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Dispatches.
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VOL ill, NO. 191.
WILL COME ASHORE
Fifth Illinois Will Not Go to
Porto Rico.
WAS GRANT RECALLED'
Reported ThiU nit Order H'as S.'iit to the
Capi-a to Signal Ills Transport to
Turn Ititvlc, Cut it
< auio too I ate.
The Fifth Illinois regiment. Colonel
Culver commanding, embarked yester?
day on the transport Obdam, but be?
fore the ship weighed anchor yesterdrry
afternoon for Porto Rico, orders were
received by wire from the War Depart?
ment directing that the transport
should not sail. This means that the
Fifth Illinois and probably no other
troops will embark from this eltv for
Port,, Pico, for the present at least.
Some of the troops came ashore last
evening and camped on the vacant lots
near the wharf, and the others will
disembark this morning at 7 o'clock.
Further orders received last night
directed that no more troops embark
until farther orders were received to
this effect. The order caused great
disapp liniment among the men of the j
Illinois regiment. 1: is the third time {
they have been disappointed. Speaking j
for his men last night Colonel Culver
said: "We will bear it like soldiers."
It is understood that the Obdam will
begin disembarking her cargo of pro?
visions today. There is at least a ton I
of mail at the postoffice for the troops,!
in Porto Pico that was sent here for i
shit,cent on the Obdam.
There is trouble aboard the Obdam. I
The engineers, from the chief down. !
have struck because they have not re- !
c ivo.l pay for their services. The men !
are foreigners and not enlisted in the |
nival service. 71 is understood that thev i
will be paid off today. The srrike.how- J
ever, was not the cause of the issuance
,,f the order from Washington counter?
manding Ihe Obdam's sailing orders.
General Miles has notified the War Dri- !
partment thai ho does not need any
more troops lo ..arty on the campaign
In Porto Rico.
It was learned list night that the*
orders were sent to the Virginia Cape? i
yesterday t,, signal tlie transport Ala- '
mo. with General Fred D. Grant and six j
companies of the First Kentucky reiri
ment aboard bound for Porto Rico "to ;
turn bark, lull it is presumed that the i
order was not received till after tho i
steamer had passed out into the At- i
lantic, as she did not return.
Tinitt> Kt:.sticky ii( ajovE- ;
Regiment Will <;<? int., Oitmp In l'.?i Kud \
funiclliii? Tailay.
. The Third Kentucky regiment. C.d- !
f one! Smith commanding, will .move. its.
camp,"today, permission ' lis.ving b. en j
granted to Colonel Smith to ^establish j
a camp in tlie sn ip of woodland on the j
out-kins of tho Cast Cud.
considered t.o be suitable for a perma?
nent camp. Th.-ie is no shade for t |
regiments will also be movi ,1 t , s nie \
place where there is more shade I'.,:- the i
men. but as yt a site lias noi'bi'en re- I
leeted. ('.,! : nel Lewis said last night
that ir suitable grounds could be se- ?
cure,! h,. wi.ubl recommend to fee War j
Depart men: that mare troops be sent
her,-, as the i-h tilge of climate would do j
the troops good. Here they would get'
tiie advantage ii? Co i-xbilerating sea i
breezes. I
A considerable amount of money t
would be spent in the city if liiere we-e |
more Hoops here, and some effort j
should be made to encourage Colonel
Lewis. No one need fear disorder, as j
most of the volunteers are gentlemen i
and i lie others have to be. as a prov .St !
guard patrols the streets day and night. :
WILL. W'K.VS: ST lit f KS.
Men in the Ranks ?f Huntington Rifles i
Couiioirsloiu'd torpor..!*. . !
The various companies in tlie Fourth \
Regiment have nearly all obtained their j
full quota of lot; men and when ever j
this has been the case the full number
of corporals have boon appointed by !
Colonel Taylor upon the lecommenda- j
tion of the various company command- ,
eis. The promotions of privates to ,
corporals made yesterday in the Xew- i
port News and Hamilton companies!
were as follows:
Company (3?Privates Alexander Mo
Arthur, Prank C. Moss. Richard K.
" Norsworthy, Thomas F.. Roth well ami
Samuel J. Taylor.
Company D?Privates A. J. Rest. G.
W. Looker. L. M. Scull. L. F. Whillag
and G. S. Booker.
All these appointments dato from Au?
gust 1st. and the. order In which the
various appointments have been named,
is by no means significant, as all cor?
porals have the same rank.
Will <".ive Cheaper Ltiilir.
At the regular meeting of the Com?
mon Council next Tuesday night the or?
dinance granting a franchise to the
Newport News and Old Point Railway
and Electric Company to do a general
electric lighting business in this city
? will be put upon its passage. It is
ciuite likely that a tight will be made to
defeat the ordinance, but whether it
v,-lll be successful remains to be seen.
Mr. W. 3. Payne, of Richmond, pres?
ident of the Newport News Gas Com?
pany and one of the promoters of the
new railway system, was in the city
yosterdav and when seen by a reporter
for the Daily Press be said he thought
the council would grant the franchise.
"I can't sec how any sensible man can
vote against it." said he. "for -we can
operate the plant in connection with
the electric railway much cheaper than
any other company can furnish light
and power. We want to have our plant
in working order by next spring so that
we can bid on the city lights. At pres?
ent the city is paying ?,000 a year for
. the use of fifty odd arc lights. We can
do better than that. Our company
proposes to do a general business, fur?
nishing both iight and power."
