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LYNCH!NG_OF ALLEW
A Tragic Event of Sixteen
Years Ago.
FOOLED SHERIFF CURTIS
A (Juiit Kx.'. iKion i,> WnrirU'k t:-oi
Whleh (inuitnl IntviiK*) ICxctu-iiieuf. i
Hampton in ISid.
The excitement caused
New.-Thurs.lay night i.y ti
tinn of the angry radium
wreak yensoanee on barn
Blnodlield divt keeper w!
hilled Private And rev. s. ret
hut terribly tragic event. \.
red in Warwick nearly seventeen ve.tr?
ago. .Tiicie is h.u.il;. cue of i he oldo ?
citizens of Newport News?ih.;s who
are reckoned among the pioneers of the
town?who does not rciiic-i'nbe,r Sheflett
Weaker. ;t good natured, bard working,
wiry little man who, in the days when
Washington avenue v.as but little m re
than a winding cow path throtie h a f r
est,ol weeds and tangled undergrowth,
lived a mile beyond the corporate lim?
its of the present thrifty city. Work
had just been commenced on the- hi-;
dry dock, and the principal buildings
'i ii is surrounded,
dr.
purpose o
Were but
lioighboi '
a good ho
i f?l?
lt. TI
.ly concluded thai money could
o.- by opening a boarding esiablis
ul. This be did. and in a si,on th
had' as ^jiany boarders as he could
ist ante fr
shipyard
rlatcr's hou:
md fr.
the:
. d t?
witl
ship.
the day s w.
eral times,
to make lie'
hitched hi::
did th.- w i, l
Stimmer a.n.
and I be wii
boarding ho
K" wm: i: i
isfaction ..f i
had had son
Willi Allen,
trilling matt
gotten.
When Mr.
shipyard on
4, 1SS1. :? t'!
across tin. .
mo... II.
-.-llll.es
iOun tor
left t'ru
leeemb-. l
lUITvlUE
Allen's c.i ri i a.<
them on the re
ped ab ,urd the
M r. Schlier wall
and called him
Not ; hinking I Ii
ject Mr. Si-inter
the n
Mi
continued his journey on foot. Tin
thought of bring assaulted by A "en
never for a moment entered bis mine
and il" it had it would not have caused
him the slightest worry.
It was Perhaps twenty minutes bef re
Mr. Seiai.-r reached Irs suit.-. where
somewh.il to his surprise, he saw Al?
len's carriage standing in the highway.
The peg;., was on the ground, the d -v.I
that lurked in his w'r ked hear; seemi: g
to Hash from his eyes. Solater knew
that trouble was ahead and might .-as -
ly have saved himself from a-sauli bj
calling for help from the house. But
he v.a< too brave a man to be frighten?
ed by a brutal negro and calmly await
ed the attack. But few wards parsed
between the two men. Allen, a power?
ful, athletic fellow, beside himself with
rage, sprang upon Ihe small unarmed
white man and bore him to the ground.
There, raising a dagger, which he had
kept carefully concealed, he plunge.! il
into Sclatci's heart. The lirsi blow was
a deadly one, but it was not sufficient
to appease the infuriated negro's thirst
for blood. With the fury of a imng.y
tiger feasting upon its prey, he raised
the dripping blade again and again a: d
sunk it to the hilt into the body of his
victim. So quickly was the tragedy en?
acted that no one in the house was
aware of what had happened until Al?
len -was about to leave. Then the aw?
ful scene burst upon the vision of Scla
ter's friends ami family.
Allen was not permitted get away,
although he was not arresied until the
following day, Sunday. With.in! los
of time he was taken liefere eX-May.ir
Walter A. Post, then a justice of tin
peace, and. after a brief heaving, or
Bered to.be locked up in the county
Jail, at Warwick Court House, to an
\yer an indictment. Accordingly he?
's turned over to Sheriff Hohei t Cur.
By Monday the excitement cans, d
Newport News by the mutdo.r h.a.
early died out and people settled down
o the belief ttint at the next term o!
udge Henley's court I he negro would
he indicted, tried and sentenced to pa>
death penalty. But it was not si
n Ham'ploii. There the dead man lvf
Several brothers and hundreds o!
5, among his brothers being Mr
'?1 H. Si-later, one of the most promt
lent citizens of tue city at this lime
he plans for another trag.-dy wci'o be?
ug quietly laid, however, and were fill.
completed before Monday night, ihr
th inst. Who laid them and who exe
tiled them is another-question witi
hich this history does not propose to
nl. But on that night, with the moon
r.d the idars shining brightly, a party
f hoc- emeu perhaps a dozen in num
r. met several mile's above the town
nd proceded by a circuitous route
rough the woods to Warwick Court
ouse. It was 12 o'clock before they
ew up in sight of the jail and three
. their number. leading a riderless
;orse, called Sheriff Curtis from hi
;d and handed him a note signed "W
ost," -directing him to turn the prig,
er over to the three men. The note
talned that information had been ie.
vod that a gang of negroes had or
nized for the purpose of liberating
'don and it was deemed prudent- to j
nd him to Hamilton. To make the
ceptlon complete Sheriff Curtis was'
own a mitimus, addressed to the]
eriff of Elizabeth City county, to re?
