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VOL. L.
THEY GET MONEY FROM HOME
Spain Sends Cervera and His Fel
low Prisoners $50,000.
THEY WILL BUY NEW CLOTHES.
The Spanish Naval Officers Are Pleased
With Their Treatment at Annapolls—
A Visitor From New York Calls an the
Admiral at Annapolis.
NEw York, July 22.—Emilo M. Cas
tillo, the president of the Spanish
Benevolent society of New York, visit
ed Admiral Cervera and his fellow
prisoners at Annapolis Tuesday. Mr.
Castillo wrote to President MecKinley
requesting permission to visit the ad
miral and other prisoners, scveral of
whom were personal friends of the ap
plicant. Secretary Long, to whom the
letter was refered, replied: granting
the necessary permission.
One of Mr. Castillo’s objects in visit
ing Admiral Cervera was to offer finan
cial aid. The admiral accepted a
small loan, giving an order on a firm
of bankers in this city who, it is said,
have received a draft for $50,000 from
the Spanish government for the im
prisoned officers. This money will be
turned over to the prisoners at Annap
olis in a few days. In the meantime
they are occupied, said Mr. Castillo, in
ordering new wardrobes and generally
improving their material condition.
Admiral Cervera talked at length
and in detail of the war from the time
he left Spain until his capture. But
he sealed Mr. Castillo to secrecy, as
serting that he would have nothing to
say for publication until the end of
the war. The admiral said that he
had given no interviews since his ar
rival at Annapolis, and that any re
ported talks with him were fictitious.
Emilo M. Castillo has just returned
from Annapolis. After explaining to
a reporter that the purpose of his
visit was to offer such aid as the Span
ish officers might need, Mr. Castillo
said:
““Admiral Cervera and his officers
expressed great gratitude for the gen
erous treatment of the American gov
ernment. Nothing that could add to
their physical comfort has been
omitted.”
Mr. Castillo said that the view that
the Spanish fleet was outclassed pre
vailed among Cervera’s officers while
the ships lay in the Santiago bay.
’, “There was always a shortage of
~oal,” Mr. Castillo said. ‘‘They could
(not injure the American fleet because
they came out of Santiago harbor in
single file. Each ship was pounded as
she came out.” ,
Admiral Cervera’s figures show that
twenty-one of his officers were lost.
He has learned that one who was re
ported missing has turned up at Santi
ago.
“Have Admiral Cervera and his offi
cers formed any plans for the future?”
“Plans.” said Mr. Castillo, with a
laugh. ‘‘They are prisoners.”
PORTO RICO OURS FOREVER.
One Possession That Will Never Be Re~
turned to Spain.
W ASHINGTON, July 22.—The authori
tative declaration was made to-day that
the island of Porto Rico is to be held as
a price of the war. The subjoined
statement, practically official, was
made to-day:
“Porto Rico will be kept by the
United States. That is settled and has
been the plan from the first. Once
taken it will never be released. It
will pass forever into the hands of the
United States, and there has never
been any other thought. Its posses
sion will go toward making up the
heavy expense of war to the United
States. Our flag, once run up there,
will float over the island perma
nently.”
The same authority says the future
of the Philippines is a matter of de
velopment and that so far there is no
certain policy finally adopted regard
ing these islands. They are subject to
developments in the war situation in
the Pacific. It was intimated, how
ever, though not definitely asserted,
that the Ladrone islands might follow
the fate of Porto Rico and become our
permanent possession. They are val
uable as a coaling and supply station
for our ships when on the way to
Eastern Asia.
NOW FOR A WEYLER CABINET.
A Madrid Dispatch S;;ys——the General Will
Form a War Ministry.
LoxpoN, July 22.—According to a
dispatch from Madrid Senor Sagasta,
the premier, has again offered to re
sign and has been counseled by the
queen regent to advise with other po
litical leaders relative to his future
course.