WANTED?At the Virginia Cleaning
and Dying Establishment. 85 suits of
clothes every day to be cleaned, dyed,
pressed and. repaired, and made lo
look like new. 3105 Washington av?
enue aug-10-tt
MAY UK lilK SAMK C'KOOKS.
Olio Uuug Kol.hcl lUcs-dcis Store au.I tin
Old l'oint 1'unialllvf.
. The same professional cracksmen
who attempted 10 blow open the sale
of Mr. J. W. Mesic. tlie Twenty-eighth
'street grocerymaii, recently, are tlie
men who entered the Old Point post
olllce late Sunday night, forced open
the safe and made way with $2,400 in
stamps, $50 In cash and a number of re?
gistered letters, whose contents are un?
known to the postal authorities.
This, at least, is the conclusion reach
by those who are interested in ascer?
taining the whereabouts of the postof
lice robbers, and there are indications
which support the theory.
The condition of Mr. Mesic's safe
when lie examined it .Sunday morning,
July 24, showed that two means had
been used in forcing the outside door.
There were two holes bored and tapped
near the combination handle. Prom
the nature of the to,,is left behind by
the burglars, It. is evident that a first
attempt was mad.- to force the safe
!,, .!; in the same manner employed by
the Old Point, po'stoffice robbers.
One et' the toois left behind was a long
eye belt similar to that used to break
open Postmaster Kimberly's safe. By
inserting this belt and using a lever the
burglais' end was accomplished at Did
i'cim. I,tit at Mr. Miisic's si ore it seems
that this method did net work asquirk
ly as desired and the intruders resorted
to dynamite with the result that the
explosion made too much noise for
them and tiny lied.
it i:i a coincidence. worthy of note
that the cracksmen selected Sunday for
their w,.rk in both instances. The dif?
ference in time sei., cud is easilv ex?
plained. In the case of the Mesie ?f?
fe::- they kn0w that the store would be
closed on Sunday and selected r, o'clock
in the morning as the m ,st convenient
time. In the case of the Old Point
postoffiee robbery, it would mt have
done to ent, r the out, e in the "early
morning hours as the postal force
w uld enter upon their duties for the
day at (i or T o'clock. It was after the
ci.rks left the office Sunday night tliat
i!-..- cracksmen planned their job and
,->: cut. d it without interference.
There is a chain of circumstances
?which seems to fasten the crime upon
tin jwo men who are'beli-. ved to have
entered Mr. Mesic's store. The names
Of these men arc not known, ijul it is
learned that thev have passed under
the aliases of William Kelly, of New
York, and Fred Wagner, of Washing?
ton making their fiTghl from this city
it is believed that these men went to
Norfolk. This was on Sun,lav. July
21. Three days later their art lam
ar.tuscd the- suspicions of the Norfolk
detectives and they were arrested and
held in jail for ten days. One of the
men had a glass eye.
Nothing turning up to warrant the
detention of the prisoners any longer
thee were released c:i the morning of
August fi. Of course, they shook Nor?
folk and the presumption is that they
went t,i Old Point and from there to
Phoebus, probably remaining there
while they planned the robbery of the
postoffice. On the following night the
sa-f-- was fureed-and -Postmaster ICtmti?
er! y lost the equivalent of $2.500.
Postoffice Inspector Wilson, who came
down from Washington several days
, i I .v:. :, oi s v ; il lu s th ?
ore mentioned being the strongest.
A reward, of $100 lias been otTered fur
the arrest and conviction .,!' the guilty
parties.
The now sate for the Old Paint post
office, which was at the depot when the
Mm-y Siillivmi lo.,?:><!.
Miss M irv Sullivan, who disappeared
I'r in the home of Policeman Watkins
in East Ihn: last Thursday night, was
found yesterday evening near Sailer's
Ciaek in the cotmty by Chief Bdat
wrlglu of the county police force.
The woman was temporarily dement?
ed and was wandering around when
found by the chief. Mr. Itoatwright
escorte-d her to the home of Policeman
Watkins. where she is now.
Wreckers tin >?-,<?!:.
The third Merritt & Chapman wreck?
ing expedition, which left Hampton
p.oads Monday for Santiago de Cuba
for the purpose of raising the sunken
Spanish war vessel Cristobal Colon, re?
turned late Tuesday night.
This expedition consists of the tugs
W. Ii. Chapman, Captain McLeod, and
Plymouth. Captain Kendrlck; the
model barge F. R. Sharp and four big
pontoons, each l?xloO feet, with, a lift?
ing capacity of 1000 tons.
The outfit, w hich was supposed to be
well on its way to Cuba, passed in tlie
('apes of Virginia about S:4? o'clock,
hound for Norfolk.
KKIKFS.
Miss Minnie Klttridge. has returned
from a visit to relatives at Irvington.
Miss KM,- Brazeiinun is visiting
friends in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Oeorge F. ICinnear and Miss
Mary Jones are visiting Mrs. Kinnear's
father at Suffolk.
Mrs. .1. C. Dozier, of Richmond, is
visiting her daughter. Airs. lt. E. Drew,
on Twenty-eighth street.
Mrs. Nannie Hall and children, or this
city., accompanied by her sister. Miss
Hey wood, left yesterday to visit friends
in i lioucester county.
.Mrs. P. P. Maguyre has had as her
guest for the past week Miss Lilian B.
