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f s i m -' ijv.-KO326. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1808.-C0PYRIGIIT, 1898, BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. PRICE TWO CENTS. iff ' the roiiToiuco campaign. laitVX SKVARATE EXPEDITIONS TO BE SENT TO Till: ISLAND. Oen. JIM". W ,,n' A,rn1 P""1 MO, Bt. Nicolas, 1V111 Iintl nt Gnanloa, tho Second Expedition at Pnjnydo, a South 1-ort of Sun Jimn, ami tho Third on tho North 8I.I0 to Cut Ofl tho Iletxentot tho 8u,v..l.h Porces-Flrst Landing Bundny. Washington. Julr 22.-Th Administration has decided to send thro separate expeditions toPortoRlco. Tho first wlllland at Guantca un der command ot Oen. Mllos. and from Quanlca It will so to Jauco. which Is a large village with a healthy cllmato. whore the troops can utabllsb a stronghold. Thenoo troops will to to 1'onco by rail, and from S'onoe. 734 kilo metres, to San Juan on a very good road, which U easily traversable In olthor the rainr or tho drr season. This expedition is oommandod directly by Gon. Mllos. who wlU await in Guan- Ion tho Forto lllcan troops under command I ot Gen. Anton lo Mattel Lruvorns. Tho second I expedition will land In Fajaydo. a south IV. port ot San Juan, and tho third will land In ono '1 0f the small pbyos on tho north side, where I A there U no port, but from which It will besiege 1 (J .n.i nut off the roti eat of tho Spanish forces. If 1 BT thsthrco expeditions land on tho throa sides 9 of tho shoro thoy will malco a clrclo around Torto Rico, and within flftcon days Oen Mllos will control tho entire country. In Gunntca there are telegraph facllltlos. but no cable. Tho cablo starts from Tonco and leads directly to Santomas. If Gon. Mllos Beta con trol ot tho cablo in Ponoo no can oommunicato direct with tho United States by way of Gal veston. Tho first detaehmont ot tho combined mili tary and naval expodltlon to Porto Rico passed I Mole St. Nicolas nt about noon to-day and by 1 thU tlmo is well on Its voyago. Bkirtlng tho 1 northern coast of tho island otnayti. Thisin- 1 formation was received In adespatchfrom Qen. I Miles to ths War Department at 1:15 o'clock 1 this afternoon. Wasblngtontime.or2:25o'clock S Hole St. Nicolas time. Tho despatch says: ', On Boabd U. 8. 8. Tiir, J I 1 Mole St. Nicolas. July 22. J i , ? " iKntarv Tor. VaAingten: OJ -Am disappointed by non-arrival of CoU f Heeker with construction corps. CoL Black II arrived without snagboats or lighters. Please I ) send at least four strong seagoing steam llght 1 en and tugs : also Gen. Stone's boato at Jack fff sonvllle, It not already sent, as soon as possible. M Am moving along well. Mrxrs." I "This was tho first definite information whioh I the War Department had received from Gen. I Miles that he had loft Guantanamo. although 1 It was assumed that ho had done so. inasmuch I as he telegraphed to the department yesterday I that he Intended to leave at 3 o'clock yesterday I afternoon. Ths Navy Department had re I ceUeJ advices this morning that th transport, fl fleet, with naval convoys, left Guantanamo ye I terday. A message rocelvod at tho War De 1 jurtmentthls morning from riaya del Este. I naming tho organizations ot troops which left I la tho first detachment of tho military expedi I tlon. caused some doubt as to Gen. Miles' de- parture. for it was signed by Gon. Miles, and I was not received until 7:32 o'clock. i Ths Molo St. Nicolas despatch was gratify- I be to the Administration offlcials. The an- I 1 nouneement that tho transports had reachod I j that point was recognized as justifying em- ,l phatleally tho final sentence of Gen.Mlles'sde- jrVI patch that tho expedition was " moving along K. jf tell,"aad it led tho War Department to bo- 1 1 lieTC that tho destination of tho fleet would be Br reached by Sunday, provided no unexpected BJ( hindrance Is encountered. By estimating the J 1 1 time required for tho transmission of tho mes- j sago, and assuming that the despatch was telo- tl graphed promptly after having been filed by fg Oen, Miles, It is reckoned that tho trans- fl ports arrived at tho Haytian port soon A after noon to-day. They had travorsed B a distance of about 110 miles. Tho do- H snatch from Gen. Miles gives also the H flnt definite information of the route which the H transport fleet with its convoys is taking. In- cldoLtally It lends strength to the opinion H entertained In some quarters that the landing jlj of the troops is to be made on tho northern A coast uf Porto Rico, but it is possible that ths H northern route around Haytl is taken for the HI purpose ot concealing Gen. Mllos's real Inton H tlon of landing at a point on the southern coast, m pcrhari, 1'onco. Provided tho dobarkatton is to H occur on tho north, tho route from Guantanamo H traversed by tho transports is only about 000 mllis, It tho transports proceed as rapidly during tho remainder of tho journey as they did during tho first stage, the destination W-.- should bo ctihily reachod by Sunday. t lli'-ro l-i expectod to bo no delay in tho pro- yj BK-s of tho transports resulting from tho fail- , v"1 'f tho steam lighters and tugs to join Gon. 'J Jl'li-obdttuchrnont beforo he loft Guantanamo. jiff 1' ls rrobable, however, that tho heavy guns m tnj uuaitennaBter supplies cannot bo landed I ui.tii tint i lighters reach Porto Itloo, although J tin- tKi-, tli niscUuB can be debarked without f J (Iliv-uiiy The saino embarrassment sooms V lik., i.j Ui) encountered nt Porto nico as was B M.ncnl at Santiago, whoro Gon. Shatter vjs, ji 'igil to wait for Home time for lighters li'.iu li" c-,.iiU1 land tho heavy slcgo guns and B iii I'll-, heictigltig to his military forces. V '"'' '' !al "itiil'iir of troops in tho first de JM wlinieii,uudertlio direct oommimd of Gen, BJ JIi., i, l.tl."i, iHHitown by the following de-0- A tint -I, .. icd at tho War Department to-day: !' I'lKTAHRLKaic. July 21. 