Newspaper Page Text
tmt yot LVHI ? X? 18,872. NEW-YORK, SUNDAY. JULY 17. 1898.-3 PART8, 24 PAGES, WITH ILLUSTRATEI) SUPPLEMENT, 20 PAGES. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. MADRID AND THE WAR. PR0SPECT8 OF PEACE ARE STILL REMOTE. BKTIiJN OF THE SANTIAGO ARMY VIEVVED WITH GBAVE AITKEHEN MON IN '?HE BPANI8H CAPITAL. |i,y . mii.i: ra thi: T81B1 88.] Pnrta, Jul) 1,; " Dbjpatchea from Madrld re galvad here thla eventng ara at total vartanca alth Ibe rumora ol peace negotlatiuns whlch have prevall I all daj ln Parla, an.l those in the beal r -i;'"'- ," know ,he true sltuatlon ln Madrld feel forced to admlt that the proapecta pf peace ai ? atlll lemote, notwlthstan.llng the frlendly advlct from France and in rplte of the Mtittona from Chambera of Commerce In Bar celona. Cadla and Malaga. The Bpanlah Cablnat ib not ready to concede aaylhli - :' ;" 'ban to allOVf Cuba to drcide its ^_ ',,-'. ;. meana of a plabtaclte Any itioi ' ihe abandonmanl of Cuba or p ..., pjco "i'i n,?t be llstened to ln the . .f the Oovernment and the . . tha rcpatrlation of the San ,jaj.. ? Ith or without arms, ls vlewed ny m. : i wlth grave apprehenslon, bacauac 0? the | effeel on the populatlon of lt* nr rlval In Spain when the country is In such a iaatltul ? ? dltl< n. Accoi " ,,,,st Informatlon ln Madrld Oeneral - complatala under the in? fluence t-f tl vohinteers, who now eon trol him i* ibaolulely as if they were a Pre toriaf. | ? Meanwhile in Bpaln each day'* delay ls being B? | ; >a| .i Ivantage ln RtrcnRthening trie .-,. , . ncea. Two coinpanies of en glneei th a omplete rabmaiina>mlna sys tem, have arrlved al Ceuta The garrison at the Can:i:: - i ow numbera 10,000 men. and aeveral heav; guna ot -?'? centlmetrea callhre lavoh i. ;???? ???: ln poaition, ropported by sub marine n I The actlvlt) nf ihe rarllat* ln tbe northern provlnc. ... : - aa inu h ,i iprehenalon aa th tonilns: of Wataon'a fl. I. Jfotwli ictamling the alir.ofct deapermta sitna tlon. lt ia ii"t thought to-day in Madrid that Premter I ia la yet able to propose terms for ;.. ? Ilatk>na that would have any chanc" accepted at Wnahtntton. TO CHECK CARLI8M. London, July lft The Madrld correapnndea* of "The I ??' ? ' Jhronlcle" says. ??jl,.. laauai of the royal dva* &-W '?"?""? the (.,,.. ii -uaranteea, a:<d ?'*3??7>ally rn"* ?laJmlng j ? B< l? arldeutly In'.ended to ahach Cai "". Carllal organ 'EI Corraa Eapan d' '?'? db '' I b>day for the publlca tlon <>f an Inaulting artlcle.'' ? OAJILIKTS CAPiE ANXIETY. |fadi'?8, r*tl. 1''. The mnvementi of the Carl fcata ara BU tmti anxlcty. The organl Eatioi. . t ntaof the Pretender ls com plete, and - representathrea ln every town. The rural I rgy, ? !? ? laJljT ln the Rasque prov rncaa aad ? ?? Catatonla and Vaienda. nra powerfu xlllaiiea af Don Carlos. whose orf],.,- k\-,,..; lanl to cause the slmulta r.eous app ' banda ln varlous dlstrirts. Th' Governmenl has laro hundred thousand troopa In n ? eaa for eventualitles. -e BELIEVE NEGOTIATIONi HAVE BBOUN. Madrld, July Ift- Baveral of the newspapera of thls elty ...'? the Spanish Oovernment opened peace l'i>'. through tha Krench Ambaa : r al Waahlngton, M. Cambon. wlth the Oov? .i.i- nl of me Unlted Statea. It is aaid, ni conn ctlon wlth the Spanish sug aajfti f. ? ?;'??' ttUaa of the future gerarni i t of Cu i to be declded by a plebla C!te of Ita ? lhai Bpaln would unre garvedly iccepi the declalon glven ln auch a aaaa e AZCARRAGA SO!*NDIN(* THE CABINETS. B?-l!n. July 1'. -The eorrespondenl h"ro of The Asao< is Informed thal Oenaral Azcarraga, the rormer Bpanlah Mlnlater for Vk'ar, ls rej rted to be oa a mlaalon. the object of which .und ihe Cablnata nf the Con ttaantal Powera . '?'? aubjeel of peace nego tlatior.a. He ls not expacted ln Berlln. e ENGLAND Arl A PI5ACEMAKER. Par!*. July !6 -Tha eorrcapondanl of tha 'Ten.; -" ai Madrld aaya: "Tv- Brltlah Ambaaaador dally preaaea th?