and" W. C. Dillon ol Voni- VV TK r T.- T.- T-r in the sinkia? of r B.3urgo-nc, have-fitted" out the steamer Ilia wntha. i ed last night ta recover as I many of. the floating bodies of victims . . A. . . . . . i 01 w c ca.Lasiropae- ,j:ca uave oeen reported by incoming vessels, as pos sible. Tha French line refused tc hve anything to do with the enter Drise. The Hiawatha will make a 'three weeks cruise- Her hold is fitted with coains that may be hermetically sealed and she carries a corps of expert embalmers . to care for the corpses found. ta Pab3c WASirnrsTos-. Jaly 30. The .Presi dent has issced a proclamation restor ing the lands known as the middle and western Saline reserrea in the Chero-. kee ottlat to tha public dcauin. (lllft American Forces -Capture9 Largest . City of Porta Rico After a Fight NONE OF OUR MEN KILLED. Spaniards tVen RjratcJ. IaTlng fomr HkA tttk iti fldii Thrt Americans WoaaII THe Aasllljry Cm'ar Dixie Had Takra the Part ef Poaes WUbotxJ K- '" !at3Bia Taesday.- TTasHntCT03. Jaly 3u.:rTb.e TTarger pltrtTacnt aa -rwctre-.t -the'lulluwlar t I U.Ltm.UI U43 X.w.U.fc WG wiv. i -...pZ- wm.j i i.t -. iiiimn. HI dispatches from General Miles: . Pvacv oi we uowKst wjb.u "Port Ponce. Porto fcico, vkl Ponce. , necessary icipeetioa. It was then July 2G.-Secretar7of War. Washing- j nt to Ambassador Catnbon to be for-, ton: On the 2Sth Ca'rratsaa ba3 a wanlad to. the Spanish admiralty. soirited.engaeiaent on skirmish line. I The strictest se-reey lias bea ob n.wJri, fnntwannJaL all Jo- "rved while the. document has been m ino-welL Spanish !os. three, killed. thirteen wounded. Yauca occupied J vesterday. Uenrvs division there . taexepon can ue wu iaa. no m-to-datf timatioa asta its contents has been "Las evecwig rommander Davis of ; Dixie moved into this" poet, fol- I th Tnrfc'uT 1it Pifnin TT!rrrTnni rrith hlS fw t (,;. in- Gnral I WJTw ii,?. Crista brlrade now rapidly dfeemb.rking. 'Spanish troops are retreating-from iae southern part- of Porto Rico. Ponce and pvrt.haTc population of SO.CO) and are now under the Ameri can tlacr. The populace receivtfd our troops and saint 2 the die; with enthn- siasni. I "The navy has several priaas, also J Bcvante lighters. The railway stock that was partially destroyed is now J restored. Telegraph communication is also beiny restored. Cablo- Lnstru- j menfs were destroved. Have sent to Jamaica for others. "This b a. prosperon! and, beautiful country. The army will Mjoa be in mountain region weather delightful; troops in best ai health and spirit.: anticipate no insunaountabJe obstacle in" the future. Results thus is have been accomplished without the loss of a single life. Nelson A. Miles Major General." "Port Posck. Porto Rico, July 2S. Secretary ot War, Washington: In the aifair of the 2th Captain Edward J. Gibson. Company A. was- wounded ia left hip: Captain J. H. Prior, Company L, slightly wounded in hand: Benja min James- Drumnmnd. Company K. two wounds, ia neek. and Private Ben- imin F fSnjdiirff. Comaenr L. slht J . m - wound jn rifct arm all of Sixth Mas- sahusetts. Alt doiag welL "The Spanish retreat from thxa place was pracipitous. they leaving; rifles and amranartion la barracks and forty or fifty sick in the hospital. "The people .are en joying1 a holiday in honor of oar arrival. Miles." Sr. Thomas,- D. W. L, July 20. The port of Pocee4 islaad cf Porto Rico, surrendered to Commander Davts of the auxiliary guabcau Dixie. Wednes day. There was no resistance and the Americans were welcomed with eatim-1 siasm. The camtulation o f the town, of pODCi took pIace Qn Thursday after- noon. Major General Miles arrived here .t, m ,r - -.TTl-n-h tcitb Gnral g.j brigade and General Wilson's j:,--.