1,! A-d, of Norfolk.
Mrs. Ft. It. Harris and daughter, and
itt-r 'sister. Miss Lula Spain. left
yesterday for a visit to relatives in
Greenville county. N. ('.
Mrs. J. II. Mauck and son Page, of
Richmond, wiio have been visitin:; Mis.
Mauck's sister, Mrs. John K. Morris-,n.
on Twenty-eighth street, have returned
home.
The committee of the new Ep
worth District League, composed of
the four leagues of this city and Hamp?
ton, met Tuesday night at tin- Wash?
ington Avenue Methodist church and
adopted the constitution f ir the new
organization.
Dr. W. F. Cooper has recovered the
valuable set of surgical instruments
which was recently stolen from his of?
fice on Twenty-sixth street. The In?
struments were found by an old negro
woman secreted under one of tlie rail?
road sheds in the yard. George Silas,
one of the negroes who escaped from
Jati, is suspected of having stolen the
instruments.
Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, who ar?
rived in Hie city Sunday night to spend
several days with her husband, Colonel
Lewis, left yesterday afternoon for
Washington, D. C. '
The employees of the shipyard are ar?
ranging to celebrate Labor Day. Com?
mittees have been appointed to arrange
the program for the holiday.
N'u illnxpilte.
Do not loose sleep when a 10c bottle
of "No Moscruite" will drive away ev?
ery mosQalto. FRED F. ALLEN &
CO. aug-10-l-w
i\KW PORT NEYS
Sailor Scalded at the Elec?
tric Light Plant.
TWO MEN MISSING
It is Id-ported That They Win' Also In
Jamil, I!mi the 1'ollee C'onld Not
l.curn of Thuir When itliouls
I.USt Night.
Benjamin Oreutt. a stoker on the
transport Obdam, was horribly scald?
ed last night and may die from the
effor ts of his injuries.
When first seen aViut 9:30 o'clock
last night the seaman was erossing La?
fayette avenue making straight for
the city Jail. Jailor Dan Curtis met the
man at the gate. He was suffering in?
tense pain and stated that be had fallen
into a vat of vitrol while crossing the
railroad track. Jailor Curtis took tlie
man inside and sent for Dr. IV. It
Creasy, the city physician. When Dr.
Creasy arrived Oreutt* was in agony,
and in order to relieve him it was nec?
essary to give him morphine. After
stripping the stoker it was found thut
he had been terribly scalded. The,
skin on his arms and legs hung in"
shreds. Pome of it stuck to his under?
clothes. .So badly were the man's feet i
scalded that his shoes had to be cut !
off. His limbs were dressed by Or.
Creasy, but it was impossible to ascer?
tain the extent of Orcutt's injuries,
but it is thought that if .he has not
been scalded internally be will recover.
When he regained con sc I on sr. ess Or?
eutt said-thai in company with two
other men of the Obdam s crew he was
crossing the railroad track near the
works of the Peninsular Electric Light
Company. Without any warning he
plunged into what he thought was a
vat. and after struggling for several
mit.utes he managed to extricate him- |
self. He did not know what became of ]
his comrades, but said ho thought they i
fell in also. After regaining his senses
he made for the jail. Oreutt had been
drinking.
Sergenat J. W. rteynnlds and several
other officers went immediately to
where the seaman was scalded in yuest
of the other two men. but failed to
lind them, though it was learned later
that two stokers from the transport
are missing. The policemen discovered
a ditch at the mouth of the exhaust
pipe leading out from the plant. in
which there were two feet of boiling hot
water. 'I'he ditch was concealed by a
cluster of weeds. It is supposed that
Oreutt stumbled Into the hot water,
falling l i ar the end of the exhaust pipe
which puffed steam against Iiis body.
Tin- ditch is very dangerous to pedes?
trians and the matter will be further
hundred into today. It is said that if
Oreutt recovers ho will either bring
suit against the city or tlie electric
light company to recover damages for
flic injuries he sustained.
CAI'TAIN W. C.TKXMS IMOAIl
This U'-ll Known -Man Kvplros at His
Itonrdlnir Hons- on fie ?' At to."
Captain W.C. Tennis, aged 0T> years,
died last evening at li o'clock at his
boarding house on the "Acre," of gene?
ral congestion.
Several days ago Captain Tennis suf?
fered an attack uf crjlera morbus.which
superinduced general congestion. How?
ever, he was not considered to be in ex?
tremis till yesterday afternoon, when
Or. W. 11. Creasy was summoned. Then
tlie man was beyond the aid of medical
skill and succumbed several hours later
to the disease.
Captain Tennis was well known in
this city. At the time or bis death he
was employed by tho Newport News
Supply Company. No arrangements
have been made for the funeral. Cap?
tain Tennis leaves no family in this
city.
Heed? Record I'd.
? Following is a list of the deeds ad?
mitted to record in the Clerk's Office of
the Corporation Court since the last
report published:
James Wilkie et ux to Ida B. Tuck;
consideration, $200.
Old Dominion Land Company to
Nannie V. Cosby; consideration. Sl.Sf.O.
W. J. Nelms ot als. trustees, to F. N.
Pike, release deed.
Will <it? to Camp < obi..
Sergeant T. Jones, of Company K.