* Sffernmenl to ai r1' lha good ofncea of the En?: ih Cablnet, repraeantlng that lt can alone obtam honorable rondltloaa for spain" Tba eorraapond. ni Barcaatlcally says: "The Ambaaaador points out that England wlll only a*k r. allghl extenaion of Olbraltar or tha HtUa laland of Tarifa as a faa." WONT BELIEVE THE IRENE 1NCIDENT. Berlln. .July 16.?Ia splte of Admlral Dewey'* aSapatch ronfirmlng tha exdualva newa of The A**oolat?-<l Pre*H r?Kar'iinfi: the conduct of the Oerman warahlp Irene at Bublc Bar. Phlllpplna I*latida. a sectl"n of the German press still pro fesBfB to dlfbellev.- th'- Irene Incldent. The Coloe;_e "(iaznt*" says: "Tha atory wh? gol up by The AaaMcUted aVaaa with th. dallberata purpoaa of produclng enmlty betl een ilurmuny and Amerlca." -e ?PMORED PEACl NEHOTIATIONS Lo'.don. July 17 Th-- Mad id correspond.nl of "Th.- Banday Tlmaa" says: "De?pite onlclal d< nlalf and preparatlona f"i a eontinuanr.- of flghtlnaj, I i-^'- ',"' '"'Ht 'lll,tl"r Ity for aaylng Ihal peai ? la aatured. it is be yond toub! that tha maln points hav,- l,--n airre'd upon with th?> w'ushinirton autborltlaa It l* underatood that Bpaln win avacuate Cuba, Hai Americana undertaictng to tranaport tba trooi.fi to Spain. "Bpaln throncii tha Ifaxtcaa lllnlatar, ?i repr. aJdetj dlfflc Cul*.. thn.uKh he,- en. rmoua loaaaa. "Ti.f polltlcal altuatlon i* moal crltleal. owlng to ibe agltatton In ?:!?? principal towna" ? EA.Mii.v OP OENERAL MACIAB EI.EEING. 8t Thomm, Dunlaii ITaal In.lliH. July 18.?Tba famllv ol Cai'tnln-.M-iural MaCUM. "f F88ta Klco. t'ass. ,1 ihrouKh 'i^r<- to-.l,.y oi. an Itallan stenmer aouatl for Spaln Tha I'nlt..! fltitrH Buxlllary eruNi-r Yoaemlte. whlrh ha- been dolni; blpebbde Juty ai San Juan de Porto "(!,,. ha* arrlrad here Bhe haa lieen reUeved ai Ban Juan t?v lha proteciea ? ?? - r Nsw-Orii.Hi.s. Tb, Yosemtle la coaMrsg aaal aml probahlf remaln aeveral daya. , _8troalsa new fMi Coatlaantal i.imited to <;M ?**'> ?r,.i St Louls. Leavea al ll:? p "i. via Wjai ?****-m U.I. aaaarto, aervica aui.^-. tSm. *aa aVgaa. PEACE RUM0R8 DENIED. WA8HINOTON HAS not BEEN BOUXDED ON THB QUE8TION OP TEBM8. WashinRton, July IH -jn vlew of renewed r* ports thal the French Ambaaaador at WashlnK ton, M. Cambon, had opened pea re negotlatlona, or inquiri.-s relatlve to poaslble terms of | lt ean he gtated authorltatlvely, after Inqulry al the french Embaaay, that no negotlatlona or Inquirlea of anv character relatlng tn peace have been made bb y ?, iffi lally or nn< rti. lally, dlrecl or Indlreet, by the French Ambaaaador, The reporta grow i ut of M. Cambon'a rall at the White Houae on July 11. Th.- purpoae of thls call aml tht- entln converaatlon whlch pa red between the Prealdenl and the Ambaaaador are fully known, and it ean be stated poaltlvely that th,- converaatlon contalned no reference to the 1 present confllcl between Bpaln and the Unlted States, or tbe proapecta of its belng brought t'> i a elose. It related to a aubjecl wholly outalde of the xxar nr its cloae, by peace or otherwlae, I and the queatlon of ih.- war .Ild nnt r<>me up . even Incldentally, The only Incldental queatlon i referred t.i xxar- the loas of Ihe Prench ateam ' shlp Bourgogne, for whlch the Prealdenl ea preaaed th>. deepeal regret, as well us bla aatia factlon that the Inqueat had mltlgated theearly reporta of the occurrence. The main question diacuaaed, however, related aolely to the Unlted j Stat.-s and Prance, withoul ihe remotaat bear tni,' ..n S|.air., and in due tlme thls dlscusflion ! xviii bear frult .'i rertaln rxpreealona nf gond j \x ill between thla country and th.- Krench Re publlc THE REPORT ACCEPTED AT MADRID. Notwlthatandlng the well-eatabllahed charac? ter of this conference between the Prealdent and th... Prench Ambaaaador, it has aerved as a text f,T reporta thal af, Cambon waa aoundlng thla Government on the terma of peace, Thls ha? been asserted so poaltlvely that even some ofll rlals have accepted lt as accurate, and as an lndlcatlon that the peace movenv nt at last had aaaumed tanglble form. The report has even been accepted al Madrid. after helnj; cabted t" the "Imparclal " Th.