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VOL Iii, ISO. 187.
MANITOBA STILLHERE
Transport Did Not Sail for
Porto Rico Yesterday.
FIFTH ILLINOIS IN CAMP
Troops IMK'li Teut? Above Iii? Shipyard,
f ruvuBt linuial Scour in the City tor
Soldi, r. Out Wlllo.iil l.env*.
More Troop Jin Kent.-.
_' j
Contrary u> expectations the trans?
port Manitoba, which lias on board
batteries A and C and two troops ol
Pennsylvania cavalry, did not sail yes?
terday tor Porto Rico. However, it is
probable that the steamer will weigh
anchor some time ibis morning. The
remainder of the expedition will sail
Hie tirst part of next week, probably
uii Tuesday.
Owing to the pressing need of trans?
ports to convey General Shatter's ar?
my rrom Santiago to America, there
will be considerable delay in getting
General Wade's provisional division off
to Porto Kloo, but the troops ordered
here will come in on scheduled time
and go into camp above the shipyard.
Already the Filth Illinois regiment.
Colonel Culver commanding, has arriv?
ed and piteiied tents. This regiment
reached the city yesterday morning
from Chickamaugu Park, coming over
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
More troops will arrive today. It is
likely that General Wade's troops will
be in Newport News several waaks.
PROVOST G CARD OCT.
The provost guard patrolled the
streets all inghl last night, gathering up
the ??drunks" and the soldi, rs who had
"run the lines" and taking them back
tei ('amp Grant.
Since Hie men were paid oil" there
lias been considerable drunkenness
among the soldiers and the guards are
kept busy day and night making ar?
rests. Not since the Ninth Massachu?
setts regiment embarked from this city
has th.-re been so much disorder among
the- troops as there was last night. Hun?
dreds of .n had .-scaped from camp
and they Hocked to all parts of the
city, going into saloons, houses of ill
fame and dives. The- guards even
scoured Rloodfield for men who were
without passes. A temporary guard
house was established on the elevator
lot at the corner of Washington avenue
and Twenty-eighth street. Here the
men arrested by the guards were plac?
ed and sen; to camp in sounds. Some
of the soluiers were very disorderly,
and in one instance tie- officer of the
guard was.polled p. order his men
to tie and gag a "boozy" fellow, who
cursed everybody from the lieutenant
in charge down. Considerable excite?
ment was created about 1 o'clock at
the corner of Washington avenue and
Twenty-eighth street when one of the
soldiers under arrest made Iiis escape.
A guard followed him, calling to him
to halt, but the man did not heed the
command. The guard. threw his gun
to his shouleier and fired into the air.
but it diel not terrify the tleeipg blue
coat, im.- man was slightly jabbed in
tile side Oy a guard, who shoved his
bayonet at him. Tills man was unruly.
DRESS PARADE.
The six companies of the First Ken?
tucky regiment, w hieb are encamped on
the Casino grounds, held a dress parade
yesterday evening al it o'clock. W. s
avenue w as lined w iih ;.pie w ho turn?
ed out to sc- the parade. .Major Gray
was in command.
GEN ERA 1. G RA NT SERENA DED.
Tile First Kentucky's band serenaded
General Fred D. Cram at the War?
wick llot.-l las: night. The band began
the serenade with "Dixie" and Hie
crowd cheered lustilv.
W I Li. 'Iii 11 ( IM K Ni >\V.
Private Steadman. of Company K.
First Kentucky, uln. was discharged
from service several days ago on ac?
count of his youthful age and thrown
upon the mercy of the city ollicials. this
morning receive,! notice from the Ches?
apeake Ohio railroad that transpor?
tation to his home in Kentucky bad
been provided for and that he could
leave when it suited his pleasure
SOLDIER LOSES HIS MIND.
Privat,- Howard. Company D, Third
Kentucky Infantry, is Hie only man
missing from that regiment and ac?
cording p. information received bv the
Daily Piyiis il,is unfortunate young
man is now wandering ah in in the
woods between here and Richmond in a
denn med condition of mind.
Howard 1<-U his gun and clothe-; in
camp and disappeared July :fl. e'iiy
Sergeant Milstead saw him in the coun?
ty several days ago and asked him
where he was going. The soldier re?
plied thai his ci.ipany ivas in Rich?
mond and that he was going to join it.
P( (LICE COURT.
Justice J. D. <;. Brown disposed of
the following eases in the Police Court
yesterday morning:
Albert Jones. disorderly conduct:
warrant withdraw-!! on payment of
costs. $1.50.
Mike Galentine. disorderly conduct:
fined $5 and costs.
Reel Beaver, interfering with an offi?
cer: lined $10 and c -sis.
Charles O'Keap. drunk: lined $2 and
costs.
Mary Sue Hundley, drunk; lined ??-'
and costs.
Cora Lambert, larceny: dismissed.
Jennie Petlit'ord. who keeps Hi.- hmi??
in which Cora Lainberl is alleged I i
have stolen $r, from a soldier, was or?
dered to leave town by .Monday morn?
ing.
DEEDS RECORDED.
The following deeds of bargain and
sale have been .admitted to record in the
clerk's office of the Corporation Court:
Old Dominion Land Company to ,T.
C. Cannelly: consideration.
Old Dominion Laud Company to J.
C. Connelly et als: consider:!tion, $2?0.
M. B. Jones ,-t ux to J. C. Connelly;
consideration, $12",.
J. c. Connelly el ux to T. A. Lam?
bert et als. I ruslees;eonsiele-ralion $1.00.1.
