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DES MOINES,
SPAIN SUES
IOWA
FOR PEACB.
Proud Spirit of the Haughty Dons
Humbled.
•WASHINGTON, July 37.—The Spanish
igovernment has sued for peace, not in'
jdlrectly, through the great powers of
!Enrope, but by a direct appeal to Pres
ident McKinley. The proposition was
formally submitted to the president
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon by
ithe French ambassador, M. Jules Cam
!bon, who had received instructions
'from the foreign office at Paris to de
iliver to the government the tender of
jpeace formulated by the Spanish min
jistry. At the conclusion of the con'
jference between the president and the
^French ambassador, the following
official statement was issued from the
white house:
"The French ambassador, on behalf
of the government of Spain, and by
direction of the Spanish minister of
foreign affairs, presented to the presi
dent this afternoon at the white house
a message from the Spanish govern
ment looking to the termination of the
ivar and the settlement of terms of
jpeace."
Spain's communication is general in
terms and does not make any distinct
propositions as to Cuba, the Philip
pines or any other possession. It is
simply a request that peace negotia
tions be opened. No armistice is pro
posed. After Ambassador Cambon
submitted the proposal a general talk
followed between him, the president,
'Secretary Day and M. Thiebaut. The
president reserved his answer, an
understanding being reached that he
would at once lay the subject before
the cabinet and then invite M. Cambon
to another conference at the white
house, when the final answer will be
given as to the willingness of this
government to open negotiations. The
proposal for peace was most thoroughly
canvassed last night by the president
and most of the members of the cab
inet, the meeting being rather in
formal. At the conclusion of the
meeting it was the opinion of several
members of the cabinet that the offer
to begin negotiations would be accept
ed. Meanwhile, until the negotiations
have advanced much further, the plans
of the campaign and the war will go
forward with vigor.
WASHINGTON, July 28.—It is said that
if Spain gives assurance that an arm
istice will be followed by a treaty of
peace on certain general lines it is
probable the president will agree to
an armistice.
SPAIN'S PEACE PROGRAMME
Modified Cabinet Will Initiate Negotia
tions, Then Retire.
MADRID, July 26.—A person occupy
ing a high position in the queen re
gent's household, whose duties bring
•him daily in intimate relations with
her majesty, said to the Associated
Press representative: "The present
•overnment will not initiate peace
Jr j^,.
-4-tfoarfied cabinet headed by Ganmzor
minister of public instruction, will
conclude negotiations and then retire,
and peneral Polavieja, with a combi
nation including Silvela and Campos,
will reorganize the country."
K" LONDON, July 20.—A Madrid special
Cays: "The government has drawn up
a message addressed to the government
at Washington, proposing an armis
tice for the purpose of discussing terms
upon which peace with the United
States can be arranged."
LONDON, July 26.—The Madrid cor
respondent of the Standard says:
"There is still an endeavor to keep
alive the impression that something is
going on behind the scenes in the di
rection of peace, but the prevalent idea
is that the war will continue until the
fall of Manila and the invasion of Porto
Bico. Peace is impossible until there
is more unanimity in Spain with regard
to the necessary sacrifices of territory.
The ministers, having arrived at an
understanding, will await the march
of events. A cabinet crisis has been
averted for the time being."
AT CAMP MERRITT.
large
Amount of Sickness Among the
Troops—Iowa Boy Dies.
FKANCISCO, July 26.—Sickness
SAN
Among the soldiers here is increasing.
In the division hospital are 208 patients
and in the Presidio barracks hospital
there are 45, making a total of 253 sol
diers, not counting perhaps a hundred
less severe cases in the regimental hos
pitals. More soldiers are sick now
than when about 14,000 soldiers were
at Camp Merritt, where today there are
only a little over half that number.
.DeWitt L. Tucker, a private in Com
pany L, Fifty-first Iowa, is dead from
pneumonia. His remains will oe tak
en back to Council Bluffs for burial.
.Several men in the hospitals are in a
critical condition. Two cases of var
ioloid have been discovered in the
Seventh California. These men will
be completely isolated.
THE STORY DENIED.
Atate Department Says No Peace Over
tares Were Blade Before Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, July 29.—It can be
stated on the authority of the state
department and foreign embassies here
that there were no peace overtures in
behalf of Spain for peace or for a ces
sation of hostilities until the French
ambassador Tuesday afternoon pre
sented a note to the president. This
statement is made with the full knowl
edge of European demands and must
be accepted as that of the government
of the United States. Therefore all
talk about bad faith in pressing the
Porto Eican campaign in the last few
days is absolutely without foundation.