ive and lock up the negro. Without a
ment's hesitation Mr. Curtis opened.!
ceil in which Allen was confined
it-*1 handed him over t?? Iiis visitoi
Juioker lliun it takes to teil ii hu was i
?loued on the hack of the extra lum
unl the party struck out toward t:
fiaek River road, which they said tin
ir.d l.ecn instructed by Mr. Post to fo
low on their way to Hampton. In
Vw moments they were joined by tier I
companions, who had remained out of
sight of Sheriff Curtis, and the united
??..-.-?o galloped (iff to a Point ;\ mile from
die courthouse, where a halt wa.-: eall
? 1 under a large tree which nature |
seem,m| to have designated for the ve
purpose they had' in view. Uv this
time Alien knew that his hour had
?on:,', tau his appeals for mercy might
? s w. v, have been addressed to the tow.
?ring pinbs as they waved to and fro
in the breeze and in their melancholy
roughing seemed to murmur a song of
death. It was hut Hie work of a mo
men: to throw a lint- over the limb of
? e tree under which the party stop: ed.
and but another moment was required
?o swing the bodv int., the air. A few
?diets were (bed r.y-way of a parting
salute to the murderer of Shelton Sein?
er nib* the men wh , strung him in
?otic away. The body hung there uiti I
11 -\ r l of Tl I," H 'de.'- A v . -
irons effort was made to appr, hen,1 the
lynrhers. but it proved utterly futile.
1.0 .f u .'. :il- 1. l.g.-r. - I in
ouenl will not only have :? pay hi.. li?
cense, bnl a !?!?? as weil. Tiny have
uinil Thursday to settle with the com?
missioner of the revenue. After that
lie.,- I will lake the matter in Land.
This; is very distasteful to me, but 1
have alternative."
H i.- understood that there are quite
?Vhite lite change was being mail, St;
<ls was in the-custody of Patrolman
it. CralTord.
The relations between Sturttlsr and his |
tltc.ii'.ey are not .si; ":-:i>il. Mr. (Jarrett
wllhilivw because he docs not make
u-aclice ..,' going -.:i his clients' b.,nds. \
Mr. Imllison v. . ; willing " to beeom<
?iiivlv foe ihr :>mount r: -uiiici by Mr.
ii ?? >< : v? i'I i ? 1 ably be
irg. s
ivady
<umed tin1
and occas
? Curt.
? lie,! 1,
ineeti
ed at once whether proper
s will lie compelled to provi
lions wheth, r Lhey intend to u
si, in ;,t once or not. 11 Lie.- cn
is uro mad,, it will not lie tic
to tear up tile streets in the fu
Wtll Ulllld :?. It-is.k.
Mr. P. F. Finch will build a bank at I
the corner of Washington avenue and
Thirtieth street. Of this there seems to |
be no doubt, although Air. Finch is no
hen: lo confirm the. statement, and Mi
W. I. Pitsssiinrnons, his representative
states that he is.not at liberty to speak [
of Mr. Finch's plans.
.Mr. Vilich has finally decided I
what to do with his valuable
piece of "Washington avenue property.
Whether or not the bank will be con?
ducted by himself or by an association
cannot be learned. The building will
cover three lots and he three stories
high. The ground floor, it is staled,
will be used as a bank and the upper
stories devoted to office rooms.
When Mr. Finch broke ground at the
corner of Thirtieth street several
months ago, it was believed that he in?
tended to build an opera house, but it
is learned authoritatively that ther
will be no theatre or entertainment
hall in the building.
1 ;;-Yo?r oni iti-ii e.
Miss Nettie Hermateu and Mr. Ed?
ward Hermateu were united in marri?
age a; I- o'clock yesterday by Rev. B.
F. i.ipscomb at' tile pastor's ham-'. Po'.h
of the young people live near Oriana.
The groom is 23 years of age and the
bride only 1G. She wore a short dress
at the marriage.
The identity of names is account
for by the fact that the girl is an ,
Phan and was adopted-by the gronn
father.
shooting mi Ai-eiiieut.
Miss Hunter, the young lady livinp
near the Itriariield road, who accident?
ally shut Adam Parsons last Wednes?
day while scaring away a number o:
?iig.s. was exonerated of assault with
intent to kill in .ru.--.tice Jones' court
yesterday morning. MissHunter did not
know tiiat she shut Parsons until the
warrant was served on her. The bad
struck lie- negro in the mouth a
lodged under the jaw.
Negro Charge <i Wtlli Felony.
Daniel Tines, a James City county
negro, was arrested yesterda by
City Sergeant Milstead on a eapia
charging the prisoner with felony.
Tines made merry with about thirty
other male and female darkeys at a ban
near Williamsburg two weeks ago and
pistols, knives and knacks were freely
exhibited. Tines was indicted with
others and he came to Newport News,
.securing employment culling logs near
North Newport News. Sergeant Mil
stead will take the prisoner back for
trial in a few days.
Cheap l-'ltttH
Best location in town $11.50. Bath,
gas. range, hot and cold water.
MUL.FORD & EDMUNDS,
aug 21-3t. 135 Twenty-fifth St.