It is also reported that General Pol
jeveja’'s return to Madrid is closely
connected with a change in the minis
try and that General Weyler will form
a cabinet in which General Polieveja
will be minister for war. This combi
nation, it is further asserted, will sup
port the dynasty, repeal the suspen
sion of constitutional rights and con
tinue the war to the utmost limits.
Some of the Canteens Closed.
CHICKAMAUGA, July 22.—Persistent
petitions and letter writing by wives
and mothers of the soldiers has had
the effect of closing up three of the
regimental canteens at Camp Thomas.
It is said that several others are
scheduled to go in the near future.
Garclia’s Death Unconfirmed.
KixgsToN, Jamaica, July 22.—The
rumor of Garcia’s death, which is said
to have started here, is denied, and
nothing can be learned to show its ori
gin. :
THE WICHITA TRIBUNE.
THEIR FARE A HALF MILLION.
The Prisoners Will Be Sent Home Under
the Spanish Flag.
WAsHINGTON, July 22. Arrange
ments were practically concluded by
the government last night for the
transportation of the Spanish prison
ers at Santiago from Cuba to Spain.
The contract was awarded to the
Spanish Trans-Atlantique Company,
represented by J. M. Ceballos & Co., of
New York. The company agrees to
carry the prisoners from Cuban ports
to Spain at the rate of $2O for each
enlisted man and $35 for each commis
sioned officer, subsistence to be fur
nished by the company on the army
ration basis, as provided for in the
government’s advertisement for bids.
The award provides also that the
company shall have five ships at Santi
ago in nine days from to-day, two in
seventeen days from to-day and enough
to eomplete the transportation of the
prisoners in twenty-one days from to
day.
On the basis of 24,000 enlisted men
and 1,000 officers, it will cost the gov
ernment $535,000 to transport the pris
oners,
The ships will fly the colors of Spain
and will be manned, probably entirely,
by Spanish crews.
It was remarked as one of the
curious developments of the war that
the United States government should
enter into a friendly contract with a
company, many of whose vessels are
auxiliaries to the Spanish navy and
some of which have been captured or
destroyed by the navy of the United
States.
ALL THE BLAME ON TORAL,
The Spanish Government Avoids All Re-
sponsibility of the Surrender.
MADRrID, July 22.—A semi-official
note has been published here,
explaining the circumstances,
from a Spanish standpoint, of the sur
render of Santiago de Cuba. It de
clares that the letter which General
Toral ‘‘is alleged to have written to
General Shafter,” is apocryphal, as
the telegraph version ‘‘contains a
statement which it is impossible for
General Toral to have made, because
it is untrue that his government au
thorized him to capitulate.”
The note continues: ‘‘What hap
pened was that the war minister re
ceived two telegrams from Captain
General Blanco. The first described
General Toral’s position, which was
most pitiful because of the want of
provisions aad ammunition. It also
detailed the enemy’s proposals.
““In the_ second teiegram, Captain
General Blanco gave the terms of the
capitulation and requested instruec
tions. The war minister replied to
both by telling Captain General Blanco
to leave every initiative to General
Toral, for it was impossible to recom
mend any other line of conduct. Gen
eral Toral, accordingly, acted as he
thought advisable and would explain
before a court-martial the motives
which induced him to capitulate.”
OFF FOR PORTO RICO.
First Expedition to Join General Miles
Has Left Caarleston, S. C.
CHARLESTON, S. C., July 22.—With
bands playing and 30,000 people cheer
ing, the first expedition to follow Gen
eral Miles to Porto Rico got away
from here at 7 o'clock last evening.
The expedition is under command of
Major General J. H. Wilson, and will,
when complete, consist of the Second
and T'ird Wisconsin, the Sixteenth
Pennsyvlvania regiments, and two com
panies of the Sixth Illinois. Each of
the ships carries a large quantity of
supplies, and on No. 21 there are 1,000
head of mules and the wagon train of
General Wilson’s division. These men,
together with those of the Sixth Illi
nois and Sixth Massachusetts, which
sailed from here last week for Santi
ago, constitute the First brigade of
the First division of the First army
corps.
