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VOLUME XLVI?NUMBER 300. WHEELING W YA MONDAY a nrneiT c ioqb ?t>t ' I
nag^inm. W. VA., MOJN DAY, ALGUST 8. 1898. PBICE TWO CENTS.{??mocS, -
SPAIN'S
Has Been Formulated
White House
f- * <
THE AMERICAN CONDI
?' ?
In ^Principle", but There is no Te
Say be Sprung?Accusations A
That liis Diplomacy Is Nothinf
Rivals?It is Asserted That Sp
Tnilnrrtulfv TCttflAr III MAHAY 0
Couroied, and tbat Means Fui
MADRID, Aur. 7.?According to the
roost reliable sources of Information, the
Spanish note Is couched in dignified language.
It asserts that Spain bow? to
the force of circumstances, havingr done
nothing to provoke the war Into which
he has been unwillingly led in the defense
of her rights and, territory.
It expresses a willingness to appoint
delegates to meet the American commissioners
to discuss a regime for the
PhiliDndnes.
It I0 understood that both Senor Sagasta
and Duke Anflodovar de Bio. the
foreign minister, told the queen regent
(hat they felt deeply the painful duty
circumstances imposed upon them.
LONDON, August 8.?The Madrid
correspondent of Che Dally Mall telegraphing
Sunday, says:
"The answer of the Spanish government
declares that Spain cannot discuss
the American proposals, but only
accepts them because they are Imposed
upon her by force. A few unessential
changes In the American demands were
fijked tor, and It ib not expectea xnai
President McKlnley will refuse them."
MADRID, August 7. (12:30 p. m.)?
Genor Sagas to, the premier, has Just
concluded his conference with the
queen regent. Her majesty approves
the funeral lines of the reply of Spain
to Amerioa'a peace terms, which Senor
Sagasta explained to her.
The reason for postponing the caMnet
council until 6 o'clock this evening is
that the note Is not yet fully drawn up.
The government believes that ?hs United
States will accept Spain's answer, which
will certainly reach the white house t>y
Tuesday. As a consequence of the
United States accepting the reply, hostilities
will immediately afterwards be
suspended.
As the reply to the Amerloan terms
was only submitted to the queen recent
to-day sff the lepiwts of her approval of
the American demands are necessarily
without foundation.
PATHS, A gust 7.?The Madrid correspondent
of the Temps says:
"The cabinet courtdS tWs twornin* discussed
the question of assembling the
cortes, hut no decision was reached, as
the ministers desire to ascertain If the
United States considers the approval of
parliament necessary to the definite
signing of the treaty of peace."
Accvpts American Condition*.
MADRID, Aug. 7, (10 p. m>)?The
cabinet council terminated after having
completely approved the repHr to the
United States which It is said, accepts
the American' condition*
The reply will be telegraphed to Senor
Leon y Castillo, the Spanish ambassador
to Prance, to-night, so that M.
Cambon, the French ambassador nt
STashlngfon; wttl receive It to-morrow.
**JC luveiuiau in iu?; vw?..m?
that the note will be satisfactory to the
Washington government and that a suspension
of hlstlMtles will be Its immediate
consequence.
LOTOON. Aug. 7.-The Madrid correspondent
of the Times telegraphing
Sunday says:
To -day all ttm best authorities agree
that the government has decided to accept
the American conditions. The
American reply to Spain's request for
explanations reached Madrid Friday evening.
The text has not been divulge
but ft Is known that It brought little
oonsolatlon.
Twrntrf a Dttf Iter.
"President McKlnlcy turned a deaf
ear to the suggestion that Porto Rico
night "bo left to Spain and compensation
ought el ?o where. Regarding1 the Philippines
the reply waa not altogether
satisfactory, but it vu of wuch a nature
that there wm no longer any necessity
for postponing a decision on the
main question."
"Meantime Senor Sngaita'e extensive ,
consultations seemed to leave no doubt ,
that the nation wants peace. I do not
mean to say that all declared this In
Plain language, On the contrary, there ,
was a deal of reticence. Some persona 1
had m??re or less clearly expressed the
idea that the hart men In the coun- ]
try would forget for the moment all
fh* n?p>An/il a?A rmrfw mniriit*M*lAna 1
and cordially and disinterestedly endeavor
to aMlflt the government 1n Its dlfllculUes.