NEWPORT NEW:
SAY HE IS PROFANE
Charges Preferred 'Against
Captain T. R. Marks.
REFUSES TO RESIGN
Commander of Cuutpuiiy C, 1 OOih Indiana
WlltStund Trial. Kegiiuc'iit L-avts
Tor Lexington, Evy., This
Afternoon.
Some of the privates and non-com?
missioned officers in company C, ltfOt'n
Indiana regiment, have preferred
ehrges against the commanding oth
eer, Captaih T. ft. Marks, allesing that
he has been guilty of conduct unbecom?
ing ? gentleman and officer, in violation
of the sixty-first Article of War.
Captain Murks, it is understood, was
given the alternative of resigning his
commission, but tills lie refused tu do.
declaring he would stand . trial first.
There are' twelve specifications in the
written document, as follows:
No. 1?(."barges that Captain Marks
said before the company a. tattoo on
May 11': "Hell will begin from now
on." This wiis before his command left
tor Chiekumauga.
No. 2?That while on board the train
en route from Indianapolis to Chatta?
nooga. Captain Marks said: "If I
catch any of you standing on the plat?
form I'll knock your (.1?d d?n blocks
off."
No. ::?That on Monday, August S, <n
Newport News, after tattoo had been
sounded he sitl he had herd that a
petition was being circulated for signa?
tures to be presented to the colonel pro?
testing against his conduct, and that he
would get even with those s?s of
b-s."
No. I?That on various occasions be?
fore the company had assembled he
had us-ed violent and abusive epithets.
No. .".?That while the train was
standing in the railway yards at Chat?
tanooga. Captain Marks said to a pri?
vate who had been on a coffee detail:
"While in the JigH have you been? I'll
lix your clock for you w hen you get in?
to camp." The private attempted to
explain the delay and Captain Marks
said: "(Jet out of here, you C?d d?n
ruin duni." He then raised from his
seat and' kicked the private in the side.
No. ??That on July 2, at Camp
Thomas, Captain Marks used profane
language, saying to privates: "I'll fix
you: I'll knock your G?d d?n blocks
off ami put you on the chain gang."
These privates were on the guard, and
it is alleged that Captain Marks at?
tacked them, and he was relieved from
duty as officer of the day and put under
arrest.
Nee 7?That while on board the cars
it Hossville waiting to start for Newr
port. News, Captain Marks came up
behind a private and struck him a
violent blow on- the head, knocking
him ten feet into the car.
No. S?That" at the same time and
date a private was leaning out of a
car door and Captain Marks came up
behind him. grabbed him. threw him
back into the car over a gun and into
the Scat.
No. a?That on the same day and
date a private was standing on the
platform and Captain Marks came up
behind him, grabbing him in the back
of the neck and throwing him back into
the car seat, at the same time saying:
"You G?d d?n rookies, don't you
know how to ride in a car? I'll learn
you how to ride when you are with me.
Don't you remember what I said when
we came down from Camp Mount'?" :
No. 10?That in Newport News, Aug?
ust f>, at tattoo roll call, Captain Marks
went to a tent where a private was
sleeping and dragged him into the com?
pany street; tearing the tent down, and
at the same tinv striking the private
in the back with his fl*t.
No. 1] .a..: in New ,:..>! News. Aug?
ust 5. i uptaui Marks ordered enlisted
men to go to the tent of a private and
la . .am and drag him to a barrel of
w: '??] by the heels, which the privates
die, Ijul failed to shove the man's head
in the- water, as had been ordered.
No. 12?That while in the city look?
ing for men absent from camp, he slap
pe-; a placate in the face.
' li i3 ..isii charged that Captain
Marks t'ses profane and obscene lan
gui:;:- htiuUutttiy toward the men, and
it is further specified thai it is a mat?
ter of common repute and conversation
in ihe regiment tout lie has been re
pro, o.: ..l . eral times by the colonel for
using profane language, and that one
lime the colonel placed him under ar?
rest for such an offense.
Captain Marks is a young man of
pleasing address. He is a graduate of
Ann Arbor College and has studied law.
but was never admitted to the bar. His
father arrived in the city several days
ago to look after his son's case. Cap?
tain Marks will stand trial if a court
martial is ordered, and he Seems to
have no fear of the result, the charges
against him notwithstanding. It is
said that his men have become dissat?
isfied with him because lie is a strict
disciplinarian.
TROOPS LEAVE TODAY.
The Pl?th Indiana regiment will leave
for Lexington, Ky., today, probably
late in the afternoon. It was expected
that Colonel Guilder's regiment would
leave for Kentucky last Friday, buL
the cars for their transportation failed
to arrive. The Hoosier State soldiers
have made many friends during their
stay in the city. Their deportment has
been good and they have given the civil
authorities very little trouble.
Company H was detailed for provost
guard duty last night. It was the
boys' hist night in the city and they
slipped the lines in order to "make a
night" of. it. It is understood that the
camp in Kentucky is live miles from
Lexington.
IslagKm Falls and Ketu n, SIK (HI.