WANT NO RUPTURE.
Cuban Junta in ©onsultation at the
WASHINGTON, July 22.—Senor Que
zada and other representatives of the
Cuban junta have been in consulta
tion with officials of the War depart
ment to-day. The United States offi
cials were assured that there was no
dissatisfaction with the management
of affairs in Cuba, so far asthe Cuban
representatives were concerned, and
if General Garcia and other Cubans
operating about Santiago were not in
harmony with the United States au
thorities there it arose from a mis
understanding of the President’s. proc
lamation and of the intention of the
United States government in the prem
ises.
Nelther Side Gets Them.
WasHINGTON, July 22. Secretary
Alger announced that it had been
finally and definitely settled that the
ships taken in Santiago harbor by the
surrender of that city become United
States property, rot prizes of either
the army or the navy. Thisis in ae
cordance with a former supreme court
decision.
Voshall By Acclamation,
JerrFersoN Clty, Mo., July 22.—The
Republicans held their congressional
convention here yesterday and nomin
ated J. William Voshall, of Osage
county, as a candidate for Congress by
acclamation.
F. W. Blees Nominated.
HANNIBAL, Mo., July 22.—The Re
publican congressional convention of
the First Missouri district nominated
Frederiek William Blees, of Macon
City, He was forweriy uprincipal of
the military acadumy ui Macoy City.
War Department.
WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, JULY, 23,1898.
MAY NOT WAIT FOR MERRITT
Discouraged, at Lack of Relief,
Manila May Yield to Dewey.
FOOD DANGEROUSLY SCARCE.
The American Admiral's Forces Have ’s
. Been Reinforced by the Arrival of the
Second Expedition and e Now Has
6,000 Soldiers—Others on the Way.
MANILA, July 17. Rear Admiral
Dewey may decide to capture Manila
before General Merritt arrives here.
In view of the possibility of an early
peace and the news from Cuba, the in
surgents are renewing their activity.
There have been vigorous attacks and
a slight bombardment on the out
skirts of the city, to which the Span
iards replied with an extravagant
shelling.
The Spaniards now say they do not
believe the reinforcements promised
them will ever reach here and they
despair of success. But they condemn
the proposal to retire to the citadel,
which is utterly defenseless, as such a
step would merely invite slaughter.
Therefore they believe it would be bet
ter to surrender, though fearing pub
lic censure. However, they will prob
ably be compelled to surrender soon,
as food is dangerously scarce. They
may pretend to fight the Americans
for the sake of appearances, but the
result will not be long in doubt if
Admiral Dewey resolves to capture
Manila with the forees he has at his
disposal.
WasnHiNaTON, July 21.—Official news
of the arrival of the second expedition
at Manila has been received here from
Admiral Dewey in the following cable
gram, which was posted this afternoon
in the navy department:
“Cavirg, July 17, via Hong Kong,
July 20.—Sitnation unchanged. Second
army detachment arrived to-day. All
well on board. The health of the
squadron continues good. No sickness
whatever.—Dewey.”
The second expedition to the Philip
pines left San Francisch June 15, just
twenty-four days after the first expe
dition and numbered 3.465 men.
The first expedition of 2,500 men ar
rived at Cavite July 3. Dewey there
fore has a force of about 6,000 soldiers
ready for action against Manila.
SAN FRANcIScO, July 21, A cable
gram to the San Francisco Examiner,
dated Hong Kong, July 20, says: The
second fléet of transports from the
United States has reached Manila,
The China arrived on the afternoon of
July 16 and the Zealandia, Colon and
Senator on the morning of the 17th.
Four deaths occurred during the
voyage, Lieutenant La Sells and
Private Maddox of the Eightheenth in
fantry, Sergeant Geddes of the First
Nebraska and Private Wiseband of
the First Colorada. Otherwise all are
very well.
GARCIA MAY LEAVE SHAFTER.