Our government has done nothing
•which can subject it to criticism on
that score.
Shaftcr's Health Bulletin.
I "WASHINGTON, July 29.—A report from
General Shatter shows the total sick
in his army to be 4,122 total fever par
tients, 3,193 new cases for yesterday,
.g22j cases of fever returned to
duty, oii.
The Boy Kfnr Sick With Measles.
LONDON, July 28.—A Madrid special
lys the king of Spain is suffering irom
\ma attack of the measles.
THE NEWS IN IOWA
IOWA'S CAVALRY.
Governor Shaw Hai Authorized Its O*
ganlsatlon.
DBS MOIXBS, July 27.—Governor Shaw
,has authorized Adjutant Byers Jo. in
vest Harry Polk, of Des Moines, with
authority to organize a troop of caval
ry to be known as Troop A of the Iowa
National Guards. The organization
will be perfected as soon as possible
and enlistment made on the basis of
United
States
army examinations. Ac­
cording to the military code Iowa is
entitled to two such troops, either of
which must consist of not less than 40
nor more than sixty men. Adjutant
General Byers stated
that
Troop A
would be no tin soldier affair, but a
well equipped, well qualified body of
men. ready to go into active service if
a call from the United States govern
ment should come. The men who en
list are to furnish their own horses.
No arrangements have been made for
the organization of a second troop.
LARGE HORSE BARN BURNED.
The
Animals Rescued by the Herole
Efforts of Two Women.
WATERLOO, July 27.—The large horse
barns and track stables of the Red
Cross farm, owned by M. N. Hender
son, of Waterloo, burned to the ground,
entailing a loss of
$6,000.
One young
pacer, valued at $400, the property of
B. Striegel, was burned. The origin
of the fire was undoubtedly incendiary.
The flames started at a time when
none of the employes were about.
Two women, Mrs. George Dunsford
and Mrs. Charles Welsted, who reside
near the track, first noted the fire, and
as no help was available, themselves
loosed the horses from their box stalls
and drove them from the burning
building, though at great danger to
themselves. The track harnesses,
speed stables and all other buildings,
seven in number, were totally des
troyed, the ampitheatre alone being
saved. A number of cattle and hogs
contained in one of the farm buildings
were also burned.
LAND OPENED TO SETTLERS.
Applications to Enter Land In Palo Alto
County to Be Received*
DES MOINES, July 27.—August 30 a
plat of about 1,260 acres of Palo Alto
and Clay county lands will be filed
with the register and receiver of the
United States land office in Des Moines
and applications for the entry of these
lands will be received. It is expected
the filing of the plat will be the occa
sion for a small sized rush of home
seekers, as the lands are among the
best in northern Iowa and very desir
able. The lands were originally in
cluded in the survey of Lost Island
lake, one of the few meandered bodies
of water in the north part of the sta£&.
An error in the survey caused them to
be platted as covered with water, and
as a result they were nev^r opened to
homestead entry. The mistake was
discovered by a number of squatters
on the iands and it was through them
the department was led to correct it.
ey will make an effort to hold the
lands.
IOWA FARMERS.
Many Will Visit the Ames Agricultural
College In August.
AMES, July 26.—It is officially an
nounced that the first of the excursions
carrying Iowa farmers to visit the
State Agricultural College will be run
on August 17th. Seven special trains
will be run from different sections of
the state, starting early in the morn
ing and returning in the evening.
Extremely low rates have been secured
and preparations are being made to
entertain thousands of farmer visitors.
Gov. Shaw will speak and the program
will consist of military parades,
athletic amusements, brief speeches,
music and sight-seeing.
FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAQE.
Chicago, Fort Madison & Des Moines
Railway in Trouble.
OTTTFMWA, July 29.—United States
Judge Woolson, at Mt. Pleasant, ap
pointed a receiver for the Chicago, Ft.
Madison & Des Moines railway on ap
plication of the American Loan & Trust
Company, of Boston, Mass., trustee for
the bondholders. General Manager
E. F. Potter is the appointee. The
road is a feeder for the Santa Fe.
There are outstanding 81,313,000 of
bonds, the interest on which the road
was unable to pay.
FRIGHT CAUSES DEATH.
Arnold Long, Aged 5, Expires a* a
Result of Paralysis.