- Prench Ambaaaador here was never authorlaed hy hla Oovernment tn make peace overtorea or Inquirlea, and In the abaencr of auch Inatructlona he would nnt ae Bume euch a dell. ate duty. Purthermore, h* ? taken any auch step, wlth nr withoul Inatructlona. As a reault of hla call at ;he White Houae, the Prench Governmeni waa ap j-..-*..,i by cable fully of tvhai oc. urred, and thla rei n conveyed noi the Blighteat reference to Bpai sh affalra, the progreaa of the war, or the ; . Hltli s ?f pi a,-. The Asb ..'? .1 Pr< al.].- to make ihis Btatemeni wlth full Informa tlon as to the naturt of l confi reni e i < l a*ei n Prealdenl McKlnley aml Ambaaaador Cambon. The appearance of every repreeentatlve of the European Powera at the Btate Department la neized iipnn hy the many watchera there as evldence ihat they are th-- bearera of pea,'" over tures. Thua, when the Gei nan Becretary "f Embaaay, Baron Bpeck von Sternburg, came to I Uie Departmenl to-day, hla vlalt Immed iti I i-.tix-.. rise to the atory lhai !.? had i ome i ba ? I j ^.;th sueh a mlaslon, Thla, however, met with j vtty prompt denlal from everybody concerned, f--.d lt was added as well thal the \isit | ref :ence to the Phlllpplnea. NO ' IVERTUBEB MAI'K. The etateim-nt attiilmied to I'remier Btafaata that Spaln had been maklna; extra-orndal In? quirlea tn learn what t"rms the t'nited Btatea mlght accept aa a l>asi? for peace fallad af cnnflrmatlon to thls extent. that up tn thls moment the state Department has nnt heen approacbed on the aubiect dlrectly or lodtrectly I'erhaps the Spanlsh Premler may have eomC meana of obtalnlng the fnf irmatlon he desires that ln not known to ? fflclala here, but, however Oiat may be, the Btatemeni remaina good that ttc l'nlted States Oovernment has n<>t even unofflcially mdloated the terma it would accept aa a baels for peace negotlatlona. Of courae, these matter* have been diacuaaed between Gov ernment offlclala wlthout relatlon to any Bpan? iah Inqulrles. and It is alao true thal tbe Preal. dent would lik" very well to gaugi ??? urately the xx-iah of the majOrtty of tbe Am. i an i eople ln thls matter. Withoul aaauming to apeak for him ln a matter of thls Importance, it is gath ered fmm hlgh men.rs or the Admlnlatratl m that the Prealdent hlmaell la dlapoaed t.- be moderate ln his demanda, and \xh:i. aecuring all that he feela the L'nlted Btatet la falrly en tltled m exact from a natlon In Bpaln'a dla? treaaed condltlon, he li noi dlapoaed to emhark ln a world-conquerlng enterprlae and Inata! upon 'he re ten tion of remote terrltory that would be unaervlceable lo ua. In other worda, - there la an overwhelm ng demand nn the parl "! the American pe. ple f.-r thi adoptlon ot tuch a courae, it la noi lielleved that the prealdent aa a flnni'ty would insi^-t that Bpaln abandon all of hei rolonlal p aaeaalona. Whlle the propoaltlon Ib lentatlve, II is fel! thal ai ? mlnlmum demand he wlll be content x'Hh the ncqulaltlon of Porto Rlco, an admlaalnn of ihe Indcpendence ol Cuba, i roallng atatlon In the Phlllpplnea, wlth provlelon for some kn;<l of protectorate over the lalanda, and a moderate Indemnlty, It la Judged that the Bpaniah Oov? ernment has pretty falrly Imbibed eome auch idea as thla, and thal the utti rancea of Premler Bagaata and the cautloua de. laratlona In the pro-Bpanlsh newapapers are slmply Intended lo gradually I nns; the Bpaniah peopie Into a atati of mlnd where they wlll be wllllng to aubmll quletly to the impoeltlon of aome auch terma of peace. It is reallaed that al preaenl the rondl tlona ln Spaln are not lipe, and that some tlme -hoxx- rnu.h cannol be eatlmated now wlll be rer.uired to eultlvate publlc aentlment in Bpaln to ihe propet polnt GERMAX PRE8S MORE IRIEMO.Y. AN OPPICIAL OP THK POREION OPPICE DB CLARB1 THAT AMERICAN Sl'SI'I CIONfl Alti; UNFOUKDED Berlln, July l" The reoeal apeach of the Unlted Btatea Ambaaaador, Andrew D. White, is gradually having a good effect. The tone of th- Qerman preaa, wlth the eaceptkm of the r?bid antl-Amerlcan aheeia, has diatlnctly changed. Man', of the newapapen whlch have hithert" been unfrlendly are now Just tha op poaite. Mr Whlte'a Pourth of July oratlon baa alao <tr.ngthened hla poaltlon here it la underal.I thal tbe wlthdrawal ol aome of tha German war Bhlpa from Manlla waa dui to his poloUng out that the fetllng Of the An.encans al auch a formldable array of German Bhlpa la the harbor was one ot BUBplclon a* 10 the intentiona of G.rmany. An ocBclal of tha Porelgn Offloa. explaininir the attltuele of ihe German Government. aaM ?The praaenca th.