Rupture of All Connection Between the
Two Armies Reported From Santiago.
NEw YORK, July 22.—A dispatch to
the New York Journal from Santiagc,
dated July 20, says that General Gar
cia has written a letter to General
Shafter declaring that he is disgusted
at his treatment at the hands of the
Americans and will therefore with
draw his forces to the hills.
Among the thingsof which General
Garcia complains is the failure of the
American commander odicially to
notify him of the surrender of the
Spanish force under General Toral.
He is also incensed at the alleged fact
that he was not invited to be present
at the ceremony attending the formal
capitulation of Santiago. Another
grievance is the retention of the Span
ish civil authorities in the administra
tion of their functions in Santiago.
NATIONAL BANK IN HAWAII,
Perry S. Heath Secures a Charter for =a
Banking Institation at Honolulu.
WASHINGTON, July 22. Perry S.
Heath, representing a company of cap
italists, will be authorized by the
comptroller of currency to establish
the First National Bank of Honoluln,
with a capitalization of $150,000. Mr,
Heath is now first asststant postmas
ter general and was formerly a news
paper man. It is a peculiar coinci
dence that another newspaper corres
pondent probably will be authorized
to establish the First National Bank
of Porto Rico when tkat island be
comes the property of the United
States. This is William E. Curtis and
like Mr. Heath his application was
the first to be made.
TAMPA EMPTYING OF TROOPS
The Regiments Are Going North Into
Camp at Fernandina, Fla.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 22. The
rush of troops continues from Tampa
to Fernandnia. In all it is reported
that about 15,000 troops will be camped
there. The ground is well piped for
water and every arrangement made so
that troops can pitch their tents at
once.
Will Be Bigger Than 1897,
CHICAGO, July 22.—There is a bril
liant promise for the largest tonnage
of crops this year ever produced in
America. The Orange Judd Farmer
says prices bid fair to be reasonably
well maintained, compared to the low
values of 1892-5, indicating a total re
turn for staple crops alone of $100,000,-
000 more this season than last year.
Prince Henry Leaves Kiao Chou
SHANGHAI July 22.—Prince Henry
of Prussia, commander of the German
squadron in Asiatic waters, has sailed
from Kiao Chou for Viadivostock,
TO BRING THE TROOPS NORTH.
Surgeons Think Shafter's Army Should Be
Given a Vacation.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 20.—Gen
eral Shafter has opened a cable office
here and is in communication with
Washington regarding the disposition
of the Fifth army corps, which con
sists of those troops which came with
him from 7Tampa, and the reinforce
ments from the four transports which
have since been unloaded. Except the
Thirty-third and part of the Thirty
fourth Michigan, none of the latter
has been in action, but all are camped
in the same place.
So far as health considerations go,
Q‘eneral McKibben seems to have held
tne opinion that the IFifth corps could
join the Porto Rico expedition under
General Miles as soon as Santiago
should fali. This was the evident in
tention when the army of invasion
left the United States, but the condi
‘tion of the men now, according to the
physicians and commanding officers, is
such that the entire corps should re
‘turn north at once. General Miles has
cabled that he does not want and will
not need a single man among them,
) and he believes that after their hard
':ampaign they should be given a rest
of at least two or three weeks.
The doctors say the men should be
sent into campin the mountains of
North Carolina or Western Maine for
a month. Washington agrees to this
and will do everything possible, the
cable dispatch to-day says, to ecarry
the army away from here. But there
is a lack of transports. In addition to
the Porto Rico troops, which will re
quire forty steamers for their convey
ance, the authorities here are still
counting upon having to convey the
22,000 Spanish prisoners to Cadiz. It
appears from here that our government
cannot get sufficient vessels and this
fact holds the Fifth corps here. doing
nothing. The men are anxious to get
away.
The cavalry division has been sent
into the mountains at its own request
to sce if it cannot get into shape to join
General Miles. If no fever develops,
the men may go to Porto Rico.