1
Clown Foat of Politician*
"This idea, foowevfr, If It vr?* ever ,
*r1ou*ly entertained. wn* not realised.
!>rhap* one or two acted In this eplrlt,
kut In moet cases the cloven foot of the \
politician peeps out occasionally under .
the flowing robes of the patriot Some
Poly^haif ceoceslet) their suspicions that ,
ANSWER
and may Reach the
To-morrow
HONS ARE ACCEPTED
IHng bat What Some Nerr Points
.gainst Sagasta?The Claim Made
; More Than a Trap for Political
aln has no Desire to Pay a War
r Territory?The Cortes Must be
IiUUI J/D1UJ?
Senor Saga&ta, in proposing to consider
the matter seriously id a great crisis
of the national history, waa 1n realty
playing the part of an old parliamentary
hand and astutely laying & trap for
his political rivals.
"If these suspicions had any real foundation.
Sagasta must he a consummate
actor, for in all the interviews he spoke
with apparent frankness and a sincerity
and personal disinterestedness that
might have well disarmed all but the
moat aorucaeu inriiuvjauni uicu nucu
It was suggested that he ought to leave
to more capable hands the task of concluding
peace he displayed no impatience
or resentment. He even showed
the most perfect courtesy to Senor Romero
y Robledo, listening with rapt attention
to his absurd proposals.
"As to the context of Spain's reply the
oracles differ. Some say it contains no
contentious matter, accepts simply In
principle the four demands of President
McKinley's first communication and
suggests an immediate cessation of hostilities.
On the other hand others affirm
that tt ts prefaced by an account of the
origin of the war, tending to prove tbat
as Spain was in no senqe the aggressor,
she ought not to be expected to pay a
war indemnity either In money or territory."
The r*rln Wait Ratify.
"Though the king, according to the
constitution, has the right to declare
war and make peace, any cession of national
territory requires the sanction of
the oortes; and any minister consenting
to such cession without this sanction
is liable, according to the penal
code, to Imprisonment for life. It will
be necessary, therefore, to convoke the
cortes, some time before the treaty of
peace is ratified, but the government
has not yet decided at what stage of
the proceedtngs^ibls necessary formality
will be obsered. In some well informed
quarters doubts are expressed
wh*th*r thft Snanish note will be
dispatched to Washington quite 00 so on
as is generally expected."
A GENERAL ADVANCE
Of lb* Aratrtcan Ptw? la ftrto Rio? B?(tn
Yesterday?The "Affair*" at Fafoitin
and Cn?**m?,
PONCE, Porto Rico, August 7 (Horning),
via BT. THOMAS, D. W. I.?A
general advance of the American force
began this morning. The remainder of
General Ernst's brigade, constituting
the advance center, supported by two
butteries moved out at 6 o'clock and a
part of the Eleventh Infantry of General
Henry's division started to the left
toward Adjuntas. Troop A, of New
York, the Philadelphia City troop, and
Troop H, of the Sixth regulars, are convoy
In pr General Brooke's transportation
column along the coast road through
Salinas to Arroyo.
Wire communication with General
Brooke, on the right, has not yet been
established.
Colonel nice, of General Miles' staff,
will probably be assigned to the command
of the Sixth Massachusetts.
PONCE, Porto Rico, (Bandar Evening),
August 7. via ST. THOMAS. D.
W. I.?General Wilson has moved the
headquarters of his division from Pones
to Juana Diaz. m
General Schwan, with the Eleventh
regiment Infantry and two batteries,
moved to-day through Tauoo toward
Uayaguei.
General Brooke Is moving north from
Guaysma with 10,000 men.
MADRID. August 7, 2 p. m.?An offlctal
dispatch from Porto Rico says the
Americana yesterday seized tho customs
house In the village of Fajardo,
which place was without a garrison.
An American column, the dispatch also
says, supported by artillery advancma
s?f* nimvarr* Th? Bnan lard* made a
brave defena?, but wero forced to withdraw
to Altura*. Seventeen of cbe
Spaniards were killed.
BOPOH B1DEB8 SAIL
For I1om??TJi?y XWnt Pletiniqai
DutlVorn owl Appearance.