-r. ..f our warahlpa was aote ly jue to our deeire to protact German Intereats in the PhlUpplna lalanda, whlch are to,. large for one or two ahlpa to protact In tha evenl of tbinaa golng wrong, as the preaence ofanipa ai varloua polnts al ihe aame tlme mlfhl ba necea s''''\vhen ha irat appeared, Admlral Dewey waa BB-. to laiid a force aufflclently atrong ta pro t,., t tha foreignera from the aeml aavage nordea of Inaurgenta, whlch were ale.> a eource of dan aer to tht Germana. In vlew ol the repeatcd Kssurances of neutrallty upon the part of Ger many and the frlendly ratatlona aglatlng be? tween the iwj countrjaa the American auapl clona are iinfoiiiid...l-" MILE8T0 LEADIN PORTO RICO HE WILL PROBABLY COMMAND THE EXPEPmON. AIDED BY OEN? ERAL BROOKE. WashinnTton, July 16.- lt la sald that Oeneral Miies himn.-if wiii command the Porto Rlcan ex perlltlon. alded by <":. i,. ral Brooke. The latt'-r probahly wlll mnk'- all the arrangementi i aary al Waahlngton and al Chli kamauga, as it la not tha preaem Intentlon of Genaral Mllea t" ratura to Waahlngton before leavlng for Porto Rlo. though, of courae, ihere I* ilwaya Ihe poa sil.illty that he wlll be aummoned here by tbe Prealdenl for purpoaeaof conaultatlon. i' laex i-.t.d ihal the campalgn In Porto RIco wlll ba ahort and decialve. Tba troopa wlll be landed at a polnl near San Juan, wlth an ample aupply of field artlllery lo force their way dlrectly Into tha raar of the town, whlle the fleel wlll daah into the harbor and maku the attack In front. DIb couraged ar the Bpanlard are hy th.- aurrender Ht Bantiag . li la nol exnectrd they wlll offer ', protracted realatanct. it may be lhai when Oenetral Bronke'a boI ' dlera leave Chlckamauga Park thelr placea wlll ba laken bj boi.f the troopa now lylng al Tampa The condltlon* al the latter placi are rot aatlafactory from .1 aanltary polnl of vlew, nnd the troopa If nol rem ved lo chlckamauga, probahly wlll be taken to Fernandlna and Charleston. -e OENERAL BROOKE IN WA8HINOTON. Waahlngton, July lft Major-Oeneral Brooke, commandine the troopa al Chlckamauga, waa ln eenference aeveral tlmei to-day with Beere t.iry Alger. The two wnt over to the White Houae, where queatlona relatlng preaumably t" th.- propoaed Porto RIco expedltlon were dla euaaed for aorne tlmi Becretary Alger and Oeneral Brooke decllned iba lutel) to make any atatemenl regardlng the BUbjecl ln other quartere, however, there are evl dr>nceS thal Indlcate actlvlty in the rllre tlon of preparatlon for a prompl forward movement. For Inatance. atepa ar- be ng lafc. n *?? aac. rtaln and deti rmlne to the ei ? War Departmenl ofl i Inl th' m .ai a ? p. !i is on the Atlantlc and Oulf i whlch lo ambark large numbera of men Maj ?r Oeneral Wllaon, noa il C ?????? " Ith ??> hrlgade of aolrlleni, haa the oplnlon that that pll c-e off. .... emharkatlon Ihan an there and Sew Orli ana, Ihe depth of the water at Ioa tide Blightly over iwenty f. i ? it 8a innah II la aboul a. '. Pla . the captalna of the ela bj thej cannol gel Into tha harbor Oeneral Wllaon ha* dlapatcbed *r. ,.f!l :er ta Newport Newi tr look int,< the queatlon ?>f ahipplng facilltlea, harbors, camp grounda and a nt,-r aupply af that placi eema ti !n d! fate that the Depari I. rlng the quenti.ii: ..f ?? ?: n pa thera for ? m barkatlon. ? EIRST ARMY CORP8 is DRDERED T< > OO. Chattan . i Tvnn., Jul'- 10 iHpe. al) Oan eral Wade n elved b brlef rneaaage to-night from Waahlngtoi Plrai army Corpa had baaa arderad te Porto Rl a Nothlng more wa* contnined in th'- mtaaaf Tha exlatanca of the order la not Known outslde of hi-adquar ter* to-niaht Th<- corpa i* ready lo moaa on ahort noti.