The Twenty-fourth infantry is act
ing as guards and nurses at the hos
pital at Juragua. More nurses are
needed. The colored troops will prob
ably remain here to attend the sick
and hold Santiago.
General Shafter has cabled to Wash
ington that it is imperatively neces
sary that he should have more im
munes sent to him quickly, and the
probability is that a corps will leave
within the next ten days.
All our men are now camped upon
the fighting line, where they have
been for two weeks, except General
Whesalen's mens+-keo have been sent
into the hills.
“General Wheeler is still ill, but he
resists the pleas of his friends to re
turn to the United States.
WASHINGTON, July 22. Secretary
Alger said to-day that the troops
which were in the engagements at
Santiago would not be sent to Porto
Rico. They will remain in Cuba until
yellow fever has been entirely stamped
out. General Miles did not think it
advisable to take any troops to Porto
Rico that were liable to have con
tracted fever, and in this conclusion
the department concurred.
Blanco as a Press Agent.
Maprip, July 22,—An official dis
pateh from Captain General Blanco
announces that the greatest enthus
iasm prevails in Havana, and that the
feeling in favor of resisting the **Yan
kee” is universal. It further asserts
that the commanders of the volunteer
forces, at a conference under the pres
idency of General Arolas, military
governor of Havana, resolved to *‘ex
haust their resources and die rather
than surrender.”
End of Sedalia’s Hogg-Shirk Incident.
SEDALIA, Mo., July 22.—William H.
Hogg. who was horsewhipped by W.
S. Shirk. jr., Tuesday, fer paying at
tentions to his sister, was married to
Miss Maude Shirk at the Cumberland
Presbyterian church this morning, the
Rev. Mr. Logan officiating. The
couple left a half hour later for Kan
sas City. Neither Judge Shirk or his
son attended the marriage.
A British Steamer Taken.
Key WesT, Fla., July 22.—The Brit
ish steamer Newfoundland, loaded
with food supplies, was captured by
the Mayflower on Tuesday off Cien
fuegos, into which harbor she was
heading. Two blank shots across her
bow brought her to and the Mayflower
put a prize crew on board of her and
sent her to Charleston, S. C.
To Examine Little’'s Health.
SaAN Fravcisco, July 22.—Brigadier
General Miller has ordered a medical
board convened to examine into the
physical condition of Lieutenant
Colonel E. C. Little, once acting com
mander of the Twentieth Kansas vol
unteers, to discover if he be not
physically disqualified for the duties
of his post.
No Effect on Watson’s Trip.
W ASHINGTON, July 22.—Referring 1o
Watson's visit to the Spanish coas:
Secretary Long said that there was no
fear of its bringing about any protests
from or complications with any of the
powers. He ridiculed as absurd cer
tain reports that some of the powers
might make trouble if Watson goes'to
the peninsula.
To Handle Malil in Porto Rico.
WasniNeToN, July 2z.—Postmaster
General Emory Smith made another
extension of the postal service to-day
in establishing Porto Rico as & mili
tary station under the postoffice at
Washington, Postmaster J. H. Willet
in charge.
Texas Fever in Missouri.
LAMAR, Mo., July 22.—Texas fever
has broken out among the cattle in
this locality. David Price, a farmer
living twelve miles sonthwest of here,
has lost eleven head from the fever
and seventeen more are sick.
MILES HAS SAILED AT LAST
Secretary Alger Notified That the
General Has Left for Popto Rico.
MR. M’KINLEY LOST PATIENCE,
Sampson's Delays in Furnishing an Escort
for the Transports Tusought Protests
From Washington y%resident Person
ally Ordered Admiral to Furnish Vessels.
WasHINéTOQu4 July - 2.—At 2:4)
o'clock this afdernoon Secretary Alger
received a d""fatch from General Miles
saying that *e would sail for Porto
Rico at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
warships accompanying him are the
Massachusetts, Dixie, Gloucester, Cin
cinuati, Annapolis, Linden and Wasp.