SAINTTAOO DE CUBA, A tiff. 7, /II30
ft. m.?Th? Ftnrt regular cavalry arwV the
First) volunteer cavalry, "Ro-UR-h Rider*"
will rail to-day on. the transport!
Miami and Mattcaw&n.
4 p. nv?Th* Itowfth Rider* came- to
town by nutt from Their camp at 1 o'clock
Lhls afternoon. Ait tho station they Ml
Into Mne, each company being preceded
by a red and? white banner bearing the
nrurober of the rdtfmervt ami tho oonrpaw
Wfw. Colonel Jtoosevelt rode at the
head of the regiment nn it mtvrchetfc down
the aJamedii skirting- tho water front to
the <Lock wh<?r? the Miami was mooredw
AM Wio iwm looked fit, but won* out;
Dmy ppwrytod a picttimwjuo appearirwo.
Some wore r*?w khakt uniform",
white other* were attired In heavy bluo
(lttnnei #Mr:w with their old equipment
A11 oxpr< >?*?d r<vrivt nt 1 raving th??lr
r-ofnpandon* N-Wrul, but wnre wild with
Joy u*t the pro*pc<7t of ?o booiv reluming
honia. They toko no tent? or baggy o
with them. The worlc of Mirbarkatlon
tws very ?a?y wd )**# Qui**!* J**"
formed. The men are ready and eager
to return for the Havana campaign in
the fall.
A meeting of the officers of the military
society at Santiago tvaa held/at the l
paJaoe and the eleotioro of officers took
pteoe. Gen. Slmfter was elected president;
Oen. Wbeeier, vice president, and ,
wjw* wutyi KvreiiN/i
flAlfg OWB
A ad Captvrtd Another flpanlih Sloop.
Th? Work of (ha Hndion.
KEY WEST, Fla., August 7, 6:15 p. m.
?The tug Hudson, which has teen with
' <he Ureas, on the north coast blockade
sank a little Spanish sloop a few nights
ago and captured another one off Cardenas
yesterday. Tho captured sloop
waa the Christina and was loaded with
fish, a quantity of which was served up
for breakfast by the Hudson's men,
who had been out for a month and had
little left in the way of provisions.
Three Spaniards who were on the
Christina, put off in their tender when
tlTey saw the Hudson approaching and
gained a key just off shore.
The converted yacht Oneida also
came from the blockade to-day. She
reiwrrea mat me uar oeiore yeBieraar
a body or Spanish Infantry fired about
thirty rifle shots at her Irom a point on
the beach several miles east of Morro
Castle. The gunboat did not return tbe
Are.
Thank* and HagrMs.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.?The following teJegram
vma received by Governor Tanner
this evening:
WASHINGTON1, August 7.
Governor John R. Tanner, Chicago, Ilia.
It 1? regrettedby the secretary of war
that there 1? no law under which Colonel
Bayoes" Canadian-American regiment
can be accented' at hl? Ume.
l H. P. OORBIN.
Adjutant. I
The Canadian-American Iveglons;
wtrich wub organised* In. Chicago by Col. I
Baywes, formerly of the English army,
corwlsta largely of yefriow fever imrmines
who have seen service In the British
army. The Imifranes were offered to
Governor 'Tanner to be tendered for service
to take the place of the dead- and
TTOundfrd In the volunteer regiments now*
at the front
HTTB&gSTIHQ STATISTICS
Of th? Iron and Steel Production of Potin*
aytvanlA for f?aat Year*
HATtRISBURO, Pa., August 7.?Captain
James M. Clark, chief of the bureau
of industrial statistics, tons prepared his
annual report for 1897, which shows an
Increase of sixty per cent of the production
of Wack plate over 1396 and eightythree
per cent 4n the tinned production
of the black plate works*
Dauphin county's Iron and steel
works last year made 6.38 per cent of
all the steel and Iron rolled into finished
form. As a pig iron producer this
county stands seventh, Allegheny, Cambria.
Mercer. Lawrence, Berks and Leb
uon being ehaad In the order name<l,
but Dauphin's production of finished
Iron and steel put# it fourth on the list.
Allegheny, Cambria, and Lackawanna
being the only ones ahead.
The aggregate amount of wages paid
was J4.C7fi.970, an Increase of >87,805.