SHELDON, July 27.—Little r-year-old
Arnold Long, Cigar Manufacturer
Long's only son, died of paralysis,
caused from fright. Some mischievous
boys, knowing that he was very much
afraid of dogs, set a cur after him to
scare him. The little fellow ran to
ward home as fast as he could, but
fell down and the dog ran clear over
him. The boy went into spasms which
were followed by paralysis, ending in
death.
Des Moines Daily News SI a Tear.
DES MOINES, July 27.— The Des
Moines Daily News is sent to any
address for 81 a year, 75 cents for six
months, 50 cents for three months, 25
cents for one month. The News con
tains the full Associated Press dis
patches condensed for the busy reader,
telegraphic markets, all the Iowa news
and in short is a first-class daily news
paper for the price of a weekly.
Everybody should have a daily paper
in these exciting times. Twice-a
Week News 50 cents a year. Want
advertisements in Daily, one cent a
word each insertion, 25.000 circulation
guaranteed. Address The News, Des
Moines, Iowa.
Des Moines Boy Dead at Camp Merritt.
CAMP MERRITT, San Francisco, July
23.—Corporal Dan Newsone died early
this morning of pneumonia. He was a
member of the Knoxville company and
has a wife and other relatives living
in Des Moines.
Tornado in Southwest Iowa.
SEC OAK, July 28.—A tornado passed
over Hawthorn yesterday afternoon,
and two people were killed north of
town besides a large property damage.
ACCOUNTS SAID TO BE SHORT
Mayor of Keokuk Makes Charges Against
City Clerk Blsbee.
KEOKUK, July 28.—City Clerk Bisbce,
a member of the Iowa volunteers, now
in camp at Jacksonville, is charged by
Mayor Root with being short in his
accounts a trifle over 83,000. Bisbee
has denied the charge and says that it
Is likely a clerical error has caused the
mistake. According to Mayor Root
the alleged shortage became known
soon after the departure of Captain
Bisbee with his company. Bisbee was
communicated with. He replied that
he would return at the earliest pos
sible moment. Then Mayor Root
served formal notice upon Bisbee's
bondsmen. Bisbee has notified the
city officials and bondsmen that he
will start for Keokuk at once, assuring
them that he will satisfactorily explain
the matter.
FIFTY-FIRST IOWA MOVES.
Go to tlio Presidio—Auother Death in the
Regiment.
SAN FKANCISCO, July 29.—The Fifty
first Iowa regiment has moved to the
Presidio. Another detail of guards was
ordered on the troopship Arizona. The
indications are strong that the regi
ment will go on the Arizona, but no
orders yet. Alfred C. Bebb, of Colum
bus Junction, is dead. Ilis death is the
first in Company F, and the fifth in the
regiment. The cause was pneumonia.
CLINTON CYCLONE.
Does 813,000 Damage to Warner Loch
Factory.
CLINTON, July 29.—A cyclone struck
this place and the Warner Lock factory
building was blown down at a loss of
about 812,000. The factory was shut
down but was to have resumed work
soon. A hundred men are thus pre
vented from securing employment and
the factory may not be rebuilt. No
other buildings in the city were dam
aged.
Tramps Shoot a Boy.
CLINTON, July 28.—Frank Baird, aged
19, was shot and killed by two tramps
at DeWitt. Young Baird. in company^
with three other boys, got into a car
to go west. Two men entered the car
and demanded the boys' money. They
made an effort to leave the car and
were fired upon. Baird tumbled from
the car and soon expired. Sheriff Hud
sod has offered a reward of 8200 for
any information which may lead to
the capture and conviction of the mur
derers.
(,
Fatal Lightning Stroke.
CIIARITON, July 29.—Duj^ng a severe
thunder shower the houte occupied by.
William Robinson and family was
struck by lightning, tearing the coi
ner of thpr house out and killing one
child ttiat was asleep on the bed, burn
ing'the feet of her brother who slept
with her, and completely stunning the
whole family.
IIog Cholera Rages.
DCBUQUE, July 29.—Hog cholera has
broken out in this county andisragingi
unchecked. In Vernon township thej
loss has been heavy, one man losing
150 hogs, another 100. Nearly all of
William Burns' younger hogs have!
died, and James O'Brien, Jr., is minus
the greater part of his herd.
Biythe Is a Candidate.