WasHINGTON, July 21. President
McKinley is thoroughly aroused over
the delay which has occurred in the
starting of General Miles and the ex
pedition under his ecommand for Porto
Rico.
For several days General Miles and
his troops have been aboard their
transports at Playa del Este awaiting
the naval escort which is to be fur
nished by Admiral Sampson. The
troops have been sweltering in the
crowded ships under the tropical sun.
General Miles has been chafing under
what he believes to be inexcusable
delay and is bombarding the war de
partment with dispatches urging in
the strongest terms that the navy be
hurried in its preparations for the ex
pedition. Instructions of the most
positive nature have been cabled to
Admfral Sampson to supply the neces
sary escort for General Miles’ trans
ports, but notwithstanding these in
structions Admiral Sampson has pro
ceeded with his preparations for the
expedition with a deliberation that is
exasperating officials here.
The President, who has been giving
the Porto Rican expedition his per
sonal attention, finally became deeply
concerned iest the part of the Porto
Rican expedition that has already
CAPTAIN GENERAL MACITAS.
(Bpanish Governorßof the Island of Port:
ico.)
sailed from this country should arrive
at the point of rendezvous in advance
of General Miles and the navy. Itis
feared that if General Wilson's com
mand, which sailed yesterday from
Charleston, should arrive in advance of
General Miles and the naval escorts,
serious danger and possibly disaster
might result, as General Wilson’s ships
are absolutely without protection.
The distance from Charleston to Porto
Rico is over 1,300 miies, while from
Playa del Este to Porto Rico it is about
700 miles. The comparative distances
which General Wilson and General
Miles will have to travel to reach the
point of rendezvous are rendered the
more nearly equal, however, by reason
of the fact that the former has more
than a full day’s start.
Fully appreciating these facts and
realizing the necessity for prompt
action in getting General Miles and
his Cuban expedition started, Presi
dent McKinley issued personal orders
this morning through the secretary of
the navy to Admiral Sampson that he
should proceed immediately to Porto
Rico with General Miles. The Presi
dent's orders are susceptible of no
misconstruction. They are imperative
to a degree seldom employed except in
cases of extreme emergency. They
are of the sort that will brook no
delay in their execution. Admiral
Sampson must start at once or the
president himself will know the reason
why.
Sampson was told to send a battle
ship and a eruiser as an escort, but it
was left to him to select these from
among the vessels of his fleet. The
navy was disposed to regard .t as un
necessary to send a special convoy,
upon the ground that the Columbia
and the Yale were both armed suffi
ciently to serve as protection for the
fleet of transports, as, according to the
information in possession nf the Navy
department, there are no Spanish war
ships anywhere in the neighborhood of
the West Indies that might be expected
to molest the expedition. However,act
ing upon the President’s resolve to run
no unnecessary risk of disaster to this
expedition, the decision was reached
last night to send the convoy request
ed by the War department.
It is said at the War department
that some of the soldiers, including
Garretson’s brigade, have been eight
een days aboard ship since they em
barked at Newport News, most of the
time lying off Santiago in sight of
shore, but unable to land.
They arrived just before the sur
render of Santiago, and it having been
decided to use them in the Porto Rican
expedition, the troops were kept
‘aboard ship to prevent exposure to
yellow fever.
~ If General Miles gets away to-day
he may still reach the base selected
for operations at Porto Rico before
‘the other sections of his expedition,
thcugh the latter have been moving
for a couple of days. ‘
FOUGHT LIKE TIGERS.
That Is the Way Spaniards Said Our Sol-
diers Did at Santlago.
SANTIAGO, July 21.—The Spaniards
say our troops fought like tigers
and their discipline was ex
cellent, but they insist that more lives
were lost on either side than was war
ranted by the conditions of July 1.
They assert that our troopscould have
walked into the city without having
a shot fired at them, as there were
no soldiers within the walls at
that time. It appears that they had
only a few thousand men and they all
went to El Caney at the time that bat
tle was fought, leaving Santiago un
protect-d. Reinforcements, however,
arrived later and brought the number
of Spanish troops up to 8,000 men.