The average yearly earnings were
W14.98; average daily wage. ?1.W; average
labor oo?t per ton. J1-01. The capital
Invested In -die active pig Iron furnaces
In Pennsylvania for 1897 ta estimated
at S41.000.000.
There were fifteen black plate works
In operation the last year In the manufacture
of Jin plates. The capital invested
was J5.017.127, an Increase of
11,389,852 over the previous year. Tht
entire production of black plate, tinned
and uotlnned, waa 254,157,r>Ql pounds, an
increase of 96.851,111 pounds over 1896.
These works tinned of this block plate
product 179,705,766 pounds, on increase
of 83.7 per cent.
XISXABCX MEMORIAL 6EBVXGI
Held at Berlin Yestarttay?A V117 Imprtn!?
Ccrrntoif.
BERLIN, August 7.?A Bismarck memorial
service, organised by the Berlin
Bismarck committee, was held at noon
to-day in the Royal Opera House. There
was a large attendance. The ceremony
waa impressive and worthy of the occasion.
The walla and balconies of the
auditorium were draped In black.
Privy Councillor Kahl, an old friend of
the dead statesman, delivered an oration
4n which he referred to Prince Bis-,
marok aa "the conscience of the German
people, a heritage ever defended
with our blood."
The PtaaWburger Zeltong rays that
after the funeral service in Berlin on
Thursday last, at which the emperor
and empress and many diplomats were
present, the emperor in conversation
wun nie minister? rapresBcu wic wwii
that the "memory of the great chancel!or
ehall remain fresh and undlmmed
with the German people and hi* grave
become a place of national pilgrimage
for all time."
Btlinffton'i Rlf flUxn.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
BEUNOTON, W. Vs., August 7.Yesterff&y
evening at 8 o'clock the flouring:
mill owned by the Bellngton mill
company, eUu&ted In the upper part of
town, was discovered to he on (Ire. A
bucket brigade formed a tine to the river
and an almost constant stream of water
waa kept pouring on the building.
After twenty minutes' hard work the
Are wan gotten under control. The damaged
amounted to fl,500, insurance
12.600.
PAINTS VILLE. O.August 7.-The
large plant of ttie Robinson Basket
Company, the largest grape "basket factory
in the United State*, was entirely
destroyed by fire early this morning.
Tho fire started in the dry kiln and the
Are department was unable to do anything
toward* extinguishing the flftmr-s
owing to their b<*lng no water ii\ the
vicinity. The total lo?w I* estimated at
$100,000; Insurance $f?G,000. The company
Is composed of Cleveland. Palnesvlllo
and Wllloughby, O., capitalist a,
Th? Hh*m? of It*
BALTIMORE), MIX, Aug. 7.?F^even
members of tho First Maryland volunteer
regdnwnti now in camp at Old Point
came to Baltimore ttilw morning on the j
iNOTTr>I* WCIHiwr P?n# ?V1 ./It
arrival churgM tdth drftcrttnfr from tho
army. Tho boys wore locked) up and
will bo rr-tunwd to camp to-morrow,
where they ?MI probably bo courtmartfaledi
_
Op*t> Door of5orU? CIiImm fttiwt.
LONDON, August 8.?The Fhnnnhat
correspondent of tho Dally Mall soy*:
"nunsla is now practically in po**\?salon
of New Chwanjf and the open door
in North China la already abut.".
SCHLEY MISREPRESENTED
By Correspondent?\Tu Always la Perfeet
Accord with Admiral Sampson.
'Never Said it trai Possible to Enter Ianllafo
llarbor In Spile of nines*
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 7.?
Secretary Long to-day requested the
publication of the following correspondence:
s
U. S. FLAGSHIP NEW YORK,.
FIRST RATE.
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba,
July 27, 1898.
Mr Dear Mr. Secretary:?I am led to
write at the present time on account of
the publication of an article which appeared
in the papers of the 19th Inst, in
which Commodore Schley is made to
say that he had stated, apparently to
the writer, that he had over and over
again declared it was possible to enter
the harbor of Santiago, notwithstanding
the mines.