W. Leo Powell to Emaline Rooks:
consideration, $125.
li. <;. Itiekrord to Security Trust
Company. trustees: consideration,
$:l.2M>.
f:. o. Biekford et ux to'William C.
Stuart, trustee: consideration. $1.?r.0.
R. M. Lett trustee, to A. C. Harrison
consideration, $140.
Central Land Company to IV. Lee
Powell; consideration. $120.
P. St. George Wilcox to E. W. Mil
stead; consideration, $80.
How So Ivccp Cool.
Visit our Soda Fountain frevpienlly.
where you get the nicest iced drinks
made.
Plenty of chairs and tables assigned
fof the comfort of our lady customers
Swiss Frappe is delicious, and our
Orange Phosphates cannot be improved
on. FRED r - T EN & CO.
COLONEL HENRICKSEN IIERE. j
Congressman From Illinois Rays a Visit
to His Son at Camp Grant.
Colonel VV. H. Hendrickson, a member
>C Congress Crom the state of Illinois,
irrlved in the city yesterday morning
to visit bis son. Sergeant Henrlcksen,
-jf company 1, Fifth Illinois regiment.
Colonel Ilenrlcksen traveled over'J.500
miles to sec bis son. He left his home
in Jacksonville, 111., tor Washington to
protest against the detention of the
Fifth Illinois regiment at Chlckamauga
Park, as this was the first regimen:
mustered into the service of the vol?
unteer army, and Congressman Hen
ricksen thought it should be ordered to
the front. After holding an interview
with Secretary Alger. in which the
latter promised to order Colonel Cul?
ver's command to Newport News by
the last of the week. Colonel Hcnrlck?
sen took the train for Chlckamauga
Park, arriving two hours after the
Fifth hail started for this city. The
next train leaving Chattanooga was
boarded by the Congressman und he
reached the city yesterday morning
and went immediately to Camp Grant.
During his stay In the city Colonel
Henrlcksen is the guest of Colonel
.lanes Hamilton Lewis, at Hotel-War?
wick. Colonel l lenricksen is one of the
best known Democratic politicians, in
Hie West, and ii is generally concede'd
that he will brad the state ticket In
Illinois this fall for governor. Like
Colonel Lewis, he is a pronounced sil?
ver man. /
To a reporter for the Dally Press who
saw him at the hotel last night Colonel
llenricksen said the chances for Dem?
ocratic success in his state this fall
,vcre encouraging. He thought bis
party would elect twelve old of the
twenty-two Congressmen, while the
state ticket would poll a large major?
ity. The war. he said, was popular with
Hie people of Illinois, and while It had
been successfully conducted by the Re?
public administration, the people gave
the Democrats credit for avenging the
sinking of the battleship Maine, it he?
ilig the- general opinion that had the
matter been left 10 the Beupblicans
they would have accepted an apology
from Spain.
Colon.-l llenricksen Is interested In
the coming launching or the Battleship
Illinois now on the ways at the ship?
yard, which will take place about the
middle .d' next month, and when be
return:; home will begin making prepar?
ations for the event. Hundreds of
people from Illinois'will come to New?
port NVws to see the ship plunge into
tie- pliieid waters of ihe historic James.
FOB SOLDIERS' DENEFIT.
Elks WH.l Mold a Social Session in
Johnson's Opera House.
Newport News Lodge. No. Hin. B. P.
? i. Elks, will hold a social session in
Johnson's Opera House Monday night
for the benefit of Elks who are with
The session will be one of the most
enjoyable ever held In the city. The
regimental bauds from Camp Grant
will be present to discourse music.
There will be toasts, recitations, vocal
and instrumental solos.
i:uii:r-.
Mr. John T. doss is the guest of Mr
Samuel Hawley.
Miss Jennie Slahiinan. of Lynchburg,
is visiting .Mrs. R. K. Browers.
. Mrs. W. II. Carter, of the West End,
j 'S vislttngr frienlls"Ih"?"Henry" county."'
Mr. ,L B. Jennings and family are
sojourning at White Sulphur Springs.
.Mrs. Pn neonat, wife of Lieutenant
I Pancoast, of Lattery A, is ai Hie War?
wick.
Miss Daisy Humphrey, of Norfolk, is
visiting Mis. Thompson, on Lafayette
Mr s Pauline Stephensnn. or Hemden.
Vie is ihe guest of Mr. and M rs. Frank
Albright.
Mi: - II. Hi.- Tl.ipson has returned
hi the oily after a visit to relatives near
Manch, ?er;
The foiled Siai.-s c,.liier Southery
has an i\. .1 in Hamilton lion,Is from
Santiago de < 'uba. .
Miss Nettie Fairfax, of Wilmington,
:?. C. Is U,,. ;;UeS! of her aunt. Mrs.
Mr. run ' Hawkins, company clerk.
Company G, First Kentucky Infantry. |
is one among Hie number of cxperi
enc, .1 m-wspapcr men in tile city with
General Grant's brigade.
A. :i ..'clock Monday morning, ground
w ill he broken lor the new system of
Sewerage to I.,- pin in by M. H?nau and
Son for I he city. The w ork w ill start
., i the new pier building tor the old
Dominion Land Company, under which
the main will run.
Phil firown (colored) has purchased
Mr. John Helen's line residence at
Kings .Mill for $:'..00ll. Drown will make
a summer resort for colored people out
of his purchase, and will run excursions
from Newport News and Hamilton to
Kings Mill.