7:23 P.M. "iicrttirym It ur. WaMngUm: "Tl . foil mini; troops are with me aboard lr''ii-: i.i. in liuuiitiiiiamo harbor, e;i route to 1'"IH.1,km: I'uur light batteries of th Third '"1 1 urih Anillery ;IomU's Battery D, Fifth A ''". tlio Sixth Illinois. Sixth Maesaohu- y-73 ree: nits for regiment of tho Fifth '' 'in-. iW signal oorps. and tho Seventh H il ( - i,-:i.4io all told. Mruts." "J it-lyatter the receipt of the request 'in Jhi,., for fcteam tugs and lighters -r I 'i-iartinotit hastened it preparations 1 J Hi-) MsMula required. Arrangeraouta li-ulj bi-eii oiado for a number of shlpu "Wnd. ten-in all having been chartered by tho Government. Several ot theso were among those In Gen. Stone' charge at Fornan dlns, whloh wore rctorrcd to by Gen. Mile In his despatch. Two more snag boats, whloh the Navy Department bollovos to bo sultablo for use In removing harbor mlnos, aro at Koy West, and naval constructor were detailed this afternoon to oxamlno the vessols. If thoy aro found acceptable, they will bo chartered and sent to Porto Rtoo. It ls expected that tho gang of 000 colored laborers waiting at Charleston under contract with the Govornment at SI per capita per day will embark immediately for ths Porto Illoo campaign, and thsy will bo employed In build ing and improving roads In Porto Rico as soon as tho army is ready to bgtn operations. It has also been arranged that 400 men furnished by D. Van Aken 4 Oo. of New York, who were em ployed for the purpose ot building piers and performing similar labor at Bantlago. be sent to Porto Rico. Thoy are now on board tho transport Panama, Orders were Issued to-day to Major-Gen. William R. Brooko to loav Chickamauga with his staff for Porto Rico next Sunday. IIo will embark from Newport Nows at 5 P. M. on tho St Louis. It ls expected that Gon. Brooko will bo accompanied by his headquarters guard, consisting of Troop II of the Sixth Cavalry. Company F of tho Eighth Infantry and four batteries of artlHory. STILL LOADING AT TA3IPA. Most of tho Troopihlpt Will Probably Get Away Within Forty-eight Hours. TiMr-A. Fin.. July 22. Tho press censorship will bo abolished finally to-morrow so far as Tampa ls concerned. Orders have been ro celvod from Gen. Greely by Copt. Brady, who has boen the Chief Censor for the State, to make his headquarters at Jacksonville and to dismiss tho censors at Eoy West. Miami, and this place. At Jacksonville Capt. Brady will asaumo genoral oharge ot tho wires centring thero. but the censorship to be exorolsod in future will cot stop information being sent out regarding tho movement of the army or navy. Tho fleet of transports destined for Porto Rloo has not yet sailed from this port, but most ot the vessels may got out during tho next forty-eight hours. The work of loading con tinues, and several ot the troopships are now ready to sail. Btorcs, consisting of artillery, ammunition, commissary and ordnance sup plies, havo boon distributed among nearly oil of ths vessels. Ths troops thus tar loaded aro also scattered. The Mohawk will carry the Eleventh Infan try ; Port Tiotor. fifty Signal Oorps men : Chero kee. Companies B. 0, D. E, G, H. and I. Nine teenth Infantry; Arkadia, Battery M. Seventh Artillery : Florida. Companies A. F. K, L. and M of the Nineteenth Infantry: Decatur H. Mil ler. Battory C. Boventh Artillery; Whitney. Company G, Eleventh Infantry, and Troop B. Second Cavalry. These transports aro now loaded. Tho Fifth United States Infantry, now mobilizing here, has not yet been ordered aboard ths troopships and some anxiety is felt among the officers and men on account of tho uncertainty which this regiment ls in. It was the first regiment sent to Tampa whon tho war was declared, and while here was out Into oompanio and scat tered along the wholo seaboard of tho South Atlantio and Golf. Four regiment of volunteers have thus far been sent from Tampa to Fernondlna for en campment. Including tho Thirty-second Michi gan. First Florida, Second Georgia and Fifth Ohio. The regiments at Port Tampa city, tho Third Pennsylvania, 157th Indiana and First Ohio, have not yet recelvod orders to move, and it now looks as though they were to be loft In camp here. svi'TLina Ton ronio moo hex. Forty Cars of Sabtlitencs Arrive for tho Transport at Newport News. Nkwpobt News. Va.. July 22. It is quito evi dent that Uncle Sam docs not intend his gallant soldier boys who ore going to the front to attack Porto Rico to suffer for tho nooo&saries of life. Forty cars of subsistence shipped from Phila delphia on Government contracts reached here to-day and was taken in charge by Major Wil son, who has charge of the quartermaster de partment of the forces that will embark from this city. The transports that aro to carry away the flvo or six thousand soldiers who will reaoh here to-morrow and Sunday aro already begin ning to assemble. The Roumanian and xo semlte are here, while the Glacier is anchored off Old Point. The special trains bearing the men will begin to arrive hero shortly after 6 o'clock to-morrow. They will be marchod to a temporary eamp just above tho shipyard, and the embarkation will begin on Sunday. According to tho present programme the troops will embark as follows: Harvard. 1,300 men ; St.Loula.1.300 men ; Roumanian. 800 men and 600 animals; Massachusetts. 