MASON CITY, July SC.—J. E. Biythe
has finally concluded to make a race
for the nomination for congress
against Congressman Tom Updegraff,
and he confidently expects that the
opposition to Mr. Updegraff will line
up under his banner.
Robbery at Shenandoah.
SnENANDOAir,
July 25.—The cloth­
ing store of the Friedman Clothing
Company was broken into and 8500 to
81
,000 worth of goods taken. The^
robbers entered by breaking out a
panel in the back door
llnll for Congress.
KNOXVILLE,July 28.—John A. T. null
was renominated for congress by the
republicans of the Seventh district
without opposition.
IOWA CONDENSED.
The Iowa company of colored men
have been mustered into the Seventh
regiment of colored immunes. As mus
tered the list of company officers is as
follows: Captain, Amos W. Brandt
first lieutenant, A. G. McAfee second
lieutenant, Alex. Wilbur.
It is announced that Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Scott holds, with
State Treasurer Ilcrriott, of Iowa,
that state warrants, and checks, drafts
and warrants drawn by state, county
and municipal officers for public pur
poses and in discharge of their duties,
are not subject to internal revenue
taxation.
Des Moines dispatch: The expense
account of Camp McKinley during the
mobilization of the four Iowa regi
ments of infantry is practically footed
up. The sum of $112,211.05 wasdrawn
out of the 8500,000 emergency fund and
will be paid back to the state by the
United States government. Besides
this, 89,510.74 has been paid out of the
state funds and will not be returned to
the treasury. The sum of 84,929.39out
of the latter sum was paid to rejected
men, and 84.587.35 went to meet shoe
bills. Some of the largest and most
important items paid out of the war
appropriation are as follows: Trans
portation, 84,065 rubber blankets,
84,970 bread, 84,637 trousers, 81,450
blouses, 81,930 groceries, 84,008 meats,
82,083.
Harry H. Whitney, an inmate of the
asj-lum for the insane at Clarinda re
cently committed suicide by cutting
liis throat. He was sent to the asylum
a few weeks ago from Shenandoah,
where he leaves two small children,
his wife having died a few weeks ago.
He seemed to have been recovering and
on returning from'a walk with an at
tendant asked to be allowed to use
some salve, for his face. The attend
ant went with him to get it, and Whit
ney saw a razor case. lie became craz
ed instantly. Striking the attendant
a stunning blow on the head he pickcd
up the razor and started to cut his
throat. The attendant recovered and
struggled to prevent it, but Whitney,
leaning over the attendant, who had
both arms around him, cut his throat
from ear to ear, dying of the wound
in a few moments. Roth jugulars wer
severed.
PLOWING MADE EASY.
A New Invention—A "Stone Dodger"
Plow.
From the Farm Implement News.
The Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., of
Madison, Wisconsin, have brought out
a new implement, namely, a riding
plow, that Is attracting much atten
tion wherever it is seen. Heretofore
there has been very serious objection
to the riding plow where there is stone.
In striking a stone not only has there
been danger of breaking the plow and
harness, but the blow on the shoulders
of the horses was very injurious, and
worse than all, the driver was in dan
ger of being thrown off and injured.
These objections are overcome in this
appropriately named "stone dodger
plow. When it strikes a stone the plow
part only is raised up and slides over
the stone and pulls itself into the
ground again without any action on the
part of the driver. The sulky part is
not raised at all. A boy or an old man
who can handle the team can thus
readily do the plowing.
So much interest has been taken !n
this plow wherever it has been shown
that the manufacturers have adopted a
novel plan to aid in presenting its man
ifest advantages to the farming com
munity. They are having a large num
ber of models made and in any section
where there is no sample plow that
can readily be seen, any reputable
farm can, by writing to the company,
have a model'sent to him by express
for inspection, without expense to him,
the company ^ying expressage both
ways. The farmer, after examination,
simply returns it to the express office.
The model is a nice piece of work. It
weighs only ten pounds. The plow is
made as a single plow for three horses
and as a double or gang for four horses.
A very effective potato planting attach
ment can be had with these plows a1,
small extra cost.
SPECKS ON LEMONS.
Under a Magnifying Glass They Change
late Bugs.
The prejudice in Germany and Aus
tria against our fruit is likely to be of
long duration. Something known as
the San Jose scale has Infected our
fruits. They say you can see one of
these little creatures on tbe next lemon
that you buy, provided, of course, that
the lemon has on it a tiny black speck.