Commodore Schley called- upon mo
yesterday and voluntarily stated that
the publication of the article on the
I- atrn-ir nafHotllnff fhnt
401I1 nuo iwao iu ?tw?/ >?. ,
he not only never stated anything of the
kind, but that he had never even
thought of It; that he had always entirely
agreed with me on this questlqn;
and that fao did not knorv a single officer
whoso opinion differed from mine.
As I have reason.to believe that Commodore
Schley has been misrepresented,
I have taken the liberty to address
to you a telegram upon this subject this
morning and as I am about to sail for
the east, I trust that It will receive
your attention at an early date.
Very respectfully.
W. T. SAMPSON.
Commander In Chief United States Naval
Force, North Atlantic Squadron.
The secretary of the navy, navy depart*
ment, Washington, D. C.
The telegram referred to Is as follows:
PLATA DEL ESTE, Via HAYTI,
July 27, 1S98, 1:32 p. m?
"Secretary Navy, Washington.
"I call department's attention to nti
Associated Press dispatch In the New
York Times and Herald of the 19th. attributing
to Commodore Schley certain
opinions regarding mines. I request
that the manaper of the Associated
Press be called upon to name the source
and authority for this statement.
(Signed.) "SAMPSON.**
On receipt of this telegram the department
wrote the following letter to
the Associated Press: '
"NAVY DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, July 28. 1898.
SIR:?The New York Herald nnd the
New York Times of the 19th Inst., published
on Associated Press dispatch In
which certain opinion regarding mines
are attributed to Commodore Schley.
This dispatch Is written In stich a manner
as to convey the Impression that It
was received frorn your representative
with ihe squadron off Santiago, and
consequently had been censored by proper
naval authority.
I therefore have to request that you
inform <blB department at your earliest
convenience, the source and authority
for the dispatch to which reference is
made.
Yerr respectfully,
JOHN D. LONG. H<?cretary.
Mr. C. A. Boynton, general southern
manager The Associated press, Post
Building, Washington.
The reply of the Associated Press Is
as follows:
WASHINGTON, August 1, 1598.
Hon. John D. Long, Secretary of the
Navy.
SIR:?Your favor of July 28 Is at
hand, concerning articles published in
the New York Times and the New York
Herald of the 19th Inst, In which certain
opinions In regard lo mines are attributed
to Commander Schley.
This letter was not written by either
of our representatives with the squadron
off Santiago, but by another gentleman
who was temporarily on one of
our dispatch boats. The dispatch was
not subject to censorship.
I Our Mr. Graham, who has been constantly
with Commander Schley elnce
his squadron assembled at Hampton
Roads, nnd Is probably more familiar
with his vl^ws than any newspaper
man at .Santiago, takes Issue with the
gentleman who wrote the letter refer|
red to and says that Commander Schley
was always in oompieie accura vrun
Admiral Sampson as to the question of
entcrlnir the harbor. Ho quotes Commander
Schley as saying:
"Admiral Sampson ond I had alwars
agreed that It would be foolluh to enter
| the harbor with the mines In place, and
the condition of the mines proved that
Admiral Snmpson was correct"
Very respectfully yours,
CHARLES A. BOTNTON.
SUnntloii at Cantit Alger.
WASHINGTON, August 7.?Secretary
Alger visited Fort Myer tbda afternoon
with a view of ascertainlng personally
whether everything popwlbte waa being
done for the soW-Iers of Camp Alger who
are In the hof?pital at the fort. Ho found
the sick men as comfortable a* could be
expected In the circumstances. Each
oiw had a good" bed which ls> kept lmmitoula<o*y
cleojt anu fresh- ami nil are
receiving exccflSent medical attention
mul niurHlnff. At prevent there nre
about 375 men In tf?e hoMtal. Some of
Diem are very eortounJy 111 and a tew of
them are not expected to recover. Thus
far the fataMUes nmonff the troops at
Oamp Alfrer have numt>crc<Ii thirty-nine.
This I? not comrldereS a preait loss In an
army of nearly 80,000 mBn dnirinjr the i
threee months the men have been in the
ecrvlcov
Thi> llrroM CoraliiB Horn*.