1.000 men and 500 horsos; City of Washington, 500 men. SAW TWO 2ITSE3 ItLOWX VP. Exhibition of the Powers of Harbor De fences Given in Boston. Boston, July 22. A largo party, at tho invita tion of Col. Mansfield of tho Engineer Corps, went down tho harbor to Fort Independence this afternoon to watch the explosion ot two submarine mines. On tho pier at City Point thore wero soveral thousand pooplo who had gathered to watch tho explosions. Mrs. Mansfield, wife of Col. Mansfield, turned on the ourront. Almost Instantaneously a hugo mass of wator roso In the air. followed by a sul len roar, which was like tho report ot a groat cannon hoard from a distance. The wator lifted Into the air resembled a huge fountain 200 feet high, snow whito and shaped like a flour-do-lls, tho column in tho centra rising fully fifty feot above tho body of tho water. Alter tho explosion many dead or stunned fish could bo soen on the surfaoo for a radius ot 500 foot. Tho mlnos contained 100 pounds of dynamlto and 60 pounds of gelatine, enough to sink tho largest warship afloat Many re marks wero naturally mado about the blowing up of the Maine, and one man, a Harvard pro fessor, said that ho believed the mines were the same size as that employed to destroy the battleship. IILAXCO'S PltOCLAJUATIOX. Tie Snys the Spanish Army Is Certain to Triumph In the Knd. Sptdal Cabti PttpalA tt Tui How. IUvANi. July 22, via London. Gon. Blanco has issued a proclamation announcing that, by the terms of the capitulation, tho troops at Santiago will have all tho honors ot war. He snys that the surrender was due to the scarcity of food and ammunition and doolares that It is without strateglo Importance and does not affect the Spanish campaign. Heooncludes; " Tho army is certain to be triumphant In tho end, demonstrating once more the indomitable Spanish character and the well known military talents of our people." The Muple's Small l'rlie. Kr Wxst, July 22. The Spanish sloop Do mlngo Aurolio, twenty tons, with a small cargo of tobacco, cloth and food, was captured on Sunday by tho Maple while leaving Hagua do Tanaino bound for Glbora, Tho Maplo towed her prire to Koy West. Tho sloop had ft orew of three men and one passenger, Xswport Excursion, Bundy, Situ. jU L. I. It. II. LmmImUi su, b:0: firocklTii. 8:40 A. M. Excursion tickets, tJ.no. Bee Escomon coluuiO-.4l. ' - r""ihwimmm FOOD SCARCE IN SANTIAGO. piucua man and uucir avrranrxQ AaroNo me roon, Tho Red Cross Society Doing Kverythlng It Can to Relieve Distress Merchant Havo Cabled to ThU Country for Shipments of Food Staples When Thoy Arrive Prices Will Drop Gen, Utiles Asked Gnrela for Fifty Cubans for the Porto Itlco Expedi tion Gen. Wood, as military Governor, Pleases Everybody Cleansing tho City. SfcaX OalU DupakX U Tn Suit. Bxirmoo do Cuba. July 22. No provision laden vessols have arrived horn slnos the sur render of the city or tor a long Urn before the capitulation, except ths Red Cross steamer State ot Texas, and food continues to be very scarce. A a result price are very high, and it is only tho rich who are ablo to secure any ot the scanty supply of food In ths city. Thore is much suffering- among ths poor, but tholr distress would be far greator wore tt not for tho noblo work that is being dono by Miss Clara Barton. Tho poor are depending entirely upon tho Red Cross for their support, and Miss Barton is doing evorythlng in her power to re Hove their distress. Her effort to alleviate tho sufferings of the starving peoplo are ap preciated by Spaniards and Cubans alike, and he ls blessed on all sides. It ls hoped that supplies of food will soon reach here from tho Unltod States. A number of dealers have already cabled to their cor respondents directing tho shipment ot flour, oommeal. bacon, lard and other staple sup plies, and tholr arrival ls eagerly awaited, as It ls bellevod that upon tholr receipt prices will resume their normal levoL The fact that ths minimum Spanish tariff ls to bo imposed on all Imports will tend to make food products here cheaper than ever before, as soon asasufflolontsupply ls received. Tho Import duttos on American products under the Span ish administration were excesslvo and caused a great enhancement, in some cases as muoh as from 50 to 75 per cent, ot the original valuo. Prior to his departure from Guantanamo for Porto Rico, Gen. Mllos sent a despatch to Gon. Garcia, commander of ths Cuban Army of the East, asking him to detach for service with him in Porto Rico fifty Cubans, who, undor Tomas, rendered valuable old to ths First Battalion ot marines in their many fights with the Span lords at Calmanera. Gen. Garcia had. owing to the ill feeling that dovolopod over the surrendor ot Santiago and the retention ot ths Spanish civil government of tho city, left the neighborhood ot Santiago with his army and ls now en route to Jlguanl. A special messongor was detailed to carry Gen. Miles's message to him, and It 1 hoped that he will accede to ths request, as ths men would undoubtedly be ot muoh assistance to tho Americans in their Porto Eicon campaign. The Spanish Transatlantic Company has no tified Gen. Toral that through on arrangement with ths United States Government tho steam ers ot tho company now in West Indian waters ore to bo used In transporting tho Spanish troops to Spain. Gen. Toral has notified his men that on July 21. In accordance with the terms ot capitulation, the First Division of the Spanish Army will embark for Spain. The no tification was received with much pleasure by the troops, who ore anxious to get home, many ot them having served in Cuba for three years. Orders were issued yesterday for ths long needed cleansing of tho city, and tho work ls to bo thoroughly done. It ls hoped that the moasures to be taken will remove from Santi ago Its reputation ot being the worst centre of yellow fover contagion in the world. The Civil Governor has issued a proclamation to the in habitants instructing thorn as to the now sani tary measures, and directing that they be strictly adhered to. Gen. Wood, formerly Colonel ot ths rough xlders. has been appointed Military Governor of Santiago, and bis administration ls giving the greatest satisfaction to everybody. BIDFX SNOW OF TIIE BVHRKSDEO. A Detachment of Spanish Troops Como to Santiago to See for Themselves. Washington, July 22. Tho Adjutant-General at 4:30 P.M.postod the followlngdcspatch: " Baxtiaoo. July 22. "II. 0. Cerlin, Aijutant-Gineral: "Sent two troops of cavalry, with Spanish officers and Lieut. Mlloy, to rooelvo