A company of colored soldiers passed
through the city Thursday afternoon
from .Norfolk, via the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway for Camp Corbin. This
was the National Guard, captain E. W.
Gould, mil'men and three commissioned
officers, which was recently mustered
into the volunteer service of the rai?
led Stales.
SCHOOL HOARD IN SESSION.
The Hoard of School Trustees met In
regular session Thursday night with a
full attendance.
This was the time stipulated fur the
East End and colored school contrac?
tors to furnish bond, fiiit the necessary
papers had not arrived, and the board
decided to extend the time until Mon
lience.oii the coming Monday.the con?
tractors. Messrs. K. It. Brown and Al?
exander Farmer.will be rei|tiired to pro?
duce l.1 and commence work on the
new buildings. The contract date of
?completion will be four mouths rrorri
that day.
JEFFRIES INJ ('RES HIS ARM.
(By Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 5.?Jim Jeffries, j
the much heralded heavy weight pugi?
list from California, was to have fought
Hob Armstrong and Steve O'Donneil
for ten rounds each before the Lenox
Athletic club tonight, but he was only
able carry out half of his proposed
tax. He met Armstrong und defeated
him. but in doing so he shattered bis
left arm and was unable to meet
O'Donneil. This was an unforunnta
thing, both for Jeffries and the club,
as the former felt perfectly confident of
defeating both men and the managers
of ihe club were sorry lo he compelled
to disappoint their patrons.
Many shrewd judges of boxers were,
satisfied that Jeffries is n promising
and coining pugilist, and they hope that
Ihe injury to his arm will not be se?
rious.
Nlnrogu Falls ami Jtulurn Witt
The next personally conducted tour
to Niagara Falls. Buffalo, Rochester
and Walking Glon, will leave Norfolk
Wednesday, August 10th, via Washing?
ton and Baltimore steamers, Baltimore
& Ohio (Royal Blue Line) and Lehigb
Valley route. Fare for the round trip,
$13.00. Tickets limited to eleven days,
inclusive from date of sale. For tlck
eis and further information apply to
ARTHUR G. LEWIS. '
S. P. A. Baltim-? & Ohio R .R.
auB-4-6t Norfolk, Va.
NEWPORT NEW
OYS WHO FIGHT FIRE
Many Companies Will Attend
the Convention.
GETTING READY FORTHEM
Arruugeo.Ih Nuking tar Ilm Knt? rlnln
uiuut uf the Vlalllut; Fircmt-ll.
FIukh fur I.iu>?rly Couiimuy.
AlllHl llUVti 81,not).
Preparations are being made by the
Citizen's Executive Committee for tho
annual meeting of the Virginia State
Firemen's Association, which will be
held in this city next month.
It will require at least $l.r,00 to enter?
tain the fire laddies, and this money
must be raised in a short time. The
finance committee lias buckled down to
Work and it is thought that no difficulty
will be experienced in raising the funds.
It is proposed to give the ' visiting
firemen a royal good time. The city
will be dressed in Old Glory. There will
be displays of tire works and the con?
vention -will wind up with a banquet.
When the Association meets here the
Libertv Fire Company will have two
silk tlags. One will float from a staff
on the department building on Lafay?
ette avenue and the other will be car?
ried by the company on the parade.
The ladies who have the matter in
charge are working assiduously to raise
the money for the flags. One of the
tlags arrived from Philadelphia yes?
terday.
In addition to Liberty Fire Campany
and Warwick Hose Company, both of
this city, thirty-four volunteer lire
companies, members of the Virginia
State Association, will be represented
>it the twelfth annual convention to be
held in this city September 2S. 2!? and 30.
The committee on invitation, consist?
ing of Mayor A. A. Moss and Mesars.
Hirshberg, Benson and Rowbottom. the
three members of the board of
lire commissioners, who have
been busy for the past few
days sending out invitations to the
companies in the state organization and
also to the honorary members and spe?
cially invited guests.
To all of tile companies accepting
the invitation to be present blank cir?
culars were sent in order that the pro?
gram for the three days of the conven?
tion can be made out as quickly as
possible.
There will be four contests?steam
fire engine contest: hose race, open to
the world: hose race, open to Virginia,
and a prize drill.
Entries for the contest close at mftl
night Tuesday. September 27. The
amounts of the prizes have not yet been
determined owing to the absence of a
report from the citizens' executive
committee as to the amount of money
that will be available for this purpose.
This committee will meet Monday
night, and it is expected that it will
make a satisfactory report at that
time:---?... ?
The following volunteer fire engine
companies in Virginia have accepted
the invitations sent out, and signified
their intention of being represented at
the convention:
Charlottesville Fire Department.
Friendship Fire Company, No. 1,Win?
chester. ^
Friendship Fire ' Company, No. 3,
Boanoke.
Chambers Steam Fire Company No.
2. Portsmouth.
Bedford City Fire Department.
Staunton Fire Department.
Danville Fire Department.
Hampton Fire Engine Company.
No. 1.
Phoenix Fire Company, Suffolk.
Hope Fire Company No. 1. Berkley.
Junior Hose Company No. 2, Boan?
oke.
Waynesboro Fire Department.
I lose companies Nos. 1. :: and 4, llar
risonburg.
Harrisonburg Hook ami Ladder Com?
pany. No. 1.
Lexington Fire Department.
Annex Hose Company No. 1, Nor?
folk.
Independent Fire Engine Company,
No. l. Portsmouth.
Phoebus Fire Department.
Steamer Company No. 1. Richmond
Fire Department.
Norfolk Fire Department.
Central Hose Company No. 2, Harri?
sonburg.