WARin N'OTOX, Aiwrust 7.?Thf
troop* of GeiwrnJ Shatter's common** at '
Santiago lmve bosun to leave uud* ior ,
the United States. A part of two regiment*
of nivalit are nnnv cn route from
Santiago t6 Montauk Point, L. I., an Indicntnl
In the fottowing, d-li?plnyT*l toTvfR-ht
at t ho war dcpartiwnrt from- Oetverivt
Sbaftcr:
BAJJTIAOO DE CUHAi Annus! 7, ]S9?.
Adjutant General, Wnriiliwton. D. C.
Oat? City, with tf.0 mi'ii. Third' nnil
Sixth cavalry, dan waiit-a ror AiomauK ,
Podnt thin morning.
(Signet!) FHAFTKR.
Major General.
Three other tranp^xyrtw bearing troops :
will leave Santiago to-nv>rn>v\' and two
nrc scheduled to leave Tuesday# All of
them will mil foT Mwiauk Potnt.
flrllrvr iflBMlr' fa
WASHINGTON; Aujmrt ?.?Adjutant 1
General Corhln mid to-nlKht that while |
n?> Information had been reeeiv
ed by the war department concerning
the tffnnirr OtinK*. it ported lo?t off tho
outhw??rt ctwiit of Cubn. he waa r*n~
jaotiAbly *ure the vessel tva* snfo. one
wuf sent to Santiago with mipr>!4<s ana
from thrre was t?? go to Porto Rico with i
ordnance stoivw for .the army invasion.
DlnrMclic* about transports from
txith General tfhaftcr umi tbiwral Mibn |
worn received to-day. and ok no rrf?ienoo
la made to th<* thuwKc It In laketv Car
icrni?t?x> that fhc b carrying uut the i?rugrain
iiw arranged1 tor her.
NOTHING
As to Spain's Answe
at Wasl
THE ACCEPTATION OF
Is Bettered,Jfowerer, to Hare B<
Hay Allow this Country to A
Without Prejudice to any o
Hade?The Beplication of Sag
Out
WASHINGTON*, D. C? August 7.?Al- I
though as yet without official confirmation
of the report from Pgrls thnt the
Spanish government has decided to accept
the terms laid down by the United
States as essential to the negotiation of
a treaty of peace, the officials here are
proceeding under tho conviction that
the*end has come and are giving attention
to the steps to be taken next.
In view of the delay In coming to this
conclusion the Idea was beginning to
prevail that the Spanish government
was about to enter a plea in abatement,
and that the answer would again be inconclusive.
Ill this case the President
was disposed to deal flrmly with the issue;
to give notice (hat our proposals
were withdrawn and to let it be understood
that when Spain again sued for
peace the conditions would be more
severe than those first laid down. If
the Spanish answer should embody an
effort to secure any material change in
the conditions It will meet with prompt
rejection.
Some reference has been made in the
dispatches of British newspapers to a
desire on the part of the Spanish government
to Include In the preliminary
agreement a clause exempting it from
liability for the Cuban debt. The formal
statement of the points of the United
States note given out from the white
house made no reference to this subject
and It cannot be known as yet whether
or not the full text shows anything
more. But presuming that no reference
whatever Ir made to the Cuban debt it
is possible the subject mar be regarded
as one that should be treated by the
pence commissioners who are to meet
later to frame the treaty which, of
course, will embody many details that
lintn.i/ih'ft.1 (n tha mftfrt tirftDflBl
tlon, though cabinet officers have authorized
the statement that no part of
the Cuban or Porto Rlcan debts would
be assumed by the United States. Based
upon the Associated Press reports of
the progress being: made at Madrid towards
returning the answer of Spain It
was calculated by the department officials
that the formal note could not be
delivered to the President to-day.
Ann^rlrftiiK Dmrn Ont,
From the length of time consumed In
Its preparation, the note was believed
to be long, thus entailing the consumption
of much time in forwarding it first
to Paris, reducing it to cipher there,
transmitting it over the cable'and then
re-translatlng it nt the French embassy.