surrender ot Spanish troops at Ban Luis and Palma. They had not heard of tho loss ot Cervera's floot or ot Toral's surrender. They declined to sur render unless they could come in and seo for themselves. A detaehmont ot officers and mon camo In last night and returned this morning, apparently satisfied. Suaiter." SPANISH CItVTSEIt DESTItOYED. The Navy Occupies the Day of Nlpo on tho North Coast of Cuba. WAsniiwroH, July 22. This despatch from Admiral Sampson was posted this afternoon: " SKTtlary of Oil .Vary. Waihiniton. V, C, 1 "Tho expedition to Nlpe has beon entirely successful, although tho mines havo not yet been removed. The Spanish crulsor Jorge Juan, defending the place, was destroyed with out loss on our side. The Annapolis and tho Wasp aftorward proceeded to assist In tho land ing of the commanding General of tho army on arrival at Porto Rico. SAursox." The Bay of Nlpe Is on the northern coast of Cuba twelve miles west of begun do Tanamo, the western point of the territory surrendered by Gou. Toral. Tho Bay of Nino Is one of tho largostln the world. By lis occupation our navy Is now In control ot the town ot Mayari, ono or two mile to the south, and also ot the ports of Cabonico and Lovi&a, a few miles to tho oast ot Nlpe. Nlpo Bay was originally selected as the ren dezvous for transports from Tampa and naval convoys of the Porto IUcnn expedition, and sev eral naval vessels wero sent thero to destroy tho Jorge Juan, which had been very venture some lately, and to remove the mines In the harbor to permit a safe anchorage for the transports. Af tor the Annapolis and her oon Horts started to carry out Admiral Sampson's order the plan to make Nlpe a rendesvou was abandoned. No Deaths In Santiago Yesterday. Wabuihoton, July 23. This despatch was re ceived at the War Department to-night: "Santiaoo, July 22. ' Jdutant-Gtn4ral, WtMngUm. "No deaths to-day. " BHArrin, Major-Oeneral." Worth Seeing. TWENTY MOttE JIItlTISII WAltSUIPS. Important Navnl Prngrnuune Announcrd Knglnnd's Navy to Uqunl Any Two Others. .Tprctat CaM Dtipatditi to TlIK Sux. London, July 22. Iu tho Uouso of Commons to-day Mr. GosoJien, First Lord of tho Ad mlralty, announced that tho Government would build four battleships, four cruiser and twolvo torpodo-bont deMroyors within tho noxt thrco and a half years nt n total cost of 8.000, 000. Tho Govornment. ho declared, ndhorod firmly to tho tdoaot maintaining a navy equal to any two of Great Britain's strongest nnval rivals. Russia's nnval programme, ho said, had mado England's policy of augmentation necessary, Mr. Goschen explained that tho pcesont strengthening ot England's navy was directly due to Russia's action. Russia, ho said, In tended to begin thb construction of fourcrulser within tho remaining months ot 1808. Mr. Goschon declared tlmt tho armor manu faoturors wero working night and duyat full spocd. but they would not produce- this yeartho quantity tho Admiralty had antictpntod. IIo thought, however, that England would always bo ablo to produoo hor own armor and not bo compelled to go abroad for it. Speaking ot the reconstruction ot oldcrutsors, Mr. Goachon said that tho Government In tended to improvo those of tho Admiral olnra, but In vlow ot tho prosont conditions prevailing throughout tho world nono ot thorn would bo placod In dock yet. As regards now crulsors. two of thoCroscent class would be built and twoot a larger class. Tho lattor would bo of tho following dimen sions: Length. 5!0 feet: breadth, 72 feet, and mean draught, 20 toot. Their displacement would bo 14,100 tons. Their engines would bo of 30,000 horso power, and thoy would havo a speed of 23 knots. They would mount two 0.2 breech-loading guns, sixteen 0-Inch quick-fln-rs. and fourteen 12-poundor qutck-flrors. Thoy would havo vertical sldo armor 0 inches thick, and strong steel docks. Tholr boilers would bo of ths wator-tubo typo, and thoy would havo twin screws. Mr. Goschon dlsavowod bollot that tho In crease ot Russia's navy was Intended as a menace to Great Britain, and ho equally re pudiated the Idea that tho Increase in the Brit ish Navy was In tho slightest senso aggresstvo. Tho epoech of tho First Lord of the Admiralty tends to confirm tho belief that International relations aro at tho bost In an extremely sensi tive state. With rof oronoo to tho battleships, Mr. Goschon said he would rathor that thoy bo more speedy than formidable. Ho also desired that they have loss draught than the usual ship of their kind, so that they would bo ablo to pass through the Buds Canal without having to lighten, no added: "Thoy will bo designed to meet those ships thoy are likely to encounter In tho waters to which thoy aro bont. We shall bo fully equal to meeting them there. I think the honorable gontlemen will be able to read betweon tho lines. I do not think It necessary to emphaslzo the mattorfurthor." Such languago is undoubtedly calculated to furnish material for tho scaremongers. Tho Chronicle declares that Mr. Gosohen's speech was as alarmist as Sir Michael Hicks Beach's recent reference to war or Mr. Cham berlain's threat ot an Amorlcan or German alli ance. Tho members of tho Ilouse cordially received tho proposals ot .tho Admiralty. Sir Charles Dilke, however, said ho regretted tho length ot tlmo allowed the contractors to build the new vessels. He complained that the House was not adequately lLfonned regarding tho Russian naval programme, and said he thought that Groat Britain was not spending enough money on hor navy, considering her wealth. Tho country, ho said in conclusion, must maintain an overwhelming naval superiority over other nations. Mr. Curzon said tho Government had no rea son to bollovo that Russia demanded tho solo control of the reorganization of the Chinese Navy, but at the camo time Russia did not ab solutely deny such Intentions. Tho subsequent dobato on tho naval estimates was strongly antl-IlMFBlan In Its