Sears Hill Hose Company No. 2.
Staunt,m.
Clifton Forge Fire Department.
Iron Cross Fire Company No. 1.
Basic City. -
Hamilton Hook and Ladder Company.
Alert Hose Company No. 2. Boan?
oke.
Buena Vista Fire Department,
citizens Fire Department, Pocahon
tas.
Belief Fire .Department. Front Royal.
Union Steam Fire Engine Company.
No. 2. Winchester.
Sarah Zane Steam Fire Engine Com?
pany. No. 1, Winchester.
Rouss Hook and Ladder Company,
No. 1, Winchester.
Fredericksburg Fire Department.
Manchester Fire Department.
TROOPS AT JACKSONVILLE.
The Paymaster Makes Several of the
Regiments Happy by Paying off.
(By Telegraph.)
JACKSONVILLE. FLA.. Aug. 5.?
The Second Alabama regiment arrived
here today from Miami and went into
camp along with the Louisiana regi?
ment in the eastern part of Hie city.
The Second Alabama boys, tired and
dusty were pleased to tlnd a faucet of
pure artesian water at the end of each
company street ready for use. and bath
houses wiih shower sprays erected for
use. The camp is located on high san?
dy soil in a grove of- pine trees, and
could rot be more favorable for health.
Lieutenant Sartoris, of General Lee's
staff is slightly ill with malarial fever
and will probably be given a ten days
leave < f absence. He is a grandson of
General Grant.
The first brigade of the second divis?
ion held a very interesting review this
afternoon, the ceremony being witness?
ed by many people.
Private B. Hart, of company G. First
Wisconsin, died this morning of typhoid
fever, after a short illness. The body
will be sent tomorrow to his home in
Wisconsin.
Major Russell B. Harrison, of Gene?
ral Lee's staff, who has been appointed
provost marshal for the seventh army
corps ossumed the duties of his positon
today.
The paymasters are at work at the
camp, and made several regiments hap?
py today. It will take about $4on,0ii0
to pay off the troops here.
IMAGINATIVE FACULTY.
(Boston Transcript.)
Tatler?Hacktnan writes well enough,
but there is no imagination in the man.
Teller?No? Perhaps you are not
aware that he writes all those- winter
sketches of his In midsummer.
JOE WUEELERS REPORT.
Iii- Describes iiio Part Iiis Forces
Took,
i IJy Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON, August The fol?
lowing report of Major General Joseph
Wheeler, ou the op, rations before San?
tiago do Cuba, have become available:
Santiago do Cuba. July 7, IS'.'S.
To Adjutant General. Fifth Army
Corps: Sir?After the engagement or
June 21th 1 pushed forward my com?
mand through the valley, Luwton and
Kent's commands occupying the hills
in the vicinity of that place. Aller two
days' rest Law tun was ordered forward
and cm the night of the '30th instruc?
tions were given by .Major Genera!
Shafier lo this oflieer to attack Caney.
while the cavalry division and Kent's
division were ordered to move forward
on the regular Santiago road. The
movement commenced on the morning
of July 1st. The cavalry division ad?
vanced and formed its line with its lert
near the Santiag.?"foad, -.while Kent's
division formed its line iwith the right
j fining Ihe left of the .cavalry dlvis
Colonel McCl?-land, of General Shatt?
er's staff, directed me io give instruc?
tions to General Kent which f complied
with in person, at the same time per?
sonally directing Generai Summer*to
move forward. The men were all com?
pel!,-,! to wade the San Juan river to.
get into line. Tills was i dvmo under
very heavy lire of both 'infantry and
artillery. Our balloon having been sem
upright by the main road was made a
mark by the enemy. II. was evident
thai w.- were as much under lire In
forming the line as we would be by an
advance and I therefore pressed the
command forward from tin.' covering
from which it formed. It merged into
open si .'. in ful view of Ihe, enemy.
who occupied breast works and batteries
on ihe crest of the hill which overlooks
Santiago, officers and men falling at
every step. The troops advanced gal?
lantly, soon reached the fdot of the hill
and ascended, driving the enemy from
ili.-ir works anil occupying them on the
crest of the hill. To accomplish this
required courage and determination on
the par: of the officers and men of a
high oder and the losses were very se?
vere. Too much credit cannot lie given
to General Summer and General Kent
and their gallanl brigade commanders.
Colonel Wood and Colonel Carrol, of
ihe cavalry. General Hamilton S. Haw?
kins, commanding First Brigade.
Kent's division, and Cokinel Pearson.
commanding S.md Brigade. Colonel
Carrol and Major W.-sseU were both
wounded during the charge, hut Major
Wessel! was eriabh d to return and re
sum.Ionian,1. General Wyckoff.
commanding Kent's Third Brigade. wa>
kille.l at 12:10. Lieutenant Colonel
Worth look command and was wound?
ed in 12:25. Lieutenant Colonel Liscm
then look command and was wounded
at 12:30. and the command then devolv?
ed upon Lieutenant Colonel Ewers.
Ninth infantry.
1 |.on reaching the crest I ordered
breastworks to be constructed and sent
lo the rear for shov.-Is. tricks, spades
and axes. The enemy's retreat from
the ridge was precipitate,'hilt our men
were so thoroughly exhausted; that it
was impossible for them- to follow.
Their shoes were.soaked !*it?,watex,.,l>x.