The next select excursion to Niagara
Fails. Buffalo, Rochester, Geneva and
Watkins Glen will leave Norfolk via
Washington or Baltimore steamers and
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (Rov
al Blue Line). Wednesday, August 24th.
Fare for the round trip from Norfolk,
$13.00. Tickets limited to eleven days.
For tickets and further information,
apply to ARTHUR G. LEWIS,
S. P. A. Baltimore & Ohio R. R..
Under Hotel Atlantic, Norfolk, Va.
aug-21-4t.
?Notice.
The patrons of the Newport News
Light and Water Company arc hereby
notified that the water supply will be
cut off at H o'clock P. M. Saturday.
August 20. 1SSS. anil will remain off for
about six hours while certain connec?
tions are being made at the pumping
stai ion.
Newport News Light and Water Co.
By L. B. Manville, agent.
,v.a aug-19-2t
Sio illosqulte.
Do not loose sleep when a 10c bottle
of "No Mosqulte" will drive away ev?
ery mosquito. FRED F. ALLEN &
CO. aug-10-l-w
s VA., SUNDAY, A
U.M.I. BIAKKS A STATKMEXT.
Murderer of (lie lint.mm Soldier Claim*
Hcsiw.t in s.-ir it> r<-itK?.
As yet Commonwealth's Attorney J.
K. M. Newton has not decided whether
to have Sam Hall, the negro saloon
keeper, of Bloodtleld. Indicted in the
Corporation Court or County Court for
the murder of Private Alonzo Andrews,
of eompany I. 160th Indiana regiment,
who was killed on Ivy avenue last
Thursday afternoon.
If Hall is to he tried In the County
Court Commonwealth's Attorney New?
ton will have to come to that decision
today, as the August term of Judge
Baker P. Lee's court will begin tomor?
row, and it will be necessary to sum?
mon a special grand jury in order to
indict the negro. After Hall is indict?
ed lie may not be tried this month, as
his counsel will probably make an effort
to have the cuse postponed till the feel?
ing agains t the negro calms down.
There were no "developments in the
case yesterday. The soldiers from the
Iloosler Stale have quieted down ami
are willing for the law to take us
course. While all of the soldiers would
like to see speedy justice meted out
to Hall, the most intense desire to
avenge the death of Private Andrews
is manifested by the inetnbej-s or com?
pany I.
To a reporter for tin; Virginian and
Pih t Hall, who is now confined in the
Norfolk city jail, made the following
statement regarding the shooting:
"Some half a U"z'.u oi' Urn; . Indiana
?.Pit. er .?r> into ivy ; lac* very no! y.
it was in tie- afternoon about .1:39 r.r 4
??'clock. I was not behind the air. Put
had a couple of barkeepers* Hier-1. 1
was going out for a drive ami had
stepped into the bar. wi-et.-.I heard a
rumpus, and ?me of my men said that
rhe soldiers had ordered a round of
drinks and then, without paying foi
the first, had ordered a saeon'i. 1 then
told hini the first i .und to let go. to
have no quarrel, 'out to give them no
more, and then starred for ihe carriage-.
It-fore 1 had taken I've steps the sol?
diers had block.'.] my progress, and
were \elling that they would kill me:
hang me to a post.. I tried to get to
my t-.e: t ami they .surrounded me with
threats of death. t drew my rev ilv.ci
and fired 1-, prot > :t-myself, not with
the intention of killing any one. Hut
they were so .-lose to me the bullets <!
tired twice) 1 was afterwards told,
struck two men. killing one of them."
Hall expressed srivat regret at the fa?
tal shooting, but maintained that i.<
simply defended his life from a erne d
of drunken, furious soldiers, who want?
ed it.
In speaking of Hall's presence in Nor?
folk, the Landmark says:
Police Justice Tomlin formally turn?
ed Had ovi r to tlie care of City Ser?
geant Lnv.ler. who will look after hint
until the Indiana troops leave Newport
:.'ov.-k. which thev are expected to du in
a few days.
Jailor Louis Friedman hits a holy hor?
ror -ef mobs intent on lynching?. All
day yesterday Louis was uneasy aj(d
all because some one had told him that
the Indiana troops had determined to
come over here, in a.body, take Hall out
?nd haug him.
Mr. B. C. James, of the hardware firm
of Marston .?.-. James, yesterday denied
the statement that Sam Hall purchased
the revolver front bis store with which
he shot Private Andrews.
Killt lilt: I IS'.! STATIONS.
V>v' "*
i-\ Shipped from Newport Newa flu
<: .John null'? \Vs?r?Iil|?u.
Yesterday's papers published a state?
ment that the British government had
contracted with the Pocahontas Coal
Company for an unlimited amount of
coal, and that the mineral was being
loaded at Norfolk in British bottoms
for John Bull's coaling stations. A sim?
ilar contract has been secured by the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company,
and ninny tons of coal have been expor?
ted from Newport News.
The following vessels took steam coal
here last week:
Olaf Kyie. 4.U110 tons. Gilbraltar for
orders.
Sandhill. 3.500 tons. Pireas. Greece.
CroyVk'in. 0.250 tens. Montevideo.
Knutsford. 3.000 tons, St. Michaels.