Examine the speck under a strong mag
nifying glass, and you will discover the
cause of all our recent commercial
woesT-4 small creature with legs, wings
and antennae. He is a most pestifer
ous and dangerous element in the
world, being difficult to get rid of, and
evil in all his habits. He takes the life
out of whatever he lives on. He draws
the juice from the trees, so that they
wither and die, and he propagates with
great rapidity. No way of getting rid
of him has yet been discovered.—Har
pers' Bazar
National Firemen's Tournament.
Fred A. Wood, president and man
ager of the National Firemen's Asso
ciation, in conjunction with the man
agers of the Trans-Mississippi Exposi
tion. is arranging for a national
firemen's tournament to be held on the
••xposition grounds from September
5th to 10th. Frizes amounting to
SI0,000 in value are offered by the
National Firemen's Association, and a
similar amount of money will be ex
pended by the exposition directors in
the erection of buildings and prepara
tion of the ground for tiic tournament.
A building will be put up for the daily
contests in coupling, hitching, etc.,
and other buildings in which fire ex
tinguishing apparatus will be dis
played. Several cheap structures will
also be erected for the express pur
pose of being set on fire. But little
pressed brick or iron will enter into
their construction, but it is promised
that the competing fire companies will
not allow any of them to burn to the
ground. The railroads have agreed to
make very low rates for the tourna
ment, and it is expected that 50,000
firemen and their friends will be in
attendance.
The last national firemen's tourna
ment was held at Chicago twenty
years ago. At that time there were
but two state firemen's associations in
the country, whereas there is now one
in nearly every state, twenty-seven
state associations being represented in
the national association. The tourna
ment to be held at Omaha in the fall
will be very much more elaborate than
was attempted at Chicago in 1878.
There will be three times as many
contests and a very much larger num
ber of competing companies. Already
over fifty have signified their intention
of taking part, and it is probable that
nearly every state in the union will be
represented. Several of the crack paid
companies, including those of Kansas
City, St. Paul, Indianapolis and Mil
waukee, will send their most speedy
hitchers and couplers, and some very
fast work is promised in the several
competitions.
Jimmy—Is your aunt on jour moth
er's or your father's side? Tommy—
Sometimes on one and sometimes the
other. It depends on who is getting
the best of it.
tlfe and the Liver.
Success in life depends upon the liver
is the way Chats. Lamb, tbe poet and pun
Bter put it. Medical science has proven,
that nine-tenths of the ailments of living
have their origin in the liver, and in con
stipation caused by its derangements.
Keep tbe liver lively and it will be well.
Modern science points out Casearets as the
only perfect, gentle, positive liver regula
tor fit to be used in the delicate human
organism. All druggists sell Cascarets 10c,
25c, 50c, and we recommend them most
heartily.
When army mules are transported by
rail it is customary to first remove the
shoes from their hind feet. This is to
prevent them from kicking the sides
out of the cars.
Hare You a 8on, Brother,
Husband or Lover in the Army or Navyl
Mail him to-day a 25c package of Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder for tho feet. All who
march, walk or stand neod it. It cures
aching, .tired, sore, swollen, sweating feet,
and makes hot, tight or new shoes easy.
Feet can't Blister, get Sore or Callous
where Allon's Foot-Ease is used. 10.000
testimonials. All druggists and shoo
stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allon S. Olmsted. Le ltoy, N. Y.
Ethel—I've had fully a dozen offers
of marriage lately. Maud—Mercy me!
Good ones? Ethel—Yes. All from
George.
Itenaty Is illond Deep.
Clean blood mattes a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets Candy Cathar
tic cleans your blood and keeps it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from tbe body. Begin_ to-day to
banish
and tbatsicl
Cascarets,
gists, satisfaction guaranteed. 10, 26, 50c.
The trees in the streets ot Paris are
looked after by a public official ap»
pointed solely for that purpose.
i§
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ILL OVEK THE WORLD
READY TO PROTEST.
Sagasta Says American Actions Arc Des
titute of Good Faith.
LONDON, July 28.—The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
"Spain will probably protest against
an attack upou Porto Eico after the
Washington cabinet has officially re
ceived Spanish overtures for peace.
Should a circular note on this subject
be sent to the powers, it will contain
the exact dates of the Spanish com
munications, malting it clear that the
United States deferred its answer in
order to be able to date this after the
American forces had gained a footing
in Porto Rico. Senor Sagasta says:
'We resolved on peace many days aeo
and made known our resolutions to
the United States government. I re
gard as null and void and as destitute
of good faith everything that the
Americans have done since and I am
ready to protest against it formally.'"