-e ?nd tranaportatl in i* already con tr.tcted for Th>' corpa aa it I n ? ? nn id ? up conalata .,f th* followlng reginu i Kirst Dlvlalon Flral Bi gade, 2d Hnd 3d wi* c.ir.stn an.l i'i." Penn ylvanla, commanded by Brlgadler-Oeneral 0 il Rrneat; Becond Brl gn<K 3d lllinola, Ith P< and -ith <'hlo. . ommand. d '??? Ri i tdlei G nera! Harrla; Thir.l Brlgad. i-' and ?"? i K>ntuck> and 5th lllinola, Becond i'i'.. lon Flral Brlgad. 3d and 1ft Mlchlgan, 16th Indlana and lal .;? .rgla; Bec? ond Brlgadi. iiih Ohlo, IfiHth Indlana ; i-.i lal W'est Virglnia; Thlrd Brlgade, 2d Ohlo, Isl Pennaylvanla and llth Mlnneaota, Brlgadler Oeneral Roaaer ommandlng Thlrd Dlvlalon Flrsi Brlgade, l-'H. Mini ta, Im South Carollna and 5th Pennaylvanla Brigadlei Oeneral John A. U'li.-v commandlna; Becond Brlgade, Mh Maaaarhuseii 21 at Kanaaa aml 12th N-u Tork; Thlrd Brlgade, Olh P*>nn aylvania, 2d Mlaaourl and lal .\. i Hampahlre, Bi gadlei ?< leneral \ i idi ? ? ? i indlrg e AMMC.MTfoy FOR WAT80N, LAROE BITPLY TO BE RITSHED TO UIM ON THE l'ANKEE. Waahlngton Jul) Ifl Commander Hrown Bon, of the auxillarj crulaer Tankee, \\n* ln conference wlth Beeretarj I>mg to-dajr, arrang Ing f"r the irip of thla Bhlp wlth th.' large cargo of ammunltlon for Commodore Watacn'a aquad? ron ln Ita atta. k on the coaal of Sp.iln The Tankee is ,-it Norfolk, and wlll aall to-morrow for Bantlago Bhe ?m reach thera al."iit n^xt Tucsday, and tbe blg atock ..f ammunltlon wlll then be i> aced a board the battle-ehtpa and crulaera. Tbla tranafi-r of nowder and ahella ls ?rt dellcate operatlon, requlrlng tlme. and lt ia probable thal th.- week wlll i?- well akmg be? fore this and the recoallng of ihe Tanhaa win perinit tha aquadron t<. actually gel under aray for Bpaln < tu ing to Ihe imp,! lant mll afon of Commodore Wataon'a aquadron, and Ita poaaiblllty "f i"in,r abaance from an Amerlcan port. every magaxlna on th,- ahlpa wlll be full ahen the ahlpa aall. Admlral Bampaon recently made tha requial llon for th>- ammunltlon auppllea, as theaa had run I"* as a reaull of tin- engagemenl with tha Carvera aquadron and the frequent ahalllng oi Bantlago Ona ioad already haa been takan town "I. a Bupplj ahlp, and Ihe Yankee now fllls up the full quota. Each battla-ablp wlll have aboul "'*? ton* of p..kk,i"f, wlth 30 t" 10of th- largeal 12-inch, .,r 13-lnch ahella a^eordlng i" lha alaa "f the blg guna; 7.i to s" B-lnch Bbella, 200 to 300 of the ah. Ila for B-nound. rs. nnd oth. r medium-aisad nun*. ;.n<i 500 to ROO rounda tnr tba amall rapld flre guns The crulaera carry approxlmately the name ai lowance, wlthoul tba ahella fot the 12 and 18 | Inch gun*'. Aatde from this ? qulpmanl <?f sheiis tba aquadron is \%eii provlded v\nh s..iiii armor piercing Btat! ?hot. Th'-r.- has been 00 call f>>r a renewai of the aupply of the armor-plerelng .shot. as Admlral Bampaon'a fleel aaama t.> have used very faw of them thus far. conftnlng their work to the iiin explosive ahella Tha la:t.r. al thoiinih nol mada for armor piercing, ara taatad Ir. the Navy D.partment to jass thltMIgh four Inchea ofaolid st'-ei. nol explodlng until tbrougb tha steei. They have done auch exacutlon tbat Admlral Sampann haa reaerved almoat hl* en tire atock af armor-p?arear? The Navy pepartment wlll ii"t *et a time I for ihe departure of Commodore Wataon'a ?qnadraa. bol wlth lha dallvery of the Taakee'a aupply Pf amniunili'in very few daya will h. loRt before thla fomildabll hijuaiiion wlll be I beaded for Spaln gEK BXCURSION t'OLCMN. Naw l?