F.tirth Regiment United States Volun?
teers, will leave this morning for Camp
Cobb with Private Sidney it. Ilubbard,
who left camp last week without per?
mission. Attorney A. C. Peachy will
go lo Camp Cobb on tin- same train to
appear before the colonel of the regi?
ment in the interest of tin- y mug man".
Attorney Peachy will make an effort to
have Private Ilubbard discharged from
the service on tlie ground thai he is |
under age.
Provisions Were Condemned.
Although it has been stated that no
meat >.,- other provisions have been Con?
demned by the inspectors in this city,
who inspected the supplies sent p. Por?
to Rico, a reporter for the Daily Press
learned last night from a most reliable
source that, nearly 10.000 pounds of
meat shipped here was so tainted that
it was necessary to bury it. Tlie meat
was condemned last Thursday.' A large
quantity of canned goods was also i on
demned and thrown into the river.
Some of the cans containing beef fer?
mented and burst.
Ittilldliig fe.rmlts. I
Building permits have been issued as j
follows:
No. 021 to D. F. Beale for a two-story 1
wood roof frame house on Twenty- I
seventh street, between chestnut and {
Oak avenues.
iJ?. G25 to Austin Davenport for a
two-story wood roof frame house on
Forty-sixth street, between Washing- |
ton and Lafayette avenues.
Police Conn .
[ The following cases were disposed of
b.v Justice I'.rov. n in tin- Police Court
y. ie.day morning:,
i Fred Wall, drunk; fined $3 and cos's.
I Henry Frazier, arrested with the
jirn jams: held to be sobered up.
, Richard Shaw, petit larceny; ease
, continued. ,
Mr. Julius Lbeb, of Staunton, Va.. is
in Ihe city, stopping at Hotel Warwick;
MISSISSIPPI DPMI H 'RATS.
BP.ROPA. MISS., Aug. 10.---The
Fourth district convention :,..initiated
Hon. A. F. Fox for re-election to Con?
gress and reaffirmed allegiance to th"
t'hicago platform.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the East
End Methodist church, will give a lawn
party tonight (Thursday) at the oOinn
of Twenty-seventh street and Chestnut,
avenue. auglitt
S, VA., rH?RSOi,
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
Privates of" tlie Second and Fourth
Regiments in Jail.
I Ry Tolegruph.)
JACKSONVILLE. FLA.. Aug. 10.?
Two privates of the Second Virginia
and one of the Fourth Virginia regi?
ments are under arrest and confined in
tlie county jail, charged with making a
criminal assault on a colored girl.
They are to have a preliminary hearing
tomorrow morning.
Rev. l-t. A. Enis, a priest of the Or
iler of St. Dominie, has been assigned
to the staff of Colonel Hines, of the
Second New Jersey regiment, and will
look after the spiritual needs of the
Catholic soldiers of the second division.
The Fourth Illinois, having been
transferred from the second to the first
division, moved today from the Spring?
field camp to Panama Park, a distance
of t hree miles.
Governor Shaw and party, of Iowa,
after a pleasant visit to the two Iowa
regiments here, left this inurning for
Fernandina. and will go from- there
home. He expressed himself as being
highly pleased, not only with the loca?
tion of the Iowa hoys here, but with
their treatment by the people of the
city, and said it could not be stated In
too strong language.
Eighteen regiments are now in camp,
with four more assigned yet to arrive,
making this camp at present the second
largest in tlie country.
TUG UNCAS AT KEY WEST.
Little Warship Had an Exciting Ex?
perience,
fp.y Telegraph.')
KEY "WEST. FLA.. Aug. 10.?Tho tug
Tineas, commanded by Lieutenant R.
Itrniiiard. reached here this morning
alter an exciting fortnight of blockade
duly on tlie north Cuban coast.
On this trip the Tineas put ashore all
her expedition for Gomez ami had a
dangerous lire in her hold, just above
the magazine, in spite of all this she
looked none the worst when she steam?
ed into Key "West harbor for more coal
and provisions.
When the Uncas loft here two weeks
ago. she carried Captain Stable, of
Gomez's staff, with six other Cubans
and BOO Remington carbines and am?
munition for the insurgent command?
ers' forces. The next morning an over?
turned coal stove in the forecastle
started a lire. Tlie Uncas was then
only two or three miles off Havana,
almost in range of tho enemy's g-uns.
After extinguishing Hie fire by chop?
ping away tlie woodwork the tug pro?
ceeded to Cay Conlit.es. near Caibnrien,
where she put her little Cuban party
ashore, without encountering a Span
lt was while lying off Matanzas. a
day or two ago that the Uncas was
fired on. She was within two miles of
the shore, when, without any warning,
the sand battery of li-inch guns began
to throw shells at her. Fully twenty or
the missies fell around the tug within
a radius of lot) yards before she could
eel out of range. As she steamed away
the Uncas returned the fire with her
three forward and after six pounders.
WANT A NEW CABINET.
That is the General Feeling In.
Spain:
. (By Tol.orrar.J-'i)
MADRID. Aug. 10.?The Impnreial
say's today, in regard to the political
sit nation:
"The political and military person?
ages who have conferred with Senor
Sagasta are generally of the opinion
that a new cabinet should negotiate
peace, Senor Sagasta having declared
war. would lind difficulties In negotiat?
ing peace."