BERLIN, July 28.—The National Ga
zette says: "Although America's haste
to obtain a footing in Porto Rico is
rather contrary to the strict rules of
military usage, it is perhaps justified
by the assumption that its conquest
will place America in a better position
to dictate terms of peace. If Spain is
unable to pay indemnity, America has
a right to demand an enforced compen
sation."
REJOICING AT HONOLULU.
Receipt of the News of Annexation—Pro
gram for Celebration.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.—Thesteam
er Mariposa arrived from Australia
and Honolulu, bringing the following
correspondence to the Associated Press:
Honolulu, July 20.—The steamship
Coptic arrived from San Francisco on
the evening of the 13 inst., with the
important news that the United States
senate had ratified the Newlands law,
making Hawaii a part of the United
States. When the vessel reached the
harbor pandemonium reigned. The
whistles of the foundries, mills and
steamers were turned loose, fireworks
were exploded and one hundred guns
were fired on the grounds of the ex
ecutive building. The Hawaiian band
started out and marched through the
streets playing American patriotic airs.
An immense procession was formed
and a march was made to the executive
building. Captain Ssalby, of the Cop
tic, was presented with a silver cup by
the citizens of Honolulu for bringing
the news. The leading men of Hono
lulu met and recommended Harold
Sewall, United States minister to
Hawaii, for governor of the islands.
It had been generally thought that
President Dole would be their choice.
IMMUNES.
Going to Garrison Santiago for Shafter.
NEW OKI.EANS, July 20.—Colonel
Duncan S. Wood's regiment of im
munes, who have been in camp at Cov
ington, Ky., for several weeks, has
arrived in New Orleans. Col. Eiche's
immunes from Texas have also arrived.
Both these regiments will be taken to
Santiago by the transport Berlin.
General Shafter is very anxious to
have these two regiments reach him as
soon as possible to do garrison duty at
Santiago and they will leave sometime
this week.
Gathering at San Juan.
ST. TnoMAS, D. W. I., July 27.—The
Spanish troops in Porto Eico are being
withdrawn from the outlying towns
and are concentrating upon San Juan.
The defenses of the capital are being
strengthened,
MADI:ID, July 28.—An official dis
patch from Porto Eico says: On Tues
day the Americans advanced in the di
rection of Yauco, fighting most of the
way. Seven hundred Spanish regulars
and volunteers encountered them and
an engagement ensued which lasted
the whole night and only ceased with
dawn on the following day. The Am
ericans were obliged to withdraw to
the coast.
Spaniards Evacuate Holgoln,
WASHINGTON. July 2C.—News has
come to the war department from San
tiago to the effect that it was reported
by scouts that General Luguo and 10,
000 Spanish soldiers who have been
holding Holguin have evacuated the
town. If true, the report indicates the
intention of the Spaniards to surrender
the entire eastern end of the island of
Cuba. The Spanish scheme is to con
centrate tlieir forces and make a de
termined stand in the western prov
inces and at Havana.
Manila Believed to Be Onrg.
WASHINGTON, July 29.—Military and
naval officials are firm in the belief
that Manila, with the entire island of
Luzon, has been surrendered to the
American naval and military forces.
It is a belief based wholly upon calcu
lations and a full knowledge of Ad
miral Dewey's intentions upon the
arrival of reinforeemeuts, and the re
port turrent in Madrid to this effect
has thus gained credence.
Sylvester Scovel Is Fired.
NEW YORK. Juty 29.—The New York
World publishes an editorial announce
ment to the effect that Sylvester
Scovel is no longer connected with
that paper. Scovel is the correspond
ent who struck Shafter in the face at
the surrender of Santiago. Scovel
arrived at Norfolk on the transport
Hudson, and is now a closely guarded
prisoner.
Spaniard* Seattle a Ship.
GUANTANAMO, July 27.—The Span
iards sank the Spanish gunboat San
doval. which has been lying near
Caiman era. This is looked upon as a
gross breach of the terms of surrender,
which the Spaniards then had knowl
edge of. especially considering the fact
that food had been sent by the United
States navy into Caimanera.
Gen. ISrookc's Departure.
WASHINGTON, July 29.—The war de
partment received a dispatch from
General Brooke, at Newport News,
saying lie was on board the transport
and would sail at once for Porto Eico.