-cent Koute to Hck.iway Beacn.?AHvl. TORAL GIYES UP EVERYTHING. AMERlCAh ELAG WILL BE RA18BD OVER THE CIT1 OE 8ANTIA0O THIS MORNINO. BPANISH TROOPS TO MARCII. OUT AS PRISONERS OF WAR. Washington, July 16.?At 0 o'clock this evening the following message, an nouncing delinitely the surrender of Santiago, was made public at the White House. It was received by Adjutant-Gencral Corbin: "Camp near Santiago, July 10. "The surrender has been definitely settled, and the city will be turncd over to-morrow morning, and the trx>ops will be marched out as prisoners of war. "The Spanish colors will be hauled down at 9 o'clock, and the American flag hoisted. "SHAFTER, Major-General." CONDITIONS OF THF SURRENDER. A dispatch received from General Shafter earlicr in the day gave the follow ing conditions: "Headquarters near Santiago, July 16. "Adjutanl General U. S. Army. Washington. ??The conditions of capitulation include all forces and war material in de scribed territor>'. The United States agrees, with as little delay as possible, to transpotl all Spanish troops in district t.? Kingdom of Spain, the troops, as far as possible, t<? embark near to the garrison they now occupy. OfficerstO retain their sidc nnns and officers and men to retain their personal property. Spanish attthorized to take military archives belonging to surrendcred district. All Spanish forces known as volunteers Moirilizadvcs and gucrillas who wish t<? remain in Citba may do so under parole during present war, gtving up their arms. Spanish forces march out of Santiago with honors of war, deposit ing their arms at a point mutually agrccd upon. to await disposition of the I nited States Government, it being undcrstood I'nited States Commissioners will rec ommend that the Spanish suldicrs return to Spain with arms so bravely defended. This leaves the question of return of arms entirely in the hands of the Govern? ment. I invite attention to the faet that several thousand surrendered, said by General Toral t?. be aboul 12,000, against whom a shot has not been fired. The return to Spain of the troops in this district amounts to above 24,000, accordin? to l ieneinl Toral. "W. R. SHAFrER, U. S. Volunteers," TORAL AUTHORIZED TO CAPITULATE. In the following letter General Toral informed General Shafter that he had been authori/ed to surrender: "Santiago de Cuba, July 16. "To His F.xcellencv, Gommander-in -Chief of the American Forces. "Kxcellent Sir: I am now authorized by my Government to capitulate. I have the honor to so apprize you, and requesting that you design the hour and place where my representatives shall appear, to compare with those of Your Kxcellency to effect the articles of capitulation, on the basis of what has heen agreed upon to this date in due time. I with to manifest my desire to know the resolutions of the I'nited States Government respecting the return of army, s.i as to note on the capitulations, also the great COUrtesy of Your (ireat Graces and return for tlie great generositv and impulse for the Spanish soldiers, and allow them to return to the peninsula with the honors the American Army do them the honor to acknowledgc as dmifu'.ly descended. "JOSE TORAL, General Commanding Fourth Army Corps. "GEXF.RAL SHAFTER, Commanding American Forces." THI'. NATION'S THAXKS. Tlu- following congratulatorv meftsages were sCnt to General Shafter by President McKinley and Secretary Alger: "To General Shafter, Commanding, Front, near Santiago, Playa. -The President <>f the I'nited States sends to yon and yonr brave army the profound thanks of the American peopie i^v the brilliant achievements at San? tiago, resulting in the surrender of the city and all of tlie Spanish troops and territory under General Toral. Your splendid command has endured not only the hardships and saeritices incideut to the campaign and battle, hut in stress of heat and weather has triumphed over obs.acles which would have overcome men less brave and determmed. One and all have displayed the inost conspicuous gallantry and earned the grafitude of the N'ation. The hcarts of the peopie turn with tender sympathv to the sick and the wounded. Mav the Fatluv of Mer cies pmtcct and comfort them. "WILLIAM M'KINLEY." "To Major-General Shafter, Front, near Santiago. Playa. "I cannol express in words my gratitude to you and your heroic men. '\ our wtxrk has been well done. God ble>s you all. "R. A. ALGER, Secretary of War." GENERAL SHAFTER'S