The .steamship Deramore is expected
In a due or so to load British coal am:
other vessels will follow In rapid suc?
cession.
The schooner Sadie I.oekwood is now
loading 500 ton- or coal here for th<
British admiralty to be delivered a:
Bermuda.
England is buying up vast quantifier
>r coal for.no other reason than to pre?
pare for war with Russia and il is
pleasing to note that Newport News is
getting her share ,,r the fuel contracts
given out to foreign countries.
I??--U '?????!
The following deeds of bargain and
sale have been admitted to record in
the clerk's office of the Corporation
Court:
Security trust company*to Harriet
Council: consideration, $660.
Harriett Cornell to Robert Lackey.
Jr., et als, trustees: consideration,
$1,165.
? Old Dominion Investment Company
to Sarah e. Clarke; consideration, $215.
Sarah e. Clarke- to e. R. Shaw, trus?
tee ;o consideration. $1,165.
H. R. Booker et als to B. K. Stearnes;
consideration, $3.000.
C. B. Orcutl et ux to B. K. Guy^ con?
sideration, $1,501).
Inside Laitd Company to P. W.
Bay lie: consideration. $25?.
S. W. Bayne'et ux to R. M. Lett, trus?
tee; consideration. $000.
B. K. Stearnes to A. S. Segar, trustee;
consideration, $5.000.
XV. Lee Powell to C. H. Lee; consid?
eration $237.50.
Polliiu Courr .
The following cases were dispuosed
or ui the Police Court ye.sternay m.uu
itig:
Jiinmie O'Neil, house breaking: sent
on to the grand jury.
Robert Dixon. disorderly conduct;
fined 53 ami costs.
Jim Robinson, allowing."horse to run
it large; dismissed. .
Van Whiting. Lawyer Hargrove.
James Mori-field, William Johnson and
Clarence Height, grand larceny; sent
hi to the grand jury.
~ Negro KreukH HI- Tolgh.
D. Jones, a negro laborer, while at
work removing freight from the Old
Dominion steamer Princess Anne at
Pier C last night, had jhis left thigh
broken. It seems that 'a gang plang
tilted and fell, striking the negro.
Jones was taken f> his home on War?
wick avenue, where the fracture was
reduced by Dr. Aaron Jeffrey.
Cbei.p h'.'utH
Hist location in town $11.50. Bath.".'
gas. range, hot and cold water.
mulpord'a edmun DS.
nug 21-:tt. 135 Twenty-fifth St.
vVANTED?At the Virginia Cleaning
and Dying Establishment, 85 suits of
clothes every day to be cleaned, dyed,
pressed and repaired, and made to
look like new. 3105 "Washington av
i etiaa - aii?r-ln.t?*
UGUST 2 L 1898:
MERRITT'S REPORTS
Conditions of the Capitulation
of Manila.
FULL TEXT OF THE TERMS
Whole l'tiilipplnc? No: Ml. ,1 in ti,,.
Surrt.i:iliT. Ni'uKi.f 3'eiiec I'nur llnys
Lute. Calila Again in
Working Order.
(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.?The War
Department lat,- this afternoon posted
tin. following cablegram from <; ne-ral
Merrill, giving tho terms of the caplt
ulatldb of Manila:
"ll.mg Kong. August 20.
?Adjutant General. Washington:
'1-e lowing are the I -tins r.f tho
apitul-thm:
??The undersigned, having been ap?
pointed a commission t.i determine the
:-" ' 'Is the en p. tu:., thin of the city
at'.J ?' fences .if .Manila and its suburbs
and the Spanish forces stationed there?
in, in accordance with agreement en?
tered into the previous day by Major
General Wesley Merrill. United Slates
army, eommander-in-chief in the Phil?
ippines, and his excellency. 1'on F.t
min Jardenes. acting general-iti-ehiet
of the Spanish army in the Philippines,
have agreed upon the rolhi-.vi.ng:
"1. The Spanish troops. European and
native, capitulated with the city and
defenses, with all honors of war. depo--.
King" their arms in the places desig-.
nated by the authorities or tip. United
Slates and remaining in quarters des?
ignated and under the United States
'authorities, until the conclusion of a
treaty of peace between the two b-llig
erent nations. All persons included in
the capitulation remain at liberty, the
officers remaining In their respective
bom. s. which shall he respected as long
as they observe the regulations pre?
scribe! for the government and the law
in fore".
??2. Ofiieers shall retain their sid.
arms, horses anil private properties.
All public horses and public property
of all kinds shall be turned ovi r to
staff officers designated by the United
Slat.-s.
Complete returns in duplicate of
men by organizations and full lists of
public prop.-riy and stores shall be n-n
dered' to the United Stales within tea
days from this date.
"?!. All questions relating to Cue re?
patriation of officers and men of '.lie
Spanish forces and of their families
and of the expenses which said repa?
triation may occasion .shall be referred
to the government of the United StaP-s
at Washington. Spanish families may
leave Manila"at any time convenient In
'Item. Return or arms surrendered by
the Spanish forces shall lake place
when : hey evacuate the city or wher
ib.- American army evacuates.