> ontinuing the Tmpnroial announces
that it favors changes in tho cabinets
and demands that the Cortes be sum?
moned and that Ihe suspension of the
constitution be ended in order that the
press may freely express public opinion
The Tiempo. Conservative, says:
"Spain's sovereignty over the Philip?
pine Islands should not be abandoned,
and American exactions should bo re?
stricted. Rut. if a surrender is deemed
necessary, it should be done so as not to
deprive the country of action in the fu
t lire."
The Ministerial Gloho expresses the
opinion that tho Cortes should be sum?
moned immediately "to approve so
grave a departure as contained in tlie
Peace negotiations."
LETTER FROM DE WEY.
11c Thanks Congressman Livingston
for His Resolutions.
ATLANTA. CA.. Aug. 10.?Congress-|
man Livingston, of Georgia. lias re?
ceived toe following letter from Ad?
miral Doivey:
"Flagship Olympia, off Cavite. '
"Philippine Island, June 17.
"My Dear Sir: I hav, just learned
from the hist papers that 1 am Indebt?
ed i r you for tin- introduction in the
House of Representatives of the reso
lulioUs extending to me the thanks of
Congress for the naval engagement of
Manila bay. May 1.
"I need hardly tell you that I am
most sincerely grateful to you as the
author of the resolut! ?n, bringing as it
does tile highest homo- that can come
loan American naval officer In his pro?
fessional career. Hut it is a great
pleasure to acknowledge my debt of
gratitude and to thank you in unstinted
measure for the pan y u took in ob?
taining for me that greatest distinction.
"It is a source of additional pleasure
to me, a Vermonter, that the mover of
lie- resolution was not a man from the
North, hilt oj:e from the far South. Tais
is one of the good signs of tlie times.
In the hour .if .langer tin re is no South,
ho North, but one united country. May
we never hear of secli aialism again.
There arc no lines drawn in the navy. I
need not say it may interest you to
know thai my Hag lieutenant. Lieuten?
ant Hruuiby, is a Georgian by birth and
appointment.
"Again thanking you most cordially.
1 remain.
"Very gratefully and sine re'.y.
"GEORGE DEWEY."
SAMI'SON AHEAD OF SCHLEY.
Hoiii to Be Made Rear Admirals.
Cither Promotions,
i liy Telegraph.?
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.?The Pres?
ident has determined to recommend to
Congress that Acting Rear Admiral
Sampson be advanced eight numbers
and Commodore Sehley six numbers.
This will result in making each a rear
; admiral, but with Commodore Sehley
I ranking immediately below Admiral
[ Sampson.
Captain Clark, of the Oregon, -will be
i recommended for an advance of six
j numbers of the captain's grade, and
| Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
l will go tip eight numbers. Other pro
| motions throughout the fleet will be
I recommended.
I CAPTAIN TAYLOR DEAD.
I (By Telegraph.*!
I RICHMOND, VA.. Aug. 10.?Captain
' Charles A. Taylor, general traffic man
1 ages- of the Richmond. Frederlcksburg
1 and Potomac Railroad, died at Dag
i gor's Springs this morning. He has
i been in bad health for some months,
i Captain Taylor was one of the best
i known railroad man In the country.
Y, AUGUST Li, 189;
TEP TOWftRD PEACE
Torms of a Frolocol Agercd
Upon.
HOSTILITIES TO CEASE
Coii?illotiH Sought t? l>o Iiiii>ohi'<I by tlit.
Spaiilxlt Iti.v. rtniiont .Vliitmloui'tl l.y
ilir French AitiliusKittlor.
McKinley stands Firm.
(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.?The pre?
liminary negotiations looking 10 tlie
conHrinatinn ol' peace advanced a long
st? ?]> today, wlien the Secretary of
Slate anil the French atnbosssadar
agrccil 111>i.11 the terms upon which fu?
ture negotiations for a treaty are to be
conducted, and reduced these to the
form of a protocol. This protocol, il is
true, is yel to be signed and is to be
submitted hi the Spanish government
before the forma! signatures are af?
fixed, hiit the administration's view as
to the progress made today was set out
in Secretary Hay's sentence: "ft is
predicted that this protocol will be ex?
ecuted."
There is always the possibility In
dealing with the Spanish government
that it may recede at the last moment
from an implied agreement, but it is
scarcely probable that il would he wil?
ling to involve the French ambassador
in the dilllculties that would follow
what to the world would seem to be a
repudiation of his benevolent efforts In
behalf of Spaip.
There must be delay?possibly from
twenty-tour to forty-eight hours.?be?
fore the next step can be taken ' and
the protocol made binding upon both
the United States and Spain by
the attachment of the signature of the
plenipotentiaries. Secretary Day for
the United States, ami M. Cambon for
Spain. The delay will be largely at?
tributable to physical causes. The
protocol is h.ng: it must be translated
and turned back and forth Into code
and simple language no less (ban live
times before it reaches Madrid through
.the French foreign ollice. This work
was not begun until late this afternoon
after it bad consumed tile pest energies
of Assistant Secretary Adee, of the
S:ate Department, and M. Thiebault,
secretary of the French embassy. In
lh' shape of two copies of the proto?
col, one in English and one in French.
Th.-so were prepared very carefully,
Ilm diplomatic variance in the two lan?
guages necessitating the greatest cau?
tion in order that the Idenieal charac?
ter of the two copies should be preserv?
ed. The length of the protocol will
place an extra amount of labor on the
el.-rks who are charged with the work
of rendering Hie original into cipher,
so that altogether. It Is apparent the
consumption of time involved in purely
mechanical functions will be so con?
siderable as to make the rendition ?if
an early answer improbable.