General Linares cabled to Madrid on
July 3, before General Shafter’s de
mand for the surrender of Santiago, a
long message, setting forth the inabil
ity of the city to hold out against an
enemy superior in numbers, with the
Spaniards dying of fever and starva
tion and demoralized by the loss of
the fleet. He urged the government,
for the sake of humanity, to offer to
capitulate, but adding that, if ordered
to remain to die like a rat in a trap,
he would do so, as his soldiers were
doing their duty, although re
alizing that a mistake had been
made. Somehow information in re
gard to the message leaked out
and the Spanish officers here are loud
in their condemnation of General Lin
ares, whom they accuse of faint heart
edness throughout the war, to the ex
tent of ‘“‘under the plea of a slight
wound” laying the mantle of the
shame of surrender upon General
Toral’s shoulders, instead of facing
the disgrace himself.
At the battle of El Caney our cas
ualties exceeded those of the Span
lards. While they had 400 men killed
to our 200, they had only 500 wounded
toour 1,500. The list of the wounded
has been increased since to over 2,000
men, who are lying in the Principe
Alfonso, Mercedes and other hospitals
here.
MADRID NEWS FROM MANILA.
Declares That It Is Favorable in Char-
acter and Cheers Them Up.
~ Maprip, July 22.—Senor Sagasta
and General Correa, minister of war,
declare that the latest news from the
Philippines is of the most favorable
character. General Correa’s advices
indicate that the insurgents are now
displaying ‘‘only a lukewarm hostility
toward the Spanish troops.”
Captain General Augusti sends an
official dispatch asserting, under date
of July 14, that while the blockade is
becoming very strict, the enemy has
lost heavily in several recent engage
ments, ‘‘by which the morale of the
American forces has been weakened
____ the Spaniards have been greatly
encouraged.” The dispatch alleges
also that ‘‘the garrison is ready to
fight to the death,” and that General
Monet and several officers who had
escaped from Matabebe, have arrived
there.
Captain General Augusti concludes
as follows: ‘‘Modestly, and without
exaggeration, which is contrary to my
character, I have described with loyal
candor the situation, to which I am
consecrating all my efforts for my
country and my king.”
Relations Are Strained.
PorT AU PRINCE, Hayti, July 22.—1 t
is rumored here that some friction is
likely to arise between France and the
Haytian republic. In spite of the re
monstrances and urgent demands of
the French minister, the Haytian gov
ernment still refuses to abrogate the
recent decree of expulsion issued
against Mme. Hermanie, a French sub
ject, who was expelled as a person
dangerous to public security, shortly
after her mnotorious collision in the
cathedral with Mme. Simon Sam, wife
of the president.
Annapolis Colony Growing.
Axxaroris, Md., July 22.—The aux
fliary cruiser Harvard arrived in the
offing shortly after sundown last eve
ning with thirty-four additional Span
ish officers, prisoners of the United
States, aboard. Like the former ar
rivals the mew contingent is very
“'short” on eclothing, and many of
them were dressed in the white duck
fatigue uniform of the American sol
dier.
To Test Moroeco’s Neutrality.
T ANGIER, Morocco, July 22.—The ob
jeet of the visit here of the Spanish
armed yacht Giralda was to test the
Moorish knowledge of the neutrality
laws. "The minister for foreign af
fairs, however, informed the Spanish
minister that the vessel must leave
within twenty-four hours. The Gir
alda thereupon went to Cadiz.
Kansas Apples to Be Scarce.
TopEKA, Kan., July 22.—Judge Well
house, president of the State Horti
cultural society, and the owner of 1,600
acres of apple orchards iz Kansas, says
the apple crop will be very short in
Kansas this fall. There will not be
more than one-fourth of a crop.
Blanco Isolated at Last.