In the case of the last note the attaches
of the embassy worked nearly all
night to prepare their communication to
the Spanish government, though the
conference with the President closed
before 5 o'clock in the afternoon, with
the ambassador in possession of the
United States note. Should the Spanish
answer be an unconditional acceptance
of our terms, some negotiations
may be necessary to agree upon the
steps to be taken to give effect to the
agreement So far as can be learned it
has not yet been determined bow this
shall be done. There are two ways
open. The first Is a military capitulation
by the captain generalB of Cuba
and Porto Rico, which will immediately
Place the American military or naval
commanders In technical occupation of
the islands and enable them to carry
out In their own way and In their own
time the embarkation of the Spanish
armies in the islands. Tho question as
to whether they shall be permitted to
carry off their arms Is not now as material
as it was In the case of the surrender
of General Toral's forces at Santiago,
which occurring in the midst of
the campaign there was a necessity for
securing the moral effect of compelling
the Spanish soldiers to lay flown thoir
arms. Spalr. having- succumbed It
might be urged that the United States
mlqht grant ft concession on this point
to Spanish pride without fca* of having
the action attributed to fear of the consequence
of a refusal. This would rot
apply, however, to the volunteers who
might elect to remain In Cuba, as it
would not be prudent to allow so large
a body of men to carry arras without
restraint In the days of reeonstruction,
when delicate and difficult matters of
internal policy are to he settled and
new methods applied to the government
of the Islands.
Hvcnml Method of Agreement.
The second method bj* whleh the prellmlnarr
peace agreement might be formally
effected wonld be by a protocol
to be signed by a representative of the
President, probably Secretary Day in
this case, and by M. Cambon In behalf
of the Spanish government. It was by
Just ?uch an ngroement as this, known
as (he Cushinic protocol, that war with
Spain was averted ?? a result of the
Virginia* affair. This course having
the weight of precedent may be adopted
In this case. It is probable thnt in
the Philippines the greatest difficulty
will be mot In putting the agreement Info
effect on account of th?* attitude of
the insurgent*, but General Merrltt I*
n.itv w.ilnlng In strength daily and
probably will be In position to meet any
Mnergency.
Oneral Wade'* reinforcements for
.General M1I?*S are pnnc lorwnru r??
cm nil ess of tho progress of peace negotiations.
The agreement to negotiate ft
treaty of peace does not necessarily carry
with It n rotation of hostilities. la
the cane of the Mexican war it was .1
month after the peace negotiations began
before hostilities wore declnred to
ho closed and if 11 is desirable these reinforcement*
may be Intercepted and
returned to the United Stat??H Alter they
sail. The present plana of Secretary
Alger fill contemplate that they shall
leave the United States, especially a* It
Is felt that with the practical field experience
they will acquire In Porto Rico
under favorable eiimnto conditions,they
will make good materia) io use both
there and In Cuba In carrying out (he
government's recommendation policies.
Kfturit of8hArrnr.
Secretory Alger Is apprehensive that
the omall wharfage resources of SantU
OFFICIAL
. I
r has Been Received
hington.
THE PEACE TERMS
en
Agreed to In Such Form that
droit of a Cessation of Hostilities
f the Demands that Hare Boot
data l> finnnAAAil f a Ka Tiin* Dmwk
wu|/^ivowu ?v ww ?wuj w?ann
npo will seriously retard the execution
of the department'? orders for the
speedy return to the United Statea of
Sbafter'a army corps. With the Spanish
steamers coming In to take away the
surrendered army of General Toral,
which must be first removed before It
will be safo to withdraw the whole of
the American force. It is going to be difficult
to embark the latter without incurring
danger of a severe congestion
in tho unhealthy town. General Shatter
has been called upon by cable to de!
scribe the atate of affaira, and he will
hp given all the help in the power'of the
war department, but still It la believed
that the whole of Shafter'a soldiers cannot
be embarked before the first of
September. :V
Meanwhile the big hospital and camp
at Montauk Point is being rapidly put
In readiness for their reception. A*
there is a doubt aa to the ability of the
transports to come alongside the wharf
In Fort Pond harbor, provision will be
made for a number of light draft aide
whe?l steamers, possibly New York
ferry boats, to take the men ashore
from the big steamers.
An order has been issued by Adjutant
General Corbin for the One Hundred
and Sixty-first Indiana United Statea i
volunteer infantry now at Camp Mount
Indianapolis, Ind., to proceed at once to >?11
Jacksonville. Fla., tor duty with the
seventh army corps.
Farlooghetl OtOe?ru*
The following telegram was received
to-day from Brigadier General Duflleld,
who has returned to the United States
from Santiago, whero he was stricken
with yellow fever. The officers named
In the dispatch have been furioqghed
by the war department and ordered to
their homes.