- on bon-d transports. General Er2st;-S brigade immediately started fi-nnl Pecrv. with his briirtde at Gaaaica, whic"h has been captured bv tPonn- a fi-ht before Guanica T n -br tbe American voiniIters ,- s" " ,a, --hnsli-d eiht com- c3 Qf tte SxtJl ilzss..anxtts and Sixth Illinois regiments but the en i emv was reouLsed and driven back a 1 miT tn a i-if?Ti Tvlr f h( Saanfsb eav- cha dand were routed bv our :-!,.. nl Gartsorr 1-d th fcrht with the men from Illinois and Slassachu setts. and enemy retreated to Yauco, leavicg four dead upon the field aad several woonded. None of oir men were killed and onlv three were armv. The roads are good for"miiit3ry pur poses. Our troops are healthy and Gen eral Miies'says the campaign will be rshort and-vigorous. Pcwoe is the first city of Porto Rico , InboDulatioa. It nas 37J515 inhabit ants, while San Juan has 23.414. The city is two miies from the coast on a slope. It has a port called Playa. which is dee of the best of the island. Ships of tweaty-five feet draft can enter. There are no de fenses at Playa to speak of. The lo cation is healthfaL The water supply is abundant. , . From Pbnce to San Juan there is a fine military road about seventy-four runs through the SPANISH PRISONERS PAID. Taoae Coofiaetl at 5eaey eelT Froat 94 to CIO Eaea. PoETsaocTH, N.' n., July 3J. The Spanish prisoners confined at Scavey's island were paid on" by the Spanish government yesterday. the,nroney be ing received from Admiral oCersera at Annapolis, tha men receiving from $ I to 510 each in American currencr. Aaotber Powder SfliU Blowa Ca. Er.yrs. N. Y.T July 30. The pow der mill of El T. Johnson at Troy, Pa., wa& blown np yesterday and the own er, who was also the paying teller ia the Jtoiaeroy i Mitchell b-anlc, was killed. . Tew KlflM far Fort Bleat. WASHETGroy. Jxrz 3a. Twenty thousand Krag-Jorgensen rifles have reached Newport News for shipment to ?orto Sico foq the rue of the volun teers who compose the mass of the in-vadiBgamty. i slicrhtlv wounded. The wouadeu are CERVERA'S REPORT TO MADRID Xt Has Cea afad.Tarox- Freaek Asabassador iapectcd at TT-iatextao- WaSHiSGToa'. July 30. Admiral Cer ra has forwanied- to the Spanish goT- eruaeBi through the French embassy . nis xixti report ot itu oavai ciijssc cent which result?! m tha annihila tion of the Spanish, fleet. The report as Terr long, ccv ri-r many pages of the admiral's own writing, and is even 1 a more elabcrat treatment of the great enageatens inin uhs ol .a ciral Sampson in his report to the navy department. Through the vicisitJes. of war Ad miral Crvera3 report, although aI dressed, p the Spanish minster o marine, was subaittd first to the Navy department, ia order 8hat precautions mlijhs.be taken as oual hi commmiications passing between prisoaeMf war and the enemy's gov ernment. The examination made by the na-val anthorltie here was solely for purposes cf precaution, and care itji qoq nas. iu mirau-j wlv uk r wag taJcara notr tmntreaa .1 ! transit, and ia order to avoid ccv ctural storio as to the contents ot ."' .- through whom u passed en route to the Soanisa minister of marine. If t'n Cervera report ever reaches 'the PaWic ir 11 through the SpanUh i -.government, thouyhit probable ehafi the report is not of a, character htcljr to be maue pubhe a. ulruL CHANGE COMES UVtrtSPAm.. PriJ Apparently ccreetl--J sr InJ!Tr- ee at 3I!r!iL- Lgsdox. .July 30. The Madrid cor-1 respondeat of the iaily Telegraph I saysf However unpalatable the ternr : of peace mav be. thev will not provoke j the slightest disturbance in Spain, where listless mdilTerenee is preiomi- nant. The Jfadrid correspondent of tae Dailv