?T.. officers and men Involved in the
capitulation shall be supplied by the
ladled States, according lo their rank,
willi rations and necessary aid. as
though they were prisoners of war, un?
til (he ooneluskm of a treaty of peace
between the United Stales and Spain.
.Ml the funds in the Spanish treasury
and all other public funds shall be
turned over to the authorities af the
United States.
?"15: The city, its inhabitants. its
churches and religious worships, its ed?
ucational establishments and its pri?
vate Property of all descriptions art
placed under special safeguard of the
church and army.
"P. 1-5. GREENE. Brigadier General of
Volunteers. U. S. A.
??P. I,. LAM BP ti TON. Captain U. S.
Navy. -.
"OHAS. A. WT-TITTTER, Lieutenant
Colonel and Inspector General.
"12. II. CROWDER. Lieutenant Colon?
el ami Judge Advocate.
"NICHOLAS OP LA PfCNA. Auditor
General Kxcts.
"CARLOS BEYERS, Colonel de Tnge
"JOSK MART A OLEQUTN FTC LI A DP
KSTRADO, Major.
(Slgriedl "M E R R ITT."
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.?The War
Department has received the fallowing:
"Hoog Kong. August 20.
"Adjutant General Washington:
"Tn assault of Manila, August Kith.
Genera! Anderson commanding divis?
ion. General MacArthur First Brigade.
Genes al Green Second, losses were as
follows:
"Killed?First Sergeant Holmes. As
tor Battery: Sergeant Crimins. Astor
Battery; Bugler Patterson. Thirteenth
Minnesota; Private Thailen, Twenty
third infantry; Private Dinsinore. First
t 'alifernia.
"Wounded?Captain Seabeck, Thir?
teenth Minnesota, serious: Captain B.
Pjori stad. same regiment, badly: Lleu
tenam Bunker, same regiment, slightly,
?and forty enlisted men.
(Signed) " "ME RR ITT."
FOUR DAYS LATE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.?The War
Depai tment received tile following dis?
patch from General Merritt late this
after! oon:
"Hong Kong. August 20.
"Adjutant General, Washington:
"Cablegram -or the 12th direct log mil?
itary operations be suspended, received
after noon of the 16th." .Spanish com?
mander' notified. ' Acknowledged ic
celpt of cablegram same date contain?
ing proclamation of President.
(Signed) "MERRITT."
SILVELA'S VIEWS.
MADRID, Aug. 20.?4 P. M.?Senor
Silvela; now the virtual leader of the
Conservatives, expresses the views of
that party on the capture of Manila
in the following statement:
"The capture of Manila in no wise
affects the rest of the archipelgo; and
the Cortes should he summoned willi
urgency in order to prevent the world
gaining the impression that Spain has
lost her sovereignty in she Philippines.
The Liberal party should conclude
peace, but the Sagasta cabinet cannot
effect this task."
If the Queen Regent tenders him an
Invitation Senor Silvela is disposed to
accept office.
ZAl'IKO MUST LEAVE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20.?A spe?
cial from Hong Kong say*i Consul Gee.
era! Wildman has 1-equeste.d of the
Hong Kong authorities permission for
the ships of the American Meet r.ow at
Manila to be allowed to dock and repair
there.
The questions presents such serious
complications that it had to be submit?
ted to the British home government for
an answer. Meanwhile the harbor po?
lice ordered the gunboat Zafiro. which
arrived there with dispatches from
General Merritt and Admiral Dewey, to
leave British waters within twenty
PKK
fuiir hours. The governor is much Jis
tressed at Hie situation.
WASHINGTON*. Aug. 20.?The Navy
Department authorities iliscount the
significance given the report of the en?
forcement of the neutrality laws at
Hong Kong by orii.uri.ng the Ziifiro
from the harbor ami deferring permis?
sion for the American fleet ,o ,1 ?k
there. Admiral Dewey recently rece'v
eil orders from Ailing Secretary Allen
to report on his plims for docking end
repairing the ships of his fleet. The ca?
blegram sent him on tills subject gave
inly instructions to make an inquiry as
to the most available means for attend?
ing to the repairs which are much
needed anil to report as early as pos?
sible. Admiral Dewey undoubtedly im?
mediately set about negotiating to se?
cure a suitable place where the Work
could be executed and the request to
the authorities at Hong Kong for per?
mission probably fallowed immediately
and doubtless was carried on the last
oq. or the y.aflro. The action of -he
British harbor police at Hong Kong in
?rdering the Zafiro to leave British wa?
ters within twenty-four hours is an ac?
tion strictly in accordance with tin
pence terms. This is the view of foe
otlicluls at tin- Navy Department, who
say the American dispatch boat, since
'.he inception of hostilities, never has
remained in port lunger than that pe?
riod! Permission tore-main longer than
that lime would ben breach of neutral?
ly, and an action against which, in
the case of Spanish vessels at certain
oilier points in western waters, this
government protested. The signing or
a protocol. in the view or the
naval authorities, would not al
ter the circumstances of the case,
as in the absence of a treaty
of peace or some special arrangements
bv ?hieb the time of remaining in port
could he extended without brea. h of
neutrality, tin- neutrality restrictions
operate to tin- same extent as in time or
actual war.