PORT TAMPA, Fla.,
August 6. 1898.
General H. C; Corbln, Adjutant General,
Washington, D. C.
Thank you very much for your dls- j
patch. Dr. Geddings. in charge of '
quarantine, will facilitate our departure
in every way in.his power. Time at *"^j
quarantine up Tuesday afternoon.
Please express to secretary my apprecl- J
ation of his remembrance. The names
of the officers effected by your tele- .
gram are: Brigadier General Henry M. j
Duffleld, United States volunteers, De- .y
troit, Mich.; Colonel Charles L. Boyn- yj
ton, Thirty-third Michigan. Fori aur- >3
on, Mich.; Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Ijopmn,
Ninth Massachusetts, Boston,
Mass.: Major Henry M. Wassells, Third
United States cavalry. Jefferson .Barracks,
Mo.; Major Victor C. Vaughan,
surgeon, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Major
Merritt E. We*b. Thirty-third Michigan,
Monroe, Mich.; Major D. B. WUaon,
commissary, North Ablngfion.
Mass.; Captain Charles A. Nbrden, Seventh
United States Infantry, Port L0- }
gan, Colorado; Captain DeW. Wilcox;
assistant adjutant general. Washing*
ton, D. C.; Captain John H. Dunn,Ninth
Massachusetts, Boston; First Lieutenant
H. E. Wilklns, Second United State*
Infantry; First Lieutenant 8. E. Smiley,
Fifteenth United States infantry,
Bridgcton.N". J.; First Lieutenant Marie
L. Horsey, Twelfth United States infantry,
East Corinth. Maine; First Lieutenant
James H. Reeves, Sixth UnlteA
States cavalry. Center,Ala.; First Lieutenant
J. W. Barker, Third Unkad
States infantry, Syracuse, N. Y.; Second
Lieutenant Budolph Haas, Thirtyfourth
Michigan, Houghton. Mich.?
Second Lieutenant C. O'Reilly Atkinson,
Thirty-second Michigan, Detroit,
Mich.; oecona lieutenant inomas *.
Sullivan, Ninth Massachusetts, Boston*
Acting Assistant Burgeon Rrank Dos*
nldson, New York City.
(Signed.)
HENRY XT. DTJFFIELD,
Brigadier General Volunteer*.
Brtnrn oflptabk PrlMncrg.
"WASHINGTON, D. C.,August 7.-Th?
war department officials are entirely
satisfied with the progress ao far made
toward the shipment to 8paln of General
Torat'e army surrendered at Santiago.
The vessels which are to toe used
for this purpose are now on the war to
Santiago end barring accidents, they
aro expected to arrive there about the
13th Inst, when the troops will be embarked
as rapidly as possible and proceed
at once to Spain. It is recalled
(hot most of the othor competitors for
the transportation contract required
until September 1 to accomplish the embarkation,
which, under the present arrangement,
It Is expected, will be eonv
pleted by August 15, or very soon thereafter.
Iluflfr1! Mtrk llnllettn.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 7*?
General Shafter's daily report to ths
war department of the health of his
command at Santiago, as bulletined by *
Adliifnnt General Corbln to-ulcht. tol?
lows:
SANTIAGO DE CUBA,
August 7. 189?.
Adjutant General of the Arm jr. Washton.
Sanitary report for Aujru*t 6: Total
number sick. 3.6S1; totnl number fewr
eases, 2,638; total number new eases fever.
431; total number fever cases returned
to duty, 477; deaths August 2.
nine. ,
Wwlhrr Forrcnat for To-'lur.
For West Virginia, thunder shower*;
cooler; variable winds.
For Western Pennsylvania and Ohio,
thunder showers; cooler In southern portions;
light to fresh variable winds.
Ural J>n?|?rr*inr .
The temperature Saturday as observed
by C. Srhnepf, druggist. corner Markat
and Fourteenth streets, was as follows:
7 a. C7 | a p. V
?' iu 72 | 7 p. m 81
M i Weatber?Fair.
OIUAU/Yl.
7 a. CP I 3 p. m M
? n. 77 1 7 p. m SI
121*. 911 Weather-Fain

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