Camara's Fleet Returns.
MADRID, July 29.—Captain Aunon,
minister of marine, has received a dis
patch from Admiral Camara, announc
ing that his fleet has cast anchor at
Cadiz.
FLAG IS FLOATING.
Miles Lands At Guanlca and Hoists
Old Glory Over Porto Bleo.
WASHINGTON, July 27.—The war de
partment at 11:30 last night posted the
following:
ST. THOMAS, July 26.—9:35 p. in.—
Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.—
Circumstanccs wer.e such that I deemed
it advisable to take the harbor of Guan
ica first, fifteen miles west of Ponce,
which was successfully accomplished
between daylight and 11 o'clock. The
Spaniards were surprised. Tho Glou
cester, Commander Wainwaight, first
entered the harbor met with slight re
sistance fired a few shots. All the
transports are now in the harbor and
infantry and artillery are rapidly going
ashore. This is a well protected har
bor. The water is sufficiently deep for
all transports and heavy vessels to an
chor within 200 yards of the shore. The
Spanish flag was lowered and the Amer
ican flag raised at 11 o'clock today.
Captain Higginson, with his fleet, has
rendered able and earnest assistance.
The troops are in good health and in the
best of spirits. No casualties.
(Signed) MII.ES,
Major General Commanding Army.
Sherman on the Situation.
WASHINGTON, July 20.—John Sher
man, in an interview, said that he re
gretted to learn of the differences
between Generals Shafter and Garcia.
If Garcia was not invited to be present
at the surrender of Santiago it was a
blunder. He calls attention to the
fact that the resolution adopted by
congress clearly stipulated that we
would leave the island to the control
of the people in Cuba after a stable
government had been established, and
say» we must not go back on this agree
ment. He says Porto Rico is the only
part of the Spanish territory which
may accrue to us that he would favor
retaining. The Philippines would
bring endless troubles to our govern
ment. He also stated that he favored
increasing the standing army to 50,000
and the building of an inter-oceanic
canal.
OS for Porto Rico.
NEWRORT NEWS, Va.. July 29.—With
the exception of the Fourth Ohio regi
ment, the Second brigade of the First
Army Corps, in command of Brigadier
General Haines, sailed for Porto Rico
yesterday afternoon. General Haines
and his staff and the Fourth Ohio are
on the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, and
that ship did not leave Old Point until
this morning.
Who Will Get the Bonds.
WASHINGTON, July 26.—The treasury
department statement shows about
300,000 persons to whom bonds will be
awarded under the pending govern
ment loan. All persons offering to
take 84,500 or less will receive bonds.
Shipments of new bonds have begun
JIREVITIKS.
The German ambassador called on the
president and the secretary of state.
Nothing is known of the purpose of
his visit, but at this time of the year it
is regarded as extraordinary.
A Madrid dispatch says Gen. Augusti,
captain general of the Philippines, has
telegraphed to the government as fol
lows: "The Americans are about to
attack Manila. Grave events are
impending."
Shafter reports that he has received a
letter from General Toral saying the
Spanish secretary of war desires the
troops landed at Vigo, Corunna, on
the Atlantic, and Santander, in the
Bay of Biscay. The request of the
Spanish government will be complied
with, unless something unforeseen
should prevent.
General Wood has been appoint
ed military governor of Santiago, suc
ceeding General McKibbin, who is on
the sick 1 ist. Clearing the streets and
burying dogs and horses whose re
mains have been lying in the streets
for days and weeks has begun. Other
methods to improve the sanitary con
dition of the city arc being taken.
Sampson reports that a naval expedi
tion to Nipe, on the north coast of Cu
ba opposite Santiago, has been success
ful, and that the Spanish cruiser de
fending that place was destroyed. It
is the purpose of the administration to
establish a base there, as it will save
time in getting supplies into Cuba and
form a good point of operations against
Holguin.
Washington dispatch: Gen. Shafter
reports that a colonel of the Spanish
arrived at Santiago to investigate the
report that Santiago had surrendered
and that the forces at Guantanamo
had been included. They will be very
glad to accept the terms of surrender.
There are 6,000 men at Guantanamo.
They arc short of rations and Shafter
will begin feeding them at once. The
general said he would send an officer
to receive the surrender.
A report from Shafter shows that
the yellow fevet is abating. He says:
"No deaths at front have been reported
as yet. The situation is not alarming,
though there are many sick with fever,
about 1,500. Only a small part of
those sick are down with yellow fever,
about 10 per cent, 150 in all. Slight
changes of all the troops have been
made to get them on fresh ground and
the artillery and cavalry have been
moved about three miles."