As to Hie character of the protocol,
it can be stated on authority that the
terms tire in all practical points those
set out in the abstract of the Presi?
dents conditions published from the
White House a week ago. From this
fact, it is deducted that the extra con?
ditions or qualifications sought to be
imposed by tlie Spanish government
were abandoned at least, in a large part
by the French ambassador. Tills de
Id uc tion is supported by the circum?
stance that in the early morning.and be
l fore the conference between Secretary
: Day and M. Cambon which resulted in
j an agreement, there was a prevalent
{ impression, based upon the utterances
I of public men who had talked with the
President, that the Spnnlsh answer
I was unsatisfactory, and that the nego
I tiations looked as if they might ter?
minate suddenly. As this situation
changed so suddenly after tin- confer
| once, it may be fairly assumed that tlie
I ambassador abandoned tlie conditions
I which Hie President was reputed to
I have regarded as unsatisfactory. It is
believed that the protocol carries with?
in itself provision for the cessation of
hostilities. On this point the naval con?
tingent is urgent that our government'
adopt tlie Napoleonic policy of refusing
to enter into an armistice without ac?
quiring some substantial pledge to se?
cure the consummation of peace. What
tin y particularly desire is that our gov?
ernment shall demand as a condition of
a cessation of hostilities tlie surrender
to the United States military forces of
Morro Castle, at the entrance of Ha?
vana harbor, and some such points of
vantage as the other important ports
in the territory soon to fall under our
control.
The peace negotiations are now be
. lieved to be advanced to* a point where
the President has fell warranted in
turning Iiis attention to the selection
of the commissioners to be charged by
the United States with the drafting ..f
a treaty of peace. So far as can be
gathered, but one name has been posi?
tively determined upon, namely, that
of Secretary Day. who will bead the
I commission. "Beyond that point there
: is no certainty, although some proml
I pent names have been brought for
j ward. Mr. Woodford, our last minis?
ter to Spain. has been mentioned,
; though he is credited with entertaining
jn desire to return to Madrid in the ca
I pacify of United States minister after
I tlie war. The two ambitions might con
Ilict, a peace commissioner not always
I being welcome as a minister resident,
I particularly where he has been a party
i to forcing an obnoxious peace upon the
I country to which he is to be accredi?
ted. (Hie of the names that finds uni?
versal approval among persons versed
in diplomacy is thai of Mr. Fastis,
ex-ambassador to France. w.hose
staunch Americanism, combined with
diplomatic knowledge and legal ability,
are urged as fitting him especially for
appointment as peace commissioner.
The fact that Mr. Fastis is a Democrat
would not militate against his chances,
as it is presumed the President vx?&l i
rather prefer to make the commission j
non-partisan. I
The naval officers have made up j
their minds that peace is al hand and !
are planning for a reduction of ihe na- *
val establishment to a peace basis, i
The first step to he taken will be to
retire the monitors from active service.
They are an uncomfortable craft to 1 ve
, in. and afford the men little opportu
j nitey for general training,
j Another matter which lias received
attention is the promotions to be ac?
corded to officers who have distinguish
| ed themselves during the hostilities.
A step was made in this direction today
? by the submission to the President of
j recommendations by the Secretary of
i the Navy for the advancement of all
of the officers of Sampson's fleet who
distinguished themselves. It was an?
nounced some time ago that a board
would be appointed to decide on alt
promotions to be recommended, but for
some reason this plan seems to have
been abandoned so far as some of the
chief officers are concerned.
General Merrltt's force in the Philip?
pines i* to be increased by the 7.000
1 troops now at San Francisco, which
will be sent ns soon as transports can
; be obtained. Secretary Alger said to
?+? ? ? .-....?:
vine
day tliat 2.000 troops would sail at once.
The department has not sufficient
Iranspoi'ts at hand to convey the re?
maining 5,000 at present, but the sec?
retary says with those already arrived
and on the sea. together with the 2.000
which are lo leave San Francisco at
once, fienerul Merritt will have a force
of I S.ODO, and there will be no hurry
for Hie embarkation of the remaining
troops. The department has an offer
of two ships to transport the tsoops.
but considered the price asked exces?
sive, and it is probable the return of
the transports that first went to Manila
will he awaited. The secretary today
cabled (""encml Merritt asking him
w hen it was expected the transports
would return to San Francisco, and if
they in-,, likely to reach that point
within three weeks, their return will
be awaited, as It will take at least that
length of time to get new transports in
readiness to carry troops.
The answer of Spain to the terms o:
1'Ci.not being entirely satisfactory to
this government, there was some ap?
prehension early in the day that nog >
notions might he broken off or further
delayed. A conference between the
Kreuch ambassador and Secretary Day
ai tin Slat.- Department during the
morning, however, seemed to relieve
the situation, as this was followed
promptly by a call of the secretary on
the President, with whom he remained
some tittie.
A fo r Iiis talk witli the President the
secretary said:
"We have agreed upon a protocol , tn
bodying proposed terms for the negoti?
ations of a treaty of peace. Including
the eva.'nation of Cuba and Porto Rico,
and it is expected that this protocol will
l.e executed."
This was the first admission that the
two governments at last had practical?
ly coine together on the basis of peace.
Ii wan intimated that what "remained t..
be accomplished was purely formal in
character and no doubt was entertain?
ed that the signatures required would
be attached in due lime.