MADRID. Aug. 20.?The government
has accepted the resignation of the
governor general of tin- Canaries. Gen?
eral Manzano. His successor has not
vet been appointed.
RIVERA NOT SHOT.
MADRID, Aug. 20.?? TV M.?The re
oort cabled from Gibraltar that General
Prime de Rivera, formerly governor
general of the Philippines. has been
shot is without foundation. Genera1
do Rivera, it is announced, is in good
health.
CAULK IN OPERATION.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. ?Major
General Merritt has notified the War
Department that the cable rrom Hong
Kong lo Manila is again in operation.
AFFAIRS IN MADRID.
Spanish Government Frightened by It.
Otvn Handiwork.
(By Telegraph.)
MADRTD. Aug. 20.-4 P. M.?El Lib?
eral, in an article headed "Peace With?
out Friuts," says:
"The government is beginning to-be
frightened by Its own handiwork, and
it has gained nothing by imposing si?
lence upon the press. Parliament and
pubile ought to be informed fully as to
the progress of events, so that the
Spanish people will not he driven to ac?
cept the wild rumore that come from
abroad.
"We are entering a period most ditfl
cult and perilous, anil It may have in
store for Spain fresh disasters greater
than those or the past."
SH AFTER'S HOMECOMING.
He Will Not Leave Santiago Until All
Troops Have Embarked
"WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.?The latest
advices rrom General Shaffer, com?
manding the fifth army corps, are to
the e(Teel that he will not leave San?
tiago until after the departure of all
the troops at his command1.
The expectation is that the last or
these troops will embark during the
.?arly part of next week, and that Gen
oral Shafter will be able to sail for
horn.- before Saturday. The plan for
the embarkation of all of General Shaf?
fer's corps before the close of the pres.
enl week was impossible of execution
by reason of the lack of sufficient trans
ports.
GENERAL BUTLER'S SUCCESSOR
General Gobbin in Command at Cnmr
Algor for the Time Being.
(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.?A commis?
sion, consisting of Surgeon Major;
Reed; Vaughn and Shakespeare, begar
today an examination Into the sanitary
arrangements of Camp Alger, Va.
It now seems very uncertain whether
the troops at Dunn Coring will go tc
Middletown. Pa., as a scarcity of suit
able ground and water is reported.
General Butler's successor for th'
time being is General Gobin.
The report of the court or Inquiry
in the ease or the Third Virginia regl
ment has been forwarded to Genera'
Graham at Middletown. Although
nothing definite can be learned in re?
gard to this report it is believed to b,
adverse to the Virginia regiment. ? Ar
investigation by a number of officers
hits shown that most of the enliste'
men are dissatisfied and desire to re?
turn to their former occupations.
STEAM LIGHTER SUNK.
Over GOO Soldiers on Hoard, but N.
Lives Lost.
(By Telegraph.)
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 20.?fi:2>
P. M.?This afternoon tlte steam lighter
Laura struck a rock near the steel pi3:
and sank in ten feet of water. At t,h<
time of the accident she had on board
Btiti men of the Third Michigan regi?
ment, who were on their way to the
nansport Harvard. ? No lives were lost
but an exciting scramble for the short
took place, in which many of the mer
fell in the shallow water. The Harvard
will leave tomorrow. The cruise;
Prairie arrived this afternoon and will
be used as a transport. General Shaft?
er and the sick soldiers, who are un U-r
the caie or physicians, will leave or
Monday on the transport Mexico.
The civil authorities of San Luis..the
western terminus of the railroad, re?
port acts or' rowdyism and theft and
the insulting of women by members ol
the battalion of the Eighth Illinois teg.
iment, which is stationed there. It is
said that the soldiers are worse than
the i'-pa Ilia ids. The people assert that
all discipline is ignored. The chief of?
fenders have been imprisoned;
The embarkation of the Spanish
troops at Santiago will be completed
tomorrow. There is much complaint
regarding the mail service. No mail
has been received in ten days.
A TANGLED WEB.
(London Fun.)
Tommy?Pa, why are single women
called spinsters?
Pa?I expect It's because they ave
always spinning a web to catch a
man.
Reduced ltei.tl
Flats with every modern improve?
ment reduced from $1-1.1)0 to $11.50.
aug 21-St MULFORD & EDMUNDS.
LARGEST
CIRCULATION!
<TT single COPY, two CEfcTS
?? Hi one week, ten cents.
CHASED By A MOB
Alleged Spy Assaulted by
Citizens and Soldiers.
"KILL HIM! SHOOT HIM!"
Sayn IIb Wait Not a Spy, But Unban Gener?
al uml Relative of Cornelias Vun
Yamlerbtlt. Leaven Under
Cover of Might.
ATLANTA. GA., Aug. 20.?Joseph
Castedanes, alias Georwe Edward Van
dcrbilt, arrested In Tampa, Fla., three
months ago as a Spnish spy, and sine?
that time Imprisoned at Fort McPher
son. was given liberty today together ,.
with three ether suspects.
The three men quickly separated, and
"Vanderbilt," clad in the Cuban uni?
form, which he wore when arrested,
came down town. Ills reception her?
was so demonstrative that he was soon
placed in the central police station tor
safety, where his numerous wounds
were dressed. He took his departure
under the cover of darkness. ?