'wading the Sail Juan i'i\or,' they had
become drenched With rain and when
they reached the crest they were abso?
lutely unable to proceed further. Not?
withstanding this condition, these' ex?
hausted men labored during the night
to eiect breastworks, furnish details to
bury the dead and eawy the wounded
buck into Improvised litters. I sent
wor.l alone. Ihe line that reinforcements
would soon reach us and tha? Law ton
would join our right and General Bales
would e ?nie up and strengthen our left ,
Afler r -aching Hie crest of the ridge
General Shafier sein lie- Thirteenth
regulars to assist in strengthening our
right. At midnight General Bates re?
ported and I placed him in a strong po
sition on the left of our line.
General Law ton had attempted to
join us from Caney. but when very near
'our linos he was fired upon by the
Spaniards and tinned back, but joined
us le xt tlnv at noon by a circutous
route. Inning all til- day oil July-2nd,
Ihe- eavalrv division. Kent's division
and Gutes' brigade were engaged with
the enemy, being subjected to a tierce
lire and incurring many casualties and
and later in ihe day Lawton's division
also became engaged. During the en?
tire engagement my staff performed
their duties with courage. judgment
and ability. Special credit is due to
Lieutenant colonel J. II. D?rst. Major
William 1>. Bench, Captain Joseph E.
Dickman and Lieutenant M. F. Sfeele.
I desire also to sav that Lieutenants .1.
H. Beeves and Joseph Wheeler. Jr..
Captain Astor ('hauler. Major B. A.
Cni-lington. Mr. Aurelius Mestre .and
Corporal John Lanemark, also deserve
high commendation lor courage and
Sued conduct. Major West, my quar?
termaster, deserves special commenda?
tion for his energy and good conduct
during the campaign, and Major Valery
Harvard and Mr. Leonard Wilson have
als,, done their full duty. The superb
courage displayed by these officers and
men will be specially mentioned in the
reports of subordinate commanders."
NO DECISION YF.Tr
Spanish Cabinet Still Dallying Over the
Terms.
MADRID. Aug. ;..?10 P. M.?At the
cabinet council ibis evening Sonor 8a
gasta recounted io his colleagues what
hail been said in the conference with
the various political leaders earlier in
the day. No decision was taken .
The council also considered an official
dispatch from Santiago. signed by
General Tora!, saving that owing to
the smallness of the camp?which the
Americans had conceded, the absence
of tents and improper food the number
of Spanish sick had increased to 10.009.
Hie death rate being from twelve to
fourteen daily. The dispatch said also
linn the beds now were altogether in?
sufficient for so large a number of sick
soldi.-rs and that their transportation
home ought to commence immediately.
GenejfHl Tora! informs the govern?
ment that Ihe wound of General LL
nares had not developed any compli?
cations, but was causing him great
pain.
MARIA TERESA FLOATED.
Spanish Cruistr Io Com.- io Hampton
l.'oads Cnder I Tor own Steam.
NORFOLK. Atignsl .'..--The Merrltt
Wrecking Company have received ad?
vices from Santiago thai makes it cer?
tain that the Infanla Maria Teresa Is
now floated and found to be in fairly
good condition as t . her machinery and
boilers. She will shortly start for Nor?
folk under her own steam.
Anotbe> expedition on the wrecking
steamer Chapman will be sent south
next Monday or Tuesday, carrying four
immense pontoons, especially intended
for the raising of the Cristobal Colon.
PEOPLE MISS HIM.
I Indianapolis News.)
And what is Blanco doing these
days? It is too had he has not access
I,, a cable to Madrid. His dispatches
were always a bright feature of the
war.
T, AU( its IC, 1898
PAIN STILL SILENT
Has Made No Reply to Our
Demands.
PROBABLY COME MONDAY
While There Is Utile llnuln TImt Hut
Units Will Ari-t-pl, They May lie
Forec.l l<> JlnUr ?trau.I St ami
I'lays to Satisfy thv I'tnpln.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.?When the j
President closed his olliciiil work to
ilay lie had not r.ivp? tho reply of
Spain nor any intimation as to how
soon the reply might be expected.
Tin- French ambassador had not 1.n
hoard i'rom tbrotigboul the day. and
he. as well as our govern.nt officials.
was waiting for Spain to give the dual
response.
Two days have now passed with.ml
a word officially from Spain, either in
way of inquiry or response, -from
ihis it is clear that the Spanish cab?
ined realizes the lime for argument,
counter proposals or modification has
gone by, and that i here is only one1
simple issue to lie met. namely, whether
ihe American terms will be accepted as
a w hop, or rejected.
There is, indeed, reason to believe
thai ihe Spanish government has I.n
directly advised that the state id" nego?
tiations is passet! and thai only ihe
matter of an answer favorable or un?
fa veirable. remains.
That : he answ er has not come quick?
ly is no matter of surprise to ihe offi?
cials here for they realize the tre?
mendous responsibility which Premier
Sagasla must assume in making these'
peace terms sufficiently palatable to
he Spanish populace ami the political
leaders to permit its acceptance with
i.?iiI an international convulsion.
In bis conferences with the President
and Secretary Day. the French ambas?
sador has brought out clearly the
-IT. task before Sagasla. It seems to
he the gereral view here that if the
premier and his ministry were untram
meled at.oeptanee would come al
once, am! that the preliminary peace
arrangement would lie now closed. Hut
ill preparing the Spanish public and in
guarding againsl political agitations
hereafter bv public men of other par?
lies, the .Madrid oilieials are taking
time for niissiemary work not only
among themselves, but among all polit?
ical and social elements.