Lieutenant Richard Hobson recent
ly had a long conference with
Assistant Secretary Allen, Capt. Brad
ford and several other officers of the
navy department regarding the raising
of the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon.
The lieutenant succeeded while in New
York, in arranging with the Merritt &
Chapman Wrecking Company for the
execution of the clans he had prepared
for the saving of the vessels. Secre
tary Long says the lieutenant's plans
are entirely feasible. Hobson goes to
Santiago to supervise the work.
It is said the Cubans at Santiago
resent General Shaffer's attitude in ig
noring General Garcia and refusing to
allow the Cuban troops to enter San
tiago or to consult General Garcia on
the terms of surrender of the city.
Shaftcr's reply to Garcia's letter of
protest, saying the war was between
the United States and Spain, irrespec
tive of Cuba's individual interests, and
President McKinley's instruction with
reference to the administration of the
surrendered district are interpetcd as
a tacit avowal of America's intentions
to annex the island. A meeting was
held to discuss the matter and it is
probable a protest was drawn up which
will be presented.
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Men who know the same things are
not long the best company for each
other.
A farmer near Decatur, Ala., has
raised a hog which weighs 1,534
pounds.
The railroad mileage in Cuba is 1,105
miles, owned by seventeen railroad
companies.
Recent measurements of the Chinese
wall show it to be eighteen feet high
and 1,300 miles long.
John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, occa
sionally officiates as a baseball umpire.
No player kicks at his decisions.
A vault has been built in Plymouth
church for safe keeping of valuable
relics of the late Henry WardBeecher.
In Persia a bonfire playc an import
ant part in the marriage ceremony, the
service being read over in front of it.
At the battle of Waterloo 51,000 men
were killed or disabled. There were
145,000 soldiers in that great struggle.
A very young man holds the office ot
county judge of Chippewa Falls, Wis.
His name is John E. Pannier, and he
is only 21 years of age.
German shorthand writers do not
compare favorably with those of other
nations. They rarely take down more
„than fifty words a minute.
Alexander Gregg Belleville, of St.
Louis, who recently buried his seventh
wife, has married again, this time a
girl of 15. He is 57 years old.
The combined area of the Philip
pines, the Hawaiian Islands, Cuba and
Porto Rico is 247.743 square miles, or a
little less than that of Texas.
There is a famous saying attributed
to the Duke of Wellington that "next
to a disastrous defeat the worst thing
for a nation is a great victory."
A Maine man offers small prizes to
the school children in the intermediate
grade of his town who take the best
care of their teeth during the summer.
Anew "lover's alarm clock" strikes
loudly at 10 o'clock, and two little
doors opening reveal the figure of a
man in a dressing-gown, holding in his
hand a card bearing the words "Good
night."
Last, year the consumption of beer
in the United States amounted to 34,
423.004 barrels. If the present war
continues a year, the brewers will then
paid into the treasury the nice little
sum .of 808,840,188,
Only once in their history as a nation
have 'the Spaniards achieved a naval
victory. That was at the battle of Le
panto. in 1571, when, with the aid of
Venetians and Genoese, they annihilat
ed the Turkish fleet.
Japan has evidently secured one of
the fastest and best modern .warships
in the Kasagi. She is American built,
too, and her success will add to \the_
prestige of American shipbwil4eri|
throughout the world!-
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen, whose
death has occurred in the naval hos
pital at Washington, was a stout
hearted, faithful, vigorous commander,
who did his whole duty with great
conscientiousness, and was at onetime
expccted to be one of the great men of
the navy. But his opportunity passed,
and he lived to see a new generation of
masters of the navy, in which his ram,
the Katahdin, does not figure, nor any
thing of its type.
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Mrs. J. C. Smith of Aledo, 111., writes'.
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"Always pay as you go," said Uncle
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nothing to pay with?" "Then don't
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For a perfect complexion and a clear,
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One reason why there are so many
pennies in every collection is because
we have no smaller coin.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cnsciuel's Cnnrtr CmtiarMc. lUo or 2oo
If C. C. C. fall to cure druggists refund money.
It is a very common sight, in the
streets of Paris, to see baby carriages
which arc propelled by electricity.
Mrs. Wlnilow'n
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Silver money 350 years old is still
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