tenor. The Moscow correspondent of tho 5(anfard says ho loams that the recently announced ex penditure of 1X1,000.000 roubles for Increasing tho Russian navy has suddenly been abandoned, at any rate for tho prcsont. Tho suddenness ot tho decision ls shown by the fact that tho representative of tho Union Iron Works of San Francisco, who was recently summoned to St Petersburg to rocelvo an or der, had only arrived whon tho Government changed ita mind. Tzkiv. July 22. M. Taoloff, tho Russian Minlhtor horo, has demanded that all of tho Chlneso army and navy instructors shall be ex clusively Russian. WON'T EUX VEWEY8 ItLOCKAItE NOW. Collapse of thn fpnnlsh Schomo to Send Nupxilies to Mfiullii from Vancouver. Vancouvkb. B. C, July 22. Col. Dudley, American Consul hero, having mado a report whloh Indicated that tho Spanish Consul at this port, Capt. Motion, was trying to fit out ships under tho Spanish flag, the Washington Govornmout despatchod to Van couver Llout. Lclghton of tho United Stntos ship Bennington to Investigate tho matter. Evldontly at his suggghtlon tho United States Govcrnmont rcquostod tho Canadian Govern ment to mako a thorough Investigation, This hue boon done. Pilot Westerlund, who, it was said, was asked by Capt. Melton to pilot n blockadu runner to Manila at a salary of $4,000 a month, has been requestod to makoaBworn statement of tho wholo matter. Wostorlund has no cholco In tho matter, and Is now pre paring tho affldaUt. Ho will swear that Mellon attompted to bribe him. Cnpt. Scott, whom the Spanish Government was to reward with wealth and a tltlo for attempting to dodgo Dower's fieut In tho hope ot taking BUppllesto tho bcblcged and earning back wounded troops, will also bo required to mako a state ment to ths Canadian Gooniment. Capt. Motion's confession has also been ob tained, bo that his schemes havo been nipped In tho bud by tho promptness ot thoUultud Btnd.M CoriHul and tho activity ot tho United States Goturiiiiient. Hobiul, the former nnval nttaehd at Washing ton, who was managing tho project back ot ('apt. Mellon, has suddenly illsapnaared from Vancouver. For sonio tlmo Sobrol paid J100 u day for cables to bpulii, POTATOES FOll SANTIAOO. A Government Order for l'lfteeii Carloads Filled In a Hurry lit St. T.fiuU. St. Louis, July 22. II. C. Schoppo A Bom. St. Louis commission iiierehantN, got an order to-day for Utti-on carload of Irish potatoes to bo hhlpped to Santiago for the United States Govornment. Requisitions wero qiude on overy uomiiiiHlo:i houho In tit. Louis, mid tho order was llllvil. Tho ffi'Ct, It Is Mild, will bo to raise the prlco ot imtutuefj In St. Louis touiiioraiily. Thn Auxlllaiy Cruiser Panther. Ths transport Pnntlior, which 1 to be con verted into un auxiliary cruiser of the type of the St. Paul and the St. Louis, was placed la dry dock In the navy ynrd In Brooklyn yester duy. It Is oxpcoU'd she will bo ready for sorvlco In six or seven weeks. Carlslind Mud Iliiths In America. Two doctors thor uglily fsuillUr with lbs mud Lull i-iin-, and lisviiu: Uuuu clltuUln, want sodio one willing to lnrrnt i 0 (kki fur the erection of Ant clans mud imtli to corretlxjiid to sn ttlcuAnt UoUl. eicvptlonilly located Dear ( lilrago, lud which can be leased on very favorable terms. Hotel now used for summer resort bullae as onlj . This Is an eioeptional opportunity to make big moui-r, and It will pay to luu4tluate. Addruaa Duo tor, P. b. box 13, fiev Vork titr.AUt. P1IIIIPPINES NOT FOR US'. ItEPOltT OF A EVIIOFEAX AOltEEXENT AGAINST ANNEXATION. Consent Also to Do Withheld from nn Anglo-American Frntectornte Agulnnldn Proclaims Illmsrlf Dictator nnd Pre scribes a Gorgeous Outfit for Himself IIo Ileplles to tho ahnrp Letter from Gen. Anderson-Our Nerond Expedition Pre paring to Land They Don't Wish to Wnlt for Reinforcement Hofore Attacking. Sptdal Casts DupalA la Tin Bos. Losnox. July 22. A despatch to tho Dally Neu$ from Berlin says that the powers, with the oxceptlon of Great Britain, havo arrived at an agrooment, though only in negatlvo terms, regarding tho future ot tho Philippines. They conour that they will not allow tho Islands to bo annexed by tho Unltod States, and will not consent to an Anglo-American protoctorato, whloh ls beltovod to bo chor ished In influential quarters in Washington. Hono Kono. July 22. Under date of July 10 Tn Su correspondent at Cavltd forwards the following advlcos: Everybody ls hard at work now. preparatory to tho landing ot tho troops ot tho second expe dition, which arrived hero on tho transports China, Senator, Zoalandla, and Colon. The First Colorado Regiment has gono into camp abovo Faranaque. south of Manila, where the First California Battalion was already stationed. Tho troops are in tho finest spirits and all ot them aro eager for tho attack on tho city to begin. They hope tor action soon and express confidence in being able to oompolthe sur render of the city beforo the arrival ot Gen. Merritt with tho third expedition from San Francisco. Emllto Aguinaldo, the Insurgent loader, sont a reply yesterday afternoon to Gon, Anderson's letter, which tho American commander sont to him on Sunday through Major Jones, the Chief Quartermaster, with rcforenco to tho nattvos furnishing men, carts, and animals to movo tho American equipage and stores to tho place solected for the encampment ot tho troops. Major Jones, as told in a previous despatch to The Sun. was unable to perfect his arrange ments for tho transixirtatton ot tho supplies, ho finding that It was necessary to obtain anordor from Aguinaldo beforo the natives would sup ply him with what he dostrcd. Ho wont to tho lattor's headquarters, but met with scant cour tesy, tho Insurgent leader refusing to see him on the plea that ho was Indisposed. Later, when Major Jones made another attempt to seo him. ho was Informed that he was asloep. Major Jones thereupon wrote a lottor to Aguinaldo, lntormlngntm