The best informed persons here tlx
next Monday as ihe fune when the
United States government is likely to
receive Spain's final answer, but this is
simply conjectural lor there is not the
slightest means of knowing the tenden?
cies al Madrid.
it might come tomorrow, but in tae
. vent of its coming late in tile day or on
Sunday the response would not be com?
municated to the' government until
Monilay. There* is the same confident
belief among officials that . there, has
bocTr froni-the nisi tfial'-Spiitii'sc 'TOT
swer will be a reluctant but not the
less conclusive aceptance;
At the same, time it was suggested
teieiay in some quarters that there
was a possibility the disclosures made
by the American general at Santiago
concerning the serious condition of our
roops might be a straw al which the
Spanish cabinet would grasp. This is
quite doubtful, however, as there is a
question whether the statement of the
American general ever got outside the
monlers of the United Stales owing to
tin- strii i censorship imposed last night.
Moreover. iiJJ,..r ihe evidence reaching
tie- o?i. ials here indicates thai Spain
is weary with the eonlllel and is ?.
tim ed beyond ihe slightest question of
the hopelessness of further opposition.
The; day would have 1.n remarkably
dull al the War Department, consider?
ing ihe existent.f a state of war had
it not been for Hie publication in the]
newspapers of the ''round robin" sign- !
ed by the military commanders at San?
tiago and Hie short bin sharp corres?
pondence between Colonel Roosevelt
and Secretary Alger. These afforded
food for milch discussion among all
class.- of officials, and the belief was
genera! thai there are further interest?
ing chapters in the correspondence,
provided it is deemed harmless to ihe
best interests of the army to allow fur?
ther publications.
In preiof of the allegation that the
War Department had bestirred itself to
stice'or tlie unfortunate army in Santia?
go before ihe united protest was made,
the following statement is given out by
the Secretary of War regarding the
shipment of troops north from Sanlia
"l'ntil quin- r.-ceiilly it was opposed
that yellow fever was epidemic in San?
tiago, and that it was no! believed that
it would be safe lo sctul ship loads
north of men largely Infected with
yellow fever. Tin- disease, it was be?
lieved, would spread rapidly on ship
board ami resuli in the death and burial
of many at sea.
?im the 2Sth ultimo, the Secretary of
War telegraphed lo General Shafter
that as soon as the fever subsided tie
men of his command would be moved
north to a camp which bad been se?
lected for i: on Montauk Point. On the
:S0th of July. General Shafter tele?
graphed: 'Made known Secretary of
War's telegram that troops would be
moved as soon as fever subsided find
it had a very gooti effect on the men.'
??Wh'-n. however, the true condition
was made known, an order was isstfed
lo General Shatter to move his com?
mand north as rapidly as possible, and
all ships in the quartermaster's service
possible to get lo Santiago, w.-i-e s.-nl
there, and the great liners St. Paul an 1
Si. 1.oiiis were also ordered there. AM
this teas done before tin.mmunica
tion signed by General Shafter
ami bis generals was received, ami be?
fore Colonel Roosevelt's letter svas pub?
lished.
"liver ir.0 surgeons are at Santiago
ami 171! immune nurses have been sen!
Ih.-re beside I lie usual hospital cups
Ilia; always attends such an army.
There have been less death ill Santia?
go by yellow fever than by typhiod in
anv camp of the same size in the Uni?
ted States."
Two messages were received today by
? be War Department from Ponce, the
firs; announcing Ihe death of a brilliant
young army officer and the second from
General Miles touching on the trouble
in the Sixth Massachusetts, which was
the subject nf military inquiry of Sec?
retary Alger yesterday.
As near as can be gathered the offi?
cers of the Sixth declined to submit to
an examination, which was prescribed
by ihe brigade officers, the proper au?
thority, and. upon the instant.f the
latter, they sought to resign their com?
mission.
Genera! Miles himself is dealing with
the case and if he should decide to al?
low these officers to resign tu- discharge
iliein I'rom the service of the [Inited
States, and ihe latter is possible, the
governor or Massachusetts would be
called upon to appoint their succes?
sors.
It can be said that up to this time
the officials are thoroughly satisfied
PRICJ
with General Miles" conduct oC the Por?
to Bican campaign, and they do no:
hesitate to admit that the events that
have occurred since his landing al
Gunnica fully justify the arbitrary
change made by him in the carefully
laid plans id' the department for the
conduct of the campaign.
HUSTLE AT SANTIAGO.
Hurry-Up Orders to Send the Army
North,
i By Telegraph.)
SANTIAGO. August 4. -4 P. M.?(De?
layed in transmission.) ? Prom the mo?
ment Secretary Alger's cable message
was received this morning, ordering the
instant removal of the tinny north, ev?
erything has bteti bustle and activity
at headquarters. The transports here,
six in number, have been ordered tu
discharge their cargoes and get ready
without loss of time to take on board
the t'n-.-t shipment for home. Other
transports are expected here shortly.
Embarkation will begin tomorrow and
ii is expected thai eighteen transports
will soon l>c conveying one soldiers
lee k to the United Slates. These ves?
sel.- uill carry from twelve lo fifteen
thousand men.
General Shaffer's orders tor the
movement of his command provide the
following telegram: The embarkation
of the Third and Sixth regular cavalry
and the First regular cavalry and Ihe
First volunteer cavalry (Bough Bidets)
win bi embarked. These regiments
have been ordered to be ready to go on
board ship the day after tomorrow. For
the present the Ninth and Tenth cav?
alry will remain in camp. Only ihe
privat, biases of the olllcers will be
taken. Tin- oilier horses will be turned
?ver lo General Wood, who will desig?
nate an olilcer to receive them.