WasHixeToN, July 22.—The closing
of the Cienfuegos cable absolutely iso
lates Havana and General Blanco from
Madrid. Blanco’s only means of com
municating with the Madrid govern
ment now is by Key West cable, which
is under the strictest censorship by the
government of the United States.
Spaniards 111-Treated.
MADRID, July 22.—Advices received
here from the Phillippine islands say
that the natives are ill-treating 4,000
Spanish prisoners, but that it is hoped
that the friendly offices of the French
government will rescue many of the
Spaniards. :
More Warships for Manila.
Hoxe Kone July 22.—The German
third class cruiser Cormorant has re
turned to Manila and the British first
class gunboat Plover goes thereto-day.
There is no eommunication to Manlla
except by warships. '
' OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GQOD JOKES, ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
Some Good Jokes and Satire from the
¥Funny Joke Papers Flotsam and
Jetsam from the Tide of HMumer, Wit
and Sarcasm.
Teochnioally Expressed.
[t was the festive foreman
Of a print shop up the street,
Wko essayed to be a scorcher
With a scorch so very fleet.
And later, when he looked as though
He’d met a western storm,
"Twixt throbs of pain he muttered
“I guess I've pied my form”
When to Pity.
A wife, and something of & shrew,
Had run away to pastures new,
And for the husband, left alone,
Hig friends much sympathy had shown,
Bald one wao called the other pight:
“Ah, hew I pity you!” ‘That’s right,
Give pity!” did the husband say,
“My wife has just returned teday.”
Fixing the Blame.
Parson White—Whut wuz de cause
of yo’' bein’ shot, Brier Johnsing?
Br'er Johnsing—Wall, parsom, dere
wuz t'ree causes; two pullets an’ a ban.
tam hen!
The Way of It
“His drawings are bad,” sail one
artist,
“Awful,” said another.
“Rotten,” safd a third.
“Punk,” declared a fourth.
And yet these drawings enabled him
to draw checks that were negotiable.
She Took the HRind
"“To the barber I've been,” sxys the
knave,
“I've just had a pretty clean shave.”
The maid is net slow.
She turns the light low.
In the darkness, she knows gn is
brave. w. B 0
Exasperating.
Reporter—Here’s a horrible mistake.
Editor—What s #t? .
Reporter—l wrote: “The Rev. Good
fellow was out on his regular eircuit
this week,” and those blamed typos
make it “was out on his regular cirous,
Rare Indeed.
Stokes—l was @iven a rare treat last
night.
Spokes—What was it? A tigket te
the grand opera?
Stokes No, Ro‘tine, the pawn-«
preker, asked me to drink with him.
Gumdrops—lt seems strange to hear
the ocean roar.
Piper—Why so? ]
Gumdrops—One would think thst
gsuch ap immense volume of water
would drown the neise.
In the Sanctum.
Theatrical Manager—The writer of
the dramatic criticisms in your paper
does not know what a good play is.
Eslitor—No. His memory is bad, aad
it has been so long since you had a
good play.
Another Atmesphere.
He—She says she can’t endure to
move in anything except an atmos
phere of refinement.
Bhe—Bosh! Anyone can tall she uses
patehoull a half block away.
How Can Such Thirgs Be?”
Hobo Harold—Great snakes, Willle,
g'en ter dis! De paper sez dat & &la
tery burned dewn las’ night an’ Qde
#Rroyed five t'ousand barrels o’ w’(x;olz.
An’ yet some people sez dere’s a !
A Test Case.
‘“Pat, hero’:;viome good whisky I want
you to try. Which will you take, a tod
dy or a punch?”
“Begorra, sor, Oi’ll have to thry 'em
dot’ befeor Oi kin decide.”
Her Methof.
Maud—Mow can you tell a woman’s
age? ) it B
'Ethel (an amateur mind reader)—lf
ghe’s passe, and my enemy, I oan tell
#t with great delight.
Not a Redeeming Trait.
He—What does your father see In me
to objact to? She—He doesn’t geg any.
thing; that {8 why he objects. ‘
NO. 2.