Mail, remarking on the ''feeling cf satisfaction aad relief the peace overtures hav produced. says: "There is. little probability cf popular discontent, and none at all. if Spain is allowed to retain the Philippines and snot compelled to pay indemnity. The attitude of the people makes the chances of Don Carlos small. More over, the Carlists are said to disagree L about the advisability of rintr. the Marquis de "crralbo and other leaders apposing the step. Nevertheless it is feared that Don Carlos will las'st uon is. GEN. CORBIN BREAKS DOWN. Compelled to Iava His DeVk ami Go to Bed New-Yobk. July 30. A special dis patch to the New York Tribune ffom. Washington savs: Much concern is manifested retrardins- the healta of f .Vljutant Geaeral Corbin. who. after steadilv sticking to his desk all day 1 and half the night for over three months, keeping up the important wock thrown upon his department Snc the war preparations began, was finally compelled to leave his oScs at noon and go- home to bed. rule he declares he will be, a, his po?t right away, the President and Secretary AI trer will probably compel htm to take a short rest or temporarily, at least, pay less attention to the crtacting de tails of his ofik-e. SHAFTER TAKES ALL THE BLAME Ta Wat Department Did tt Interfere ia tbe Santiago Caapalri. Sajvtiago, July "0. Major G?ncral Shafter is desirous that is. should be known thai the United States War de partment hai ia no way interfered ia the conduct of the campaign. The general adds that he was never hamp ered by th.- War department and that if the campaign in tae vicinity had failed the fault would! have b:en his own. The department's only partici pation in the operation -as in ratify ing the terms of the surrender of the Spanish force. General Shafter ha requested that these statements be puHisacd. in vicv of the fact that tks? War department, has -been criticised for faulty manage ment. PROTESTS AGAINST A SEIZURE. French Emliawr Cal" Attention of State Department to I WAsnnMro. Julv 3). The F?ncli f ersbaiy has called the attention of the state department to the cirtrum stances connected with the -oizure of the French merchant steamer Olinde Rodriguez, and has nenceteJ the im mediate relee of that -.team This action was-takea simultaneously with a protest from. the French Trans-At lantic Steaaaship company against tne seizure. The state- department has submitted all the papers "n the case to the- de partment oi j - .tlce with a view of gettiag an opiii'on o 1 the legal ques tions involved. rTALS PATIENCE ALL GONE. laaom a ItJa: From Amvrle. to" Go Slow at Caiombia. BsRi.cr. July 30. The Louden cor respondent of the Cologne Gazette says: '-I learn that the United Stares recently requested Italy to abstain from forcible measures to cempei Colombia's compliance with Mr. Cleve land's awani in the Cerrati claim. promising American iaflueacs to insure the paymant. "Italy replied that, her patience was exliansted. and that she would abide by the ultimatum of Admiral Cambi ani. The WashingUin government thereupon applied uncalcially to Great Britain, asking her to use her ence at Home, too, In support of the American request. England's reply is not yet.divnlsed." MISS SCHLEY, LEAVES MADRID. ffeaafaa Aataarftlirj TToaM 3st DlJ- r eaa Faaea Wlia tas Aaerleaa Ctrl. Mad Bit). July 20. jlirs Jesoic Schley, who came here in the hope cf an inter view with Sencr Sagasta on -behalf of peace, started, fcr Parts last night. 3f iss Schley Is a daughter of a ccssia of the commodore She is a member of th Part- Pm sseietv. The anthori- 4 tiaa here raf saed to sc her. THE OLD RELIABLE. 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