G.ral Wood remains here as mili?
tary governor.
All ihe tents will be left standing and
all Ihe extra worn clothing and bed?
ding, which may possibly be infected,
will be destroyed.
The First Brigade of General Law
tou's division, under General Chaffee,
will go next.
All the men able to ride will be put on
ponies and taken to the wharf. The
others will be conveyed there in wag?
ons.
All li e men who are suffering from
yellow fever or Infectious diseases will
he h it here. Every precaution will he
taken lo provide for the safe and
healthy arrival of the men north.
The volunteer regiments will be next
shipped in ihe following order: Firs:
Illinois. First District of Columbia.
Sev.-niy-iiist New York. Ninth Massa?
chusetts. Second Massachusetts. Eighth
Illinois. Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth
Michigan.
All th.se regiments have been order?
ed to hold themselves in readiness to
g.. on hoard the transports the day af?
ter torn .rt'ow or as soon as possible.
All the transports will first he exam?
ined liy a medical board and any suspi?
cious cases will be left In the hospital.
No tenting or surplus baggage will
be taken back to the United States.
Captain MeKittrick and Dr. Goodfel
low. of General Shatter's staff, left here
this afternoon by the Berlin for New
Orleans.
-^4K9N^I^JONS-^
Santa Cruz is Reported to Be De.
serled.
(By Telegraph.)
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, August 4.-4
1'. M.?i.Delayed in transmission.)?The
warships Massachusetts and Dixie ar?
rived ai Gu.'intanaiiio nay last nigh;
ami immediately started coaling. Com
man.I.r Tood. of Ihe Wilmington, re?
ports ihat the conditions at Manzanilo.
as I ear led from General Blon. are as
follows:
Th. re arc about 2.000 regulars. 1.000
chile.-,s ami fiOO bombardei'os, or lire
men lie re. They appear lo be well sup
pli. ,1 villi cattle anil provisions, but
ai.- believed lo he short of u i il i on Ii i t i on.
k.e. u! events in that vicinity have dis?
heartened them, and ii is bflievcd that
the ap| enrance ,>f an American force,
ev .-n of idy :t.M00 men. would result In
the rii) iiulation of the plae,. So far
as forts'are concerned, they amount 10
little or nothing, beyond some field
pie. es temporarily placed in position
and belonging to Ihe army. Cut 11 l>
said Ih re nr. about twenty field guns
in this vicinity.
The i.ist expedition to Manzanill'o
look Ihe Spaniards there completely by
surprise and they thought an American
force was landing, south of Ihe town
near Niquero.
A squadron bulletin says lie- Spanish
forces generally from Manzanillo in
Trinidad are evidently In a very demor?
alized condition.
Santa Cruz, the post on tie- south
coast of ihe province of Puerto Prince,
is reported to b, deserted. There is no
shipping there.
TROOPS DISEM BABKING.
Soldiers Wir, Sailed from 11.-re Landed
in Porto Rico.
(Bv Telegraph.)
PONCE. PORTO RICO. Friday Morn
ing. August r,, via St. Thomas. D. W. 1..
August "..-Major General Miles is pro?
ceeding entirely without regard lo
peace negotiations. Krag-Jorgensen's
are being issued. The Second and
Third Wisconsin are moving up to the
Sixteenth Pennsylvania today. Colonel
Hilling has captured ."..mm pounds of
rice. Thus far the enemy has not mo?
lested him.
The Morgan Troop of the Fifth cav?
alry and the Mississippi commissaries
have arrived here.
Lieutenant Hunter, of the artillery,
was slightly wounded by one of our
pickets last night. Captain Edgar Iltt
gart. who died of typhoid fever, has
been buried with military honors.
TAT.K OF DISTRESS.
( By Tel. graph.)
HALIFAX. N. S.. August 5.?The
schooner Cambridge arrived here today
and brings a lab- of terrible suffering
on the New Foundland and Labrador
casts. The party was an a prospeetb g
expedition and included Dr. Morris,
whos,. services were required at Lewis
inlel night and day to give relief to
persons sick and dying from starvation
Large quantities of provisions were
distributed from the vessel. The samp
condition of affairs exists all along ihr
coast. There arc Hint) persons similarly
situated and inline.Hate relief is nec?
essary. The failure of the fisheries will
tend to further increase the suffering.
FOR GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.
(By Telegraph.)
GAI.VESTON, August 5.?The Demo?
cratic State Convention yesterday nom?
inated Congressman Joseph D. Sayers
fir governor by acclamation and M. M.
Brooks for judge of ihe criminal court
of appeals.
GENIORAL SHAFTER'S REPORT.
(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.?General
Shaft.T send the following sanitary re?
port for August 3: Total sick. 3.77S:
total fever, 2,GO?; new cases of fevei.
?14!l: cases of fever returned to duty.
585; deaths, 9.
f f
vLARGEST f
V CIRCULATION^
lt* single copy. two cents
Pj one week, ten cents.
Gen. Miles Takes Posses?
sion of Eastern Porto Rico.
BLOODLESS VICTOR I ES
Hut Itehlml ?he Urlm Klient Walla or San
tluau C.urtcK tlie Determination to
PlKht* American* Transports
Mlsa the ttemlezvou*.
(Copyright, ISiiS, by Associated Press.)
ON BOARD THK ASSOCIATED
PRESS DISPATCH BOAT OFF SAN
JUAN DE PORTO RICO, AUG. 4. VIA
ST. THOMAS, D. W. L. Aug. 5.?The
Americans have taken peaceful posses?
sion of the eastern portion of the island.