<>n reaching Atlanta. Vanderbilt was
recognized by a crowd of halt a dozen
drunken soldiers. They stopped him.
but he refused to be interviewed. The
soldiers decided to take him by force
and Vanderbilt took to his heels. This
urged the soldiers on, and they wer?
joined by a lot of citizens, who pum
meled the fleeing man freely and let fly.
many stones and sticks.
Vanderbilt ran into a candy factory
at the corner of Alabama and Pryor
streets. A large crowd collected about
the store and when the little man ap
;ared at the door with two officers
had been sent for, the cry of
Ipanlsh spy" was set up and It did
take the mob long to add the cry of
Kill him!" "Hang him." The noise
d to bring others into the proces
in. which swelled to large propor
and by the time the police sta
ivas reached 2.000 people were at
eels of the officers.
When the station was reached the
?rs rushed the little fellow into the
nard office and the great iron gates
re quickly closed to keep the mob
ck. Officers ran to the front doors
d stood guard at them.
"They turned me out this morning,"
dd Vanderbilt excitedly, "and I am
it a Spanish spy. but am an AmerK
n citizen and a Cuban general. See
have the stars on my coat sleeves to
my rank In the army."
Vanderbilt was bleeding from three at
wounds on his face and throat,
me soldier had cut at him with a knife
aid left a bloody mark on his forehead,
mother had grabbed him .by the throat
nd left the print of his Angers. He
daims to be a relative of Cornelius
lerbitt. ana says his mother is at
?nt in New York.
FATAL HOTEL FIRE.
j Three Persons Lose Their Lives at Lit?
tle Itock. Ark.
(By Telegraph.)
(By Telegraph.)
OT SPRINGS. ARK.. Aug. 20.?A
which resulted in the loss of two
?Is, a livery stable and several pri
:? residences and cost at least three
human lives, started in the National
el at It o'clock this morning. The
(flowing bodies have been recovered:
ABE MATTHEWS, Greenville, Miss.
W. H. WILLIS. Randolph county.
Ark.
Mit. HUGHES, Tulsa. 1. T.
Among the seriously burned are Mrs.
Eula Jefferies. a visitor from the In
lian Territory, and Patrol Wiley, or the
?al police department.
A dozen or more were more or less
injured, and it is believed by some of
the guests and employes of the hotel
that more lives were lost and that when
learch is made in the ruins Several bod?
es will be found.
In addition to the hotels a cottaga
elonging to Col. O'Brien and the Ken?
tucky livery stable were burned. The
two hotels suffered the destruction of
ill their effects, but the horses and
rriages in the livery stabie were tak
out safely.
The fire started about 2 A. IS. in the
National Hotel and spread rapidly. A
number of guests escaped down the
stairway while others jumped ' from.
windows of the second and third
stories in their night clothes, barely
j getting out with their lives. Several
I who leaped were seriously injured, and
ne unknown man Is expected to die.
Directly across the street from the
National Hotel is the Avenue Hotel,
rhich narrowly escaped burning.
THIRD VIRGINIA CASE.
j Findings of the Courtmartial Taken to
Camp Meade.
(By Telegraph.)
CAMP MEADE, MIDDLETOWN.Pa.,
Aug. 20.?Lieutenant Summerhill, of
eral Graham's staff, reached camp
I today from Camp Alger with the find?
ings of the courtmartial in the Third
Virginia case. It will not be made pub
until after General Graham has ex
| amlned the report. Colonel Ives, chief
mgineer of the corps, arrived today
from Porto Rico, where he went with
Central Miles. Chief Medical Officer
I Girard started today to inspect the hos?
pitals at Washington and Thorough?
fare Gap. The Second and Third bat?
talions of the Tenth Ohio regiment
i reached camp last night from Camp
Bushneil, followed by two battalions
of the Second Missouri and a detach?
ment from the Sixth Pennsylvania.
Seventh Illinois, Thirty-third and Thir?
ty-fourth Michigan, First West Virginia
I and First Delaware. Fourth Michigan
and Ninth Massachusetts.
General Graham has prohibited bath
ng in the Pennsylvania canal for the
I reason that it receives Harrisburg
I sewerage and may cause disease.
"he use of spring water from near
I farm houses is also prohibited for the
same reasons. A bathing place will bo
j established by the corps of engineers.
I'ytliUns Leave Today.
The First Regiment, Uniform Rank
Knights of Pythias, will leave Newpoit
News this" morning at S o'clock
for Indianapolis to attend the biennial
encampment there.
The local campany will meet the com?
panies from Hampton, Norfolk, Ports?
mouth, Bekley and Suffolk here and
proceed with them to Indanapolls. A
number of ladles will accompany the
Sir Knights.
HOW ABOUT THE SILVER VOTE?
(Nashville American.)
If the people of the United States
had their way, Fitz'Lee would be elec?
ted Senator from Virginia by a risinff
vote. Virginia must not disappoint ffca
people.
Reduced Rents.
Flats with every modern Improve
I ment reduced from $14.00^0^WJh50.
j aug 21-St MULJjpRD & .