It lias developed that just before the
Spanish answer was delivered late yes?
terday. President McKinley announced
that an extra session of the Senate
would be held, doubtless in November,
to consider any treaty of peace which
might be agreed upon.
-\n SERIOUS DISTURBANCE.
Officers and Men 0'f the Third Virginia
Indignant Over Reports Circulated.
(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.?The offi?
cers an.I men of the Third Virginia reg
imenl are indignant because of what
th. y say aie raise reports in regard to a
de I ml in tu e at Camp Alger Monday ev?
ening. They say that the trouble start?
ed Ina report that a hospital slewaid
had been murdered by ti colored man.
Tie' crowd which crossed the Sentry
lines, i bey say. was composed ?f about
thirty Virginia men, fifteen or twenty
from the First Connecticut und ten or
liftecn soldiers from other regiments.
'This crowd, they say. was soon brought
int.. eanip by an officer of the Third I
Virginia. Afterwards a much larger
number o>f the soldiers gathered to
learn the cause of the excitement, but
there was no serious disturbance.
General Butler, it is said, arrived on
the scene near the close of the inci
derit anil, owing to highly colored sto?
ries thai had reached him, took a seri?
ous view of the occurrence. A state?
ment signet! by twenty-eight officers of
th Third Virginia says that great in?
justice lias 1.11 done one of tile liest
dis.'i|ililied regiments in the service by
a statement that the Virginians would
not obey their officers and were forced
to return by other regiments under
It. R. Duff, the hospital steward said
to have 1.n killed by the negro, has
not been seen since the affair, but is
believed not to have suffered fatal in?
juries.
Two deaths have been reported since
yesterday. They were Privates t'. V.
Vanhiiskirk. Company A. Thirteenth
1'. nn'syIvania. and C. J. Kurt;'.. Compa?
ny i:, Third New York.
Despite fords waist deep and muddy
roads the Second Division yesterday
readied Thoroughfare Gap. Va.. enver
itig two days* march in one. 'late
troops were drenched and had to camp
on gi aiiid made soft by rain. Under
the circumstances the march was high?
ly successful. The quartermaster's de?
partment performed its work well.
Thirty-five typhoid fever patients will
be taken to Fort Mycr hospital.
DISGUSTED WITH AGDTNALDO.
Insurgent Leader's.Promises Said to 1 e
Like Pie Crust.
(By Telegraph.)
CAVITE. MANILA BA V, Aug. :'.. v'a
Hong K.uig. Aug. 9.?(Delayed in tra is
m'ssloii.)?The Americans are disgusted
with the conduct of Aguinaldo, the in
snigent leader, whose power is weaken?
ing, owing to the fact thai the Filipi?
no are realizing the uusubstantiality
of Ids promises. Two insurgent,
sic,iniers are now in Manila bay, pro?
visioning, in order to insure Aguinaldo's
escape, if necessary.
The American field hospital worked
splendidly, under a galling fire, at the
battle of Malaie and the remarkable
courage and steadiness of all ranks,
regulars and volunteers, caused Gen?
eral C'.i.ne to officially thank the
'The Spani.-ti cls used Mauser and Re r
ingtoii rilles with brass-coated bullets.
OUTRAGE IN FLORIDA.
Prisoner Taken From"a Sheriff by Ne?
gro Troops.
(By Telegraph.)
UAItTOW, FLA., Aug. 10.?Sheiiff
Tillis went to Lakeland Monday for a
negro (.'barged with selling liquor. He
tu rested his man, handcuffed him and
had him on the car. While waiting for j
the train to pull nut twenty-five or
thirtv of til- Tenth cavalry (a negio
roginieril) walked into the car and de?
manded thai the sheriff release his pris?
oner. This Sheriff Tillis refused to do.
when up wem their revolvers and in a
moment Sheriff Tillis was looking down
twenty-live or thirty revolver barrels.
The soldiers advanced and took the
prison- i from the sheriff and walked _ff
with him.
i ilTRZON NOW VICEORY.
(By Telegraph.)
LONDON. Aug. 10.?The foreign of?
fice this evening formally announced
Hie appointment of George N. Curzon,
! until now the parliamentary secretary
i of tile foreign office, as viceroy of India.
! in succession to the Karl of Elgin.
ITALY'S ULTIMATUM.
COLON, COLOMBIA, Aug. 10.?(Via
! Ga'lveston, Tex.)?It is learned from a
'reliable source that the Italian ultima
I tum demanding the payment of the
('erlitt i claim, expires during the even?
ing of August 13. Anxiety as to the
ultimate action of the new vlce-presl
' dent Senor Maroquin, who was inaug
1 urated last Sunday, (the anniversary
! of the battle of Boyaca) and his cah
. [net, Is daily increasing.
It is reported that the Italian warship
Carlo Alberto is at Curacao.
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TRAGIC DENOUEMENT
Five Negroes Linched; a Wo?
man Commits Suicide.
THE SEQUEL TO A MURDER
AKM.H.I.,atlon ..f .?..,,? T. Vvn?amH
Wlr'^ ,II?A..U.
cliil^Hlu ti?. Crime Huug
I'y a Mob.
(By Telegraph.)