that Gen. Anderson would pay a fair price for labor and material, bjitlf this was not satisfactory ho would tako what was noeded. Aguinaldo evidently did not like tho tono ot this lettor. for he sent an aldo to Gen. Anderson to Inquire If It had boen written by his author ity. Gen. Anderson informed him that it had beon. and furthermore added, roforring to Agulnaldo's refusal to seo Major Jones, that whon an American commander was 111 he dele gated some ono In authority to attend to his business. It Is Impossible to learn what Aguinaldo said In reply to this sharp note. Gen. Anderson has, however, forwarded an answer to Agulnaldo's latest communication, but ho declines to dis close tho contents of olthor lettor. Tho Spanish steamer Compaflla do Flliplnas has boon captured by insurgents off the Philip pine coast London, July 22. Tho Birmingham Po$l as serts that despito denials thore ls good reason for saying that Gormauy very rm-nntly mado overtures to Spain for a naval depot and coaling station In the Philippines. Gorman officers of tho London Embassy bollovcd that such nn ar rangement is quito feasible AOVINAZDO'S DICTATOJWnTTL Washington Thinks This Wily Gentleman Slay Make Soino Trouble. Washington, July 22. A stato of affairs In the Philippines that is causing much anxiety in official clrclos was reported to tho Government yesterday In a despatch from Admiral Dewey. Dewey's telegram contained a brief message to tho War Department which Gon. Andorson, the senior officer of tho United States military forco at CaUttiMind asked him to transmit. Ths War Department mado publlo to-day the in formation sont by Gon. Anderson. It ls an fol lows: Hono Kono, July 22. " Sierttaru Nary. Wathingtun, "Tho following Is for tho Secretary of War. through tho Adjutant-General: "Aguinaldo declares dictatorship and martial law over all inland. Tho peoplo expoct Inde pendence. Rocommend China ponlos. "Anderson, Commanding." Agulnaldo's porvnrsotiess has been mani fested boforo, and tho Government officials aro Inclined to think that ho may cause trouble. Tho General Impression here 1b that ho Is too greatly concerned with his own lmiortance to realize that he owes snmothlng to tho United States. There is a fooling of satisfaction In of ficial circles that a man of Dewey's tact nnd determination Is at Cavltd, and that a largo number ot American troops nro now In tho Philippines or on their way thero. It ls ho llo vod that for tho luesnnt, howovor, thoro will do a continuance of good relations bo twoou tho American nnd insurgent forces. No formal notleo has been or probably will bo taken of Agulnaldo's assumption of dictatorship and declaration of martial law, unless tho Insurgent leader attempts to assuiiio tho right to nverrldo tho plans of the naval and military commanders of the United Stutes forces. That tho situation In regard to Aguinaldo and his followers Is not considered to havo reached a critical stago was Indicated to-day by Hie absenco of comment at the Cabi net meeting of thn nuns sent by .dnilral Dowoy and Gen. Anderson. Tho German Ambassador. Dr. Ton Holleben, paid a iicronallHrt to President McKlnley to day, accompanied by the Kwretnry of Stato. The Ambassador nnd Hecrotnry Day said thut the visit related to prlvato business, and Mr. Day added. In answer to questions, that it had nothing to do with tho wnr or nny overtures for pesco. Foreign Ambassadors seldom mako per sonal calls on the President, proforrlng to transact tholr businoss through the Btate Department, but whllo such visits are unusual, they arc not necessarily signifi cant, as an Ambassador's status as tho per sonal representative of tho ruler ot his country gives him the privilege of transacting busluess personally with the President, a right not shared by Ministers and other diplomatlo offl oer. After Dr. Von Holleben' call it was ru mored that he had seen tho President In con nection with event in tho Philippine. AOVINAZDO'S MA ONIFIVENCE. Hq Will Wonr a Gold Cnllm- and Carry n Gold Whlstlo nt " President," fpnial Cabli'Dttpatt to Tiik Bu-. Manila, July 10. lu Hong Kong July 22. Owing to allogod brlbory and Intrigues by tho priests, tho divisions among tho Insurgents havo beon seriously emphasized, causing retro gression among them. Thoy were defeated to tho southward of Malato on July 10, losing the position thoy had acquired thoro. Aguinaldo has Issund nn amusing proclama tion, dealing chiefly with tho Insignia that Is to bo worn by officials. Ho. as President of tho Council recently appointed by himself, will wear a gold collar with a trlangulnr gold pend ant, on which will bo engraved a buii nnd throo stars. Ho will carry a gold whlstlo nnd a stick with a gold tassel. Similar mlnuto dctnlVsaro given of tho badges thut aro to ho worn by tho otliurofflclals of tho republic. T.ErT MANILA JO AT. The Irene Disappeared After tho Itow nnd Is Now In Chlnn Waters. Sptcial Cable ltipatch to Tnic HDK. Berlin. July 22. Tho Gorman crulsor Irono has boen at Kino Chou Bay sliico July 14. Tho Gcfion and Arcona nro under ordora to proceed to Shanghai and Nagasaki respectively, and If possible to go to Manila. 10,000 TItOOPS FOIt 3IERHITT. It Is Hoped Thnt Within Ten Dnys That Number Will Have Sailed for Manlln. Ban Fiuncisco. July 22. Nino hundred well equipped troops embarked on tho transport Rio do Janeiro nt tho Pacific Mall pier this morning for tho Philippines. Thoy consisted of two battalions of tho First South Dakota Volun teers, tho recruits for tho Utah Light Artlllory. and C8 mon of tho Signal Corps. Tho troops broke camp at 0 o'clock and reached tho pier a few minutes boforo 10. Ban Franclsoo does not Boom to tiro In hor patrlotlo disposition toward tho soldiors. All along tho line of march from tho camp to tho plor thousands checrod tho departing troops heartily. Tho troops presented a splendid ap pearance anil showed tho remarkable progress they havo mado In military tactics Blnco their arrival horo. almost raw recruits, n fow wocks ago. Tho oxpodition ls In chargo of Brlg.-Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, and tho ship ls schoduled to sail between 0 and 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Tho Scandla and Arizona will, if tho prosont plans are not changed, get away within tho next ten days, and every effort will bo made to start them oil together. With tho departure of theso two vessols 10.000 troops will havo left San Francisco for Munlla, and soveral thousand will still be hero. Just what disposition will bo mado of those that remain Is not yet known, although It ls bellovod thoy will eventually fol low tho other troops to tho Philippines and possibly more will coma from the East If tho threatened troublos about Manila grow moro sorlous. SPANISH SHIPS AT OVR SERVICE. Pour Vessels of Camnra's Pleet ainy Bo Used to Transport Upunlih Prisoners. WAsnrNOTON. July 22. Four auxiliary ves sels of Admiral Camara's floot aro among tho ships which will bo at the sorvlco of tho UultoJ State Government in transporting Spanish prisoners from Santiago to Spain, undor the contract mado on Wednesday with tho Com patlia Transatlantics, Espafiol. Theso aro tho Leon XIII., Batrustegul, Cavadanga and Colon. The auxiliary ships will, of course, havo to bo stripped of tholr naval armament, with tho ex ception ot tho one gun each which they aro allowed to carry as merchantmen. Thoy will sail Immediately for Santiago. Col. Frank Heckor, tho volunteer officer de tailed by tho War Department to negotiate for the charter and purchaso of transport ships, said to-day that thero was no foundation for tho report that tho Government hod been mado the victim of a Spanish trick in agrcoing to charter somo of the vessels of tho Spanish Transatlantic Company for the transportation ot the Santiago prlsonora. It Is true, however, he said, that some of tho company's ships aro tied up lu Moxlean iortj, whence they havo been afraid to depart on nccount of tho dnnger of attack from tho Amorlcan fleet, but thoy aro only two In number, nnd tho Government will guaranteo them no safety on tho high seas aftor their mission In connection with tho present contract is accomplished. Safo conduct is guar anteed only for tho transportation of tho pris oners. Aftor that tho ships must stay In port or take the chances of being captured. Iu tho contract with tho Spanish company tho War Department has also agreed to allow tho Alacanto to lenve Martinique whoro sho ling been tied up since the war broko out. Tho guaranteo ot safo conduct for this vassol will llkewlso end whon slip has transported hor cargo of prlsonors. Tho Alnennte has a capac ity for carrying 1,1100 of tho Santiago soldiors, and the four ships to bo contributed from tho auxiliary vessols bolonglng to Admiral Cama ra's fleet will bo able to carry 8.4S0 officers nnd men. It is stated nt tho War Department that tho Government knew nil about tho location and status of tho Spanish ships beforo making tho contract. VAllItYINO THE PRISONERS HOME. Mr. Cebnlloi Predicts Happy Ilesultt Span lilt Company Under 82:50, OIN) llonds. J. M. Cebullos of J. M. Coballos fc Co , agents for tho Compaflla Trausuthintlcn tapanoln, and R. A. C. Smith, another agent of tho company, returned from Washington yesterday after having concluded nil arrangements for trans porting to Spain tho army surrendered by Gen. Toral at Santiago. Mr Smith was hero just long enough to go homo, trot IiIm family, uud start for tho country, Mr Coballos said; "I do not cam to discuss tho contract nmdo by nur company and tho United States Govern ment further than to say that this transaction was a vvlso ono for tho United States Govern ment to make, nnd It will havo far-reaching re sults, What theso results will he will he Keen In a very fow days. I ennnotdlKeiisathesemat ters or snywhat tho result- will bo, but you may be sure that both the (iovernmuutot tho United States nnd tho Government of Spain will profit by them "Whon I received an Intimation thut tho Unltod States Government would not hesitate to entertain bids from any respousiblo party who would offer a sufficient guarantee. I Im mediately cabled to Spain, and siibseriuuntly to the Marquis Comlll.'iH, the President ot tho Couipaflia Trniisatlnnlica, uu outline of thu condition required ly the United States Gov eminent. I was gratified to receive a reply from the Marquis wlileh left In my hands such umplo powers that I went Immediately to Washington, and I am pleased to stato that my negotiations havo boon most satisfac tory. The wishes of tho United States Govorn ment will bo carried out by tho prompt removal of the Spnnlsh troops that htvo surrendered, and on most economical terms. Wo aro under bonds for $ 250,(HiO to fulfil all thocoiidltlons of the contract, including the doportattou ot thn soldiers, within a given tlmo, and the contract will bo carried out literally." Mr, Ce hallos ls a native Amorlcan citizen. Up the Undaon to-morrow, Bteamer City of Lowell. Uualc, relxtatimesU, table d'hote dinner. U a1y. t gfgsgggjggggjBgrgggB2j WORKING TOWARD PEACE. 1 SAOASTA SAYS SOMETHING HAS BEEN ! lOXE TO SECURE IT, Si " We llnvo llntercil llin Preliminary St ago 9 of thn Question "-Madrid Newspaper j.S Agree to Stop Publication Unless Tholr i 'flj Constitutional Gunrnntnes Are Restored M -Sngnatn Will Ilcfrr tho Matter to the ' CuiiiicllTo.ilnv-acii. Pulavleju In Madrid , Ji fptctal CMt Vapatchtt to Tn Sow. ;j MAiinm. July 22.-Tho Impartial ascribes to S Prlmo MtnUtor Sngastn tho following reply to a Mi question: ?