Small parties of marines have been
landed who have lighted lamns In the
light house at Cape Sun Juan and oth?
er light bouses along the coast. They
met with no resistance. Indeed, at
Cape San Juan deputations of citizens
came out lo meet them.
The warships now In this vicinity are
the Montgomery, the Annapolis, the
Puritan and the Amphitrlte. The two
former are looking for the transports
with troops, which left the United
Slates and have scattered all about
the island. The Annapolis rounded up
Ihe Whitney, the Florida and the Ral?
eigh yesterday and they are now at
Cai^e San Juan.
There seems to have been a serious
mistake as to the rendezvous, for no
two ships go to the same place, and it
**ill take several days to locate them
and get them to Ponce where-General
Miles is waiting.
Ott' San Juan, the cruiser New Or?
leans alone maintains the blockade.
The city is grim and silent, but back
of her yellow walls there will be plenty
of determination and ttght when the
Americans open fire.
Captain General Mncias has issued a
proclamation In the course of which
reads:
"Spain has not sued for peace and I
can drive oft the American boats now
as I did Sampson's attempt before."
The daughter of the cap tan 1 general
ia helping to drill the gunners in the
forts. Altogether there are 9.500 Span?
ish regulars in the city. The troops
of the en my, who are retreating from
Ponce and the other twons on the north
coast occupied by the Americans have
not yet arrived.
The German steamer Polynesia, with
a cargo of rum. canned meats and to?
bacco, tried to run the blockade this
morning, was stopped by the New Or?
leans.
SEATOR BACON'S PROTEST.
Me Objects to the Sending of So-Called
Immunes to Santiago.
(By Telegraph.)
MACON. GA.. Aug. 5.?Senator Bacon
today sent a.long telegram to the War.
Departmentprotesting, against ..th
movement' of Colonel Ray's Third' reg'
itnent, U. S. V., to Santiago de Cuba.
Following was the telegram:
Miicon, Ga., Aug. 5,?Hon. Russell A.
Alger. Secretary of War, Washington:
It Is distinctly understood through?
out the whole country that the ThirJ
regiment, U. S. V., although called "Im?
munes" are no more Immune from yel?
low fever than any other volunteer
regiment, it is composed almost exclu
cluslvely of Georgians, nearly of whom
are very young men and many of them
miners. When enlisted, the government
subjected them to a rigid physical ex?
amination, bin no proof was demanded
or desired as to their Immunity from
yellow fever. It is not even pretended
that a man in the regiment has ever
had yellow fever. To send these young
men and boys to Santiago at this time
with no enemy to tight is to expose
them to the same deathly peril from
yellow fever as is now said to confront
those who, having reaped the honors,
are now demanding io be sent to a
northern seaside. If more troops were
now needed at Santiago, or if lighting
wer to be done, the order for this regi?
ment would be approved by all. but It
;s a wholly different matter to send
them into a pestilence, that other sol?
diers who are probably more immune
than they, may re removed from dan?
ger.
a solemn sense of my duty to those
young men. impels me therefore, most
earnestly and urgently, that the order
for their removal to Santiago be re?
voked. I semi this without the knowl?
edge of any otllcer or man in the regi?
ment.
(Signed.) A. O. BACON.
United States Senator.
Against this. Colonel Ray. who had
been consulted, most vigorously protes?
ted, saying it was an unwarranted in
terferenci. the senator's part. He
declared his regiment had not been or?
ganized on an immune basis, and that
ii was not a Georgia regiment at all.
All the officers of the regiment signed a
protest against any revocation of orders
rind, as neither Senator Bacon nor
Colonel Ray have received any Infor?
mation to the contrary, the regiment
will move tomorrow tnight to Savan?
nah and sail from that city Sunday
morning for Santiago.
Savannah, ca.. Aug. 5.?The Third
and Fifth regiments, United States vol?
unteers, the so-called immune regi?
ments and possibly one other, will
leave Savannah Sunday or Monday on
the transports Minnewaska, Leona and
Rio Grande for Santiago. The trans?
ports left New York Thursday, and one
or more are expected to arrive here
Saturday.
The Third regiment, commanded by
Colonel Patrick H. Ray. which has
been in camp at Macon. Ga., will leave
there Saturday night, arriving here the
next morning.
The Fifth regiment. at Columbus,
Miss., is expected to arrive Sunday
nlerht or Monday morning.
Savannah furnished nearly a full
company to the- Third regiment, and
the men are ready and anxious to get
into the field. There is no protest here
against the regiment going to Santiago,
and the belief is that the protest from
Atlanta does not express the sentiment
of the regiment as a whole.
BOLD BANK ROBBERS.
RICH LAND. MICH.. Aug. 5.-? One of
the most daring and successful bank
robberies ever perpetrated in Michigan
was carried out lust night.
According to witnesses, the gang
was composed of six men. who came
to town on a hand car. Four were
placed on guard outside the Union
Bank, which is a small wooden build?
ing. Three charges of dynamite were
exploded before the robbers got at the
mon-,y and escaped. The bank is own?
ed by N. S. Whitney and P. H. Gilkey.
They say the loss is between $6,000 and
$7.000. mostly farmers' deposits.
Kxcurxloii to KlcliiuondSl.
Sunday, August 7th. leaves Old Poin*
at S A. M., Phoebus S:03. A. 35.. Hamp
ton. S:0G and Newport News. 8:20. Re
turn leaves Richmond at S P. M-.
J. F. HERMAN.