ANSWER. The following acknowledgmcnt was received from General Shafter at 0:15 this evening: Camp near Santiago, July 16. "To the President. "I thank you, and my army thank you, for your congratulatorv telegram of to-day. I am protid to say every one in it performed his duty gallantly. \ our message will be read to every rcgiment in ihe army at noon to-morrow. "SHAFTER, Major-General." BENDINd TMF. PSI8ONBB8 HOME. Washington, July 16.?II araa announced at the War D.i'iirtment to-nl|?ht that the Spanlsh prlHoncrs at Santlaico wlll nall for Spain not later than July SS. It xvA? announcd to-nlKht that the War De partmmt h;id il*c|i|e<l tO a*k for Md* from Hteanishlp companlcB for the transportatlon of the priaooatl to thelr natlve land. and pro posals wlll he lsBiied early next xveek. The con? tract. It l? understood. wlll alao Include the Bul.fllfltcnce of the men durln* the voyage. ? FIKIC ON THK YOSK.MITK. St. Thornan. D. W. I.. July lli.-Whlle In fltr vice on the bl'.ckade the auxlllary crulser Yose mlte wafl dU' ovcred to have a flre ln her coal bunkem. whl'h hurned for three days. Some repalrr- to the vcflflel will be necenrurj . The Government wlll parmlt her to purchase flve hundred tona of coal. "Baalaa1 ParHdlta!'' Kockwood'n photographs of | children beat the world. Broa.lway ? tOth-st.-Advt. OBATIPICATION AT. WASHINGTON. Waahlngion. July Hi?The President wa? much gratlfled M-night at the recelpt of two addltlonal teiegrams from General Shafter, one of whlch announeed that the American flag would he ralsed over Santiago to-morrow at 0 o'clock. Secretari'-s Alger, Hllss and Wllaoo, and Poatnaaatar-Ocncral Bmltta were at the White House durltiK the evenlnjr. All shared in the sentlment whlch the settlement at Santi? ago afforde.l Whlle Bantlago has en^rosscd a great deal of attontlin, plana have been rapldly mature.l for the expcdltloa to Porto Rlco, and the President and Secretary Alger have been glving a great deal of attont'.on to the next blow t" iie struck, which it is baltavad wlll go far towanl cnrllnK the xvar. LOBBfER PACKERt CAV8B TMOUBLM. .st. Jaba'a, M. f., July it>?Tba nntish cmiaer Conleila, CoBantodora iiourke. will sall from here to-morrow for the Fraaah Shur.- to settle R .?erlefl o( dlsputea li.tw... n the owners of Brltlih and Frenrn lobattr cannerlta. A number of Brltlah settler* haxi? had thelr huts torn down by the crewi of warshlpa for lillcltly na.klng lobatrrs. Theae paraoaa hav? lnvaded French locatlona and takan tha k'ranahinan'fl trana WAR NEW* nr TO-DAY, Tha Bpaniah cotora arll] be lualed down at Banttaajo :it :i o'efock thla mornlng :in.l the AiiM-rican lax rataed. Tbe dernth*. ei the st'.rn luler were iletini:.'!' fletrlrd wati-rday. an.l to-.lay TonFa DAM arlll bo niaivhed out of the dtjr aa prl* inern of aror. They will ba i'i'<|ii;iv.l tn ?ttm>ndnr thelr arms. srhlch will n.it be returued tn thom. The prlaoaera are ta la aent aome not later than July 2S. A dlapatch frota The Trlbtme'a afteefal corre apandoni la Pnria aaya thal Madrid adrteM aro at estlre rartanre x?. iih ibe peaea ru nuii's. Orare m;i| relii i:alntu nre fott In Madrid nvcr ihe repatrlatton of tha San tlnpo army. becauae ><( iti- effert lt wlll liavi' on tlie popiiliitiiii Cotnntodon VTataou'a "raldlng aquadron" wlll not sail fnr Spain uniil the ahtpa* m.iga zinos haro been ropli atalied. TB* atix uiary cralaai Tankee xxiii sail witb ? sup plf of trounltlou i" a daj or so. SURRENDER AGREEMENT BAS1S FOR THE SAXTIAGO CAPITULATION. AFTER A H1TCH IN THK PROCEEPINGS THE SPANISH CO.MMISSIONKRS BION THE AKTICLES. Oeneral Wheeler's Headquarters. before San* tlago de Cuba, July 16, 10 a. m., vla Kingston, Jamalra, July 1(5?The prellmlnary basls for the capitulation of the Spanlsh forcea ln Eaat ern Cuba was agreed to and slgned under a plcturesque cleba tree half way between tha llnen shortly after mldntght. The American commlssloners were Invited to enter the clty by those representlng General Toral. but tha lnvltatlon was decllned. and the conference waa held under