- "Tho truth Is something has already been dono toward making peaco. Wo havo entered ' tho preliminary stages of tho question." This announcement by Honor Bagasta 1 la lino with earlier despatches sont to Tn Bun L: declaring that tho Spanish Ministry had r- M solvtd to look for a way to ond tho war. ft' Befior Gnmazo. Minister of Publlo Work, makes tho sUitomont that poaoo, honorable in I its terms for tho Spanish Army, will bo con- ' eluded shortly. J Scflor Oamazo said, also, that ho was anions j tho first to advocato tho suspension of the con- i stltutlonnl guarantees, but seotng the calmness ( and prudonco of the peoplo, tho suspension I would shortly bo removed. I Tho council at Its mooting to-day was ocoa- 1 plod with discussing tho question of tho Philip- )' j plno situation. Tho defeat ot the rebels on j July 15 was confirmed. J Tho editors of the Madrid nowsnnpors. with . j tho exception of tho Liberal, havo agreed to 1 stop publication unless tholr constitutional guarnntoos nro restored. A committoo ropro- 'j sontlng tho Impartial. National nnd 2Vrmpo ' visited Frlme Minister Bagasta after tho meet- ' j Ing ol tho Cabinet and told him of tho decision '.'J that had been urrlvod at. '3 Soflor Sngastn said that tho matter was one 1 that hu could not decldo nlono, and that ha would submit it to tho council to-morrow. l'Aias. July 22. Mr. Vignaud. First Bocrotarr ' of the American Embassy, authorizes an em- phatlo denial of tho report that secret peaco .! negotiations nro being carried on by Gon. ' - Tortcr. tho Amoricau Ambassador, nnd Soflor i -.J Castillo, tho Spanish Ambassador. Ho adds j i that ho cannot lmaglno how tho statomont f could havo originated. s London. July 22. A despatch to the Daily Kexcs from Madrid says that tho arrival of Gen. j Folavlcja at tho capital to-day occasioned soma excitement. It is said that tho Queen Rogont , oxclalmod " Thank God I" whon sho heard that ; ho had loft Rarcolona for Madrid. Many per- -'- sons expoct that ho will succeed Prime Minis- M tor Bagasta, and that ho will ask Scflor Bilveln j'j to accept tho Foreign Office portfolio. , ,J As tho United States will accopt peace pro- . u-l posals from Spain alono it is hotter that Gen, Polavloja should bo In powor than a politician. y, A military man at the head ot the Government ' Y. nocd not troublo hlmsolt about constituents or f unpopularity. ',' Gen. Polavloja was mot at tho railroad station by a largo number of friends. Including Gens, Jf Lachnmbro, Banz Banchezmlro, Ruiz, and Her- - naudez. An operation for tho Improvement of v' Gen. Polavieja's eyesight will shortly be per- '' formed. i A dospatoh to tho Standard from Madrid say that rumors ot a Ministerial crisis are again prevajent and increasing. (f, Roth tho friends and adversaries of the Cabi- , i- not seom to think that It Seflor Bagasta cannot mako up his mind to sue for peace, he must ' soon mako way for another Government which A will tako declslvo action. j. It is evident that publlo opinion deoldedly tn- -', cllnos to peace. Overtures aro bolug mad with tho object ot ascertaining the terms the -,'! United States ls disposed to grant The return of Gen. Polavloja Induces many to bollovo In tho possibility of a Cabinet halt j military nnd half popular, whloh for A form's sake would sound the disposition 5 of tho Unltod States, but which in ? reality would prosecute tho war bocaus the J court and tho leadors of the monarchlal partiea ;; aro as yet unconvinced that tho army would A assent to peaco. F This accounts for tho makeshifts, hesitation. p, and lack of a senso ot tho realltlos ot the alts- i.j ation that aro apparent In high quarter. THE CABINET 7I1EETTNO. ' i - Gen. Gnrcln's Letter ami Agulnaldo's A-. ti umed Dictatorship Were Discussed. .v Washinoton, July 22. The Cabinet held ft f, long nnd Important meeting to-dny, lasting f moro than two hours. All tho members were present save Secretary llllss. Foreign military f and naval matters chiefly occupied the time and f attention of tho Cabinet. Much gratification ' was expressed over tho fact that Gen. Miles wa , J on his way to l'orto Itico. i Oen. Garela'sle'tnrto Gon. Shatter, as print- od in Thb Sun this morning, was discussod. 'i Ono of the members said that tho policy otths 'i Americans toward the Cubans should bo one Ot kindness, forbearance nnd conciliation. j "They nro n proud, sonsltlvo peoplo," ho said. "Rusoeptlbln to tho slightest variation of treat- merit. Treated vvlth coiibldoratlon and kind- t' lid's, they will bo valuable allies; If they aro lg- -' norcd, they will mlk and do nothing." j; Tho outeomo of tho situation lu the Philip pines was dismissed with much earnestness. Agulnaldo's declaration of dlctntorhhlpan"ordod j much food for thought, and tho conclusion was reachod tlmt Admiral Dow cy and lifter him j' Gen. Slerrltt should retain control of the , islands until tho Administration should decide upon a plan for disposing of them. It was gen- '. orally conceded that tills would prove nn em bnrinssliigand possibly difficult problem. After tho Cabinet meeting Secretary Gage directed tho printing of tho customs ami navi gation laws to bo enforcod lu tlwt part of Cuba undor United States control to bo proceeded j with ut onco. Thooxiiort duty of 5 cents a ton on Iron ore will bo retained, for tho present, at jj least, under this oidrir. j 31ILITART aorV.RNOlt OF SANTIAOO, I No Offlclnl Confirmation of the Iteport of ' Gen. Wood's Appointment. i WAsitiNdioN, July 22. Tho War Department J hats received no official Information in regard to j the reported opiolntmoiit of Gon. Leonard j Wood to succcod Gen. MoKlbbln as Military 3 Govornor of Santiago. When President Mc Klnley heard tho report lost evening he asked Beciotary Alger In regard to tho truth ot it. but the Secretary could not glvo him any informa tion. ', lloth the President and tho Secretary hope that the report is trun, for Gen. Wood is a warm ! personal friend of both, and he was formerly j the President's physlolan. Gou, Wood's medi- ' cal oducatlon ls regardodas fitting him eip. 1 olally well to be Military Governor of Santiago, i where sanitary measure will need to be C- ? vised and enforced, , j " 1 ) ;