LITTLE BOOK, AUK.. Aug. lO.-Flv?
negroes are hanging from the limbs oC
trees near the railroad track and the
widow .,r .lohn T. Orr is dead in her
cell. This is the tragic denouement ot
tlie assassination of .Tobn T Orr a
wealthy merchant at Clarendon, a few
nights ago. The wife died from a dose
?M poison, sell-administered, while the
negroes, her associates in crime. Were ?
strung up by a mob of citizens.
The lynched are Manse Castle, Den?
nis Richard, Billa Weaver Susie Jac?
obs ami Will Sauuders.
At midnight a mob composed of 300
citizens visited the Monroe county Jail
at Clarendon, took therefrom the pris?
oners charged with the murder of Orr
and lynch,.,! them. The mob was a
most orderly one. not a. word being un.
'.essarily spoken and not a shot being
IIred. They marched to the ja? and de?
manded the keys of Deputy Sheriff
Frank Mil wee. who was in charge. He
at lust refused their demands, but see?
ing their earnestness turned over to
them the keys. A committee of the
mob went inside the jail and brought:
out the prisoners and hanged them to
the tramway ?f a Halpern saw mill,
which stands about 100 yards in the
rear of the jail.
Will Saunders was th,- one who fired
tin- shot that killed Mr. Orr.
Miss Kachel Morris, accused of being
an accessory before the fact, has dis?
appeared and her whereabouts are un?
known to the utlicers.
A placard hearing these words was
attached to the bodies: ?'This is the
penalty for murder and rape."
The negroes remained where they
were hung until !i P. M. today. Great
crowds viewed the sight. The negroes
seem to endorse the lynching and many
of them are open in their expressions
,.f satisfaction over the death of Dennis
Ricard, whose arts of "boo dob" and
conjuring made hint an object of dread
to them.
While the five bodies swung in the
early morning breeze, the body ot the
widow of the murdered man lay dead
in her cell in the county jail with only
the soft sweet voice of a three-year-old
child to break the midnight silence of
the gloomy cell, as the Innocent little
tot vainly cried for mamma.
Somewhere a young woman, once
prominent in Clarendon society. Is a
fugitive from justice, hunted by the of?
ficers ot the law, charged with murder.
Her name is Miss Rachel Morris and
she is the only survivor of the coterie
of seven named in the coroner's ver?
dict as being responsible for the tragic
death of John T. Orr.
Mrs. Orr died by her own band. Af?
ter completely breaking down and
making a partial confession, in some
way she obtained a quantity of poison
and look the dose about 2 o'clock Mon?
day afternoon. She never regained con?
sciousness.
Last Saturday night John T. Orr was
assassinated while making a glass ot
lemonade, lie had just returned from
choir practice, where bis wife was or?
ganist. The crime was shrouded in
mystery until Miss Morris told some?
body that she knew who fired the shot.
After a coroner's inquest extending
over two days a verdict was rendered
charging Mrs. Orr. the murdered man's
wife, with being the instigator of the
crime. Miss Rachel Morris, Manse Cas-.
He. Wil! Saunders, Dennis Ricard, Rilla
Weaver and Susie Jacobs, the five last
named negroes, were charged with com?
plicity in the crime. After the arrest
,,f Mrs. Orr and the live negroes Mrs.
Orr made a confession. She admitted
that she bad said to her rook that she
wished-her husband dead and that she
would he willing to give $200 to any?
body to kill him. But she said this was
uttered while in a lit of anger and that
she, was innocent of any criminal in?
tention.' .
Mrs. Orr. seeing that she would meet
death at the hands of the law. prefer?
red another route and consequently
took poison. Sb,- died late yesterday
afternoon in the jail. Just before she
lapsed into unconsciousness she willed
all of her property to.her four-year-old
daughter. Neva, and placed it in trust
with the Clarendon Lodge. Knights Of
Pythias, of which her dead husband
was a prominent member.
John-Orr was several years ago a the?
atrical nlan and in lS'.lO was manager
of a theatre in a small Wisconsin town.
There be met and married his wife.
The marriage was clandestine and the
bride's parents were bitterly opposed
to it Tlie Orrs lived happily but a
short time. Orr prospered and was
considered wealthy at the time ot hl?
death. His life was insured for $5.000.
It appears from letters received by
Mrs Orr in Hie name of her cook. RU'a
Weaver through whom all the corres?
pondence was conducted, that Mrs Orr
and Rachel Morris were to remain-here,
until Mr. Orr's insurance money *aS'
collected and then go to New York.s.
where they were to meet two men and
form a theatrical company. Mrs. Orr
was also in corespondence with other
men.
ANOTHER TOWN TAKEN.
Americans rapture Coamo and Take
ISO Prisoners.
(Copyright. 189S. by Associated Press.)
COAMO, PORTO RICO, Aug. 9.??
noon, via St. Thomas. O. W. I.-General
Wilson took the town of Coamo thin
morning with a loss of only seven
wounded mortally, all members of the
Sixth Pennsylvania regiment. Tne
Spanish are known to have- lost their
commander. Major Yellescas, Captain
Ecante. Captain Lopez and nine pri?
vates, all killed, and to have had thir?
ty-five wounded.
The Americans captured ISO prisoners,
practically the force of the Spaniards
except the cavalry.
The Spaniards bad destroyed the
stone bridge across the river Coamo
leading to the town, but It was evident
that they were not prepared to make a
strong resistance, as no artillery was
posted there.
The natives received the American?
with delight.
General Wilson. Immediately after
taking the town pushed the Wisconsin
troops a mile beyond, where they will
camp for the night.