the spr^adinjr cleba. At the very outset a hltch oecurred, owlng to a misunderstinding of what was sald at tha persor.al Intervlow between General Shafter and General Toral at noon. At that tlme tha In tarpratar, translating the language of General Toral. had glven Generals Shafter. Mlles and Wheeler dlsrlnotly to understand that Captaln General Blaneo had consented that the com? mlssloners should have plenary powers to nego tlate the terms of surrender, such terms aa they agreed upon to be bindlng upon botb partles. Somethlng was sald ahout a ref?rence to th* Madrid Government. but General Shafter Inslsted that the capitulation had been actu.illy agrce.] to, and that no further tonaaat of the Madrid Government araa requlrnd. wanikd CONSENT oi' MADRID. When ths commlssloners met shortly after 2 o'clock ln the afternoon those ln hehalt of Oen? eral Toral (General Escario, Lleutenant-Colonei Fortan and Alb-rt Mason. the Brltlflh Vlce Consul), combated at once the idea that the capitulation had in fr.ct actualrjr taken place. The consent of Madrid. they Inalsted, was stiil necessary. but at th" aaOM t!::;c u.ey uaaitad Btronaly that It would be forthcomlng, .is ?".tf? tala-Oeaerai i lanoo had authoriaad lt, and tha home Oovernment arould do tha s.im-. Oeneral Tor.ii, irho iraa peraonallj preaent, and who, in fact. dlrected ihe nea*. tlatlona on hla own behalf, sald h- bad never been nvrruled by the Captain-Oeneral; atlll, he a.ided. untii Madrid ha.i aanctioned it Baattaga had not capltulated. Ai! this was extremeiy anaattafactory to the American commlaalonera, who elnng tenaclotHtp to the understanding Oeneral Bhafter had re? celved earller ln the day. Flmilly, wiih the question of xvlnthcr or nct the spanlsh forcea had actnally aurrendered atlll open, the com? mlssloners proeeeded to the oocsideration of the prelimlnartea. OBJBCTBD ro "isrRRKN'nF.R." raptaln Mlley had drawn up thirteen artlclea of a general nature, and these were submltted tO General Toral personally. He made a strong appoal that the word "capitulation" be used lnstead af the harsher term "surrender," and that hls army be allowe.l to march out, the offlcers with their side arms and the men with thelr small arms. He aald the arms could after ward be sent to Spain, elther on the aame shipa wlth the troops or on some other shlps. General Toral further remarked that he ex? pected the commlaaloaatra as representatlvea of a brave and chlvalroua peopie would not seek to humiliate his army or make lt appear that he waB vanqulshed. As brave men, hla soidlers deslred to go home wlth honor. They had slmply ylelded to superlor force, and they would pfOfar dylng to going home wlthout thelr honor. The American ?"'immlsslorers could r:ot reslat thls appeal, but they Baid It lay DOyOttd the lerms lald down by the Government. and they could only recommend the matter to Washing? ton. At 4 o'clock General Toral reiurned to the clty to consult wlth Oeneral Lir.area. General Tor.il and the Spanish commlsslon? ers returnod at ?5:.'V>, saylng that they daaliad a stiil further change ln th.- pbraaeology af the articles. and BUggeated a poatponanMUt of the nejrotiatinns untll mornlng. This Oeneral Whtt | r flrmly declined. and a rooaoa Iraa taken untll nao. ?OPTCNIirrj BOUXD OF TERMS. The commissioners returned at that h?ur. and the a-tlcl"s artra again goaa nvcr In detail. Varinus changaa of vorblaga whlch tandad only to soften the sound af the terms wlthout af fectlng thelr s^nae were proposed by the 3pan lards. and our Commlssloners accaffajf prac tically all of them. Shortly after mldnlghl General Wheeler sug gested that the good falth of the Spanish com? mlssloners be tested. All the artlcles were re read, and each In turn was ssked If they wert satisfactory- When they replled In the afflrma ttve. General Wheeler aaked them to afflx thelr Blgnatures. Thlfl they appeared rcluctant to do. but they could not well refuse. and they all slgned. The commlsstonerfl then neparated, to mtret aaaln at 0-10 ln tha mxiroiiwa.