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TUESDAY EVENING. JULY 19, 18?'8.
The Spanish war was commenced,
nominally, to obtain for, and secure to,
the people of Cuba, freedom and home
rule. But it will take a reader of riddles
10 discover the faintest semblance of
their freedom or home rule in the Pres?
ident's proclamation to the people of
that island. On the contrary, that
proclamation reads exactly as if it had
been issued to a people who had not
been fighting for liberty and home nil*;
and by the rapacious commander of i
ruthless army bent on denying them
either, and on seizing and depriving
them of their country and holding it
under the domination of that of its own.
But there are many things in the minds
of the republican party and its leaders
not dreamed of in the philosophy cf
those who blindly follow them.
A jingo newspaper denounces Ger
eral Toral for his alleged cruelty to the
Cubans in Santiago, and says "it wouki
be hard to find any but a Spaniard who
would have driven the women ami
children of that city into the American
lines and left them to their fate." Ii
WJUld, indeed, except in this country
during the war between the Stale.-,
when the women and children were
driven out of a large section of MifSDuri
by General Ewing, and out of Atlanta
by General Sherman, and when an or?
der for driving them out of this very
city was issued, and whs only revoked
by the protests of their uniou friends
here.
In the President's instructions to the
American army at Santiago there is to
apparent intention of establishing anj
thihg else than the government of the
L'nited Sla.to3 there, but there is a dis?
tinct injunction in it to theefiect that the
Cubans, on whose account the war was
undertaken, shall have no part nor lot
in the management or control of their
own affairs. If they behave them?el\f.
and pay the taxes that are imposed
upon them, they will be permitleJ to
go at large, but that is ail.
The insurgents in the Philippines
seem to be as unrrliable and dangerous
allies as those in Cuba have proved to
be. Their chief leader there has pro?
posed to the Spanish commander that
they combine their forces and drive tl e
Americans awa}', but his proposition
was rejected. The Spanish govern?
ment may not have been perfect in
either the Philippines or in Cuba, but
under it, order and property were se?
cure, which couldn't ba the ca>e under
that of the insurgents.
Typhoid keveb is not an endemic
disease of the country near Camp Al
g?r, but remittent fever is, and the lat?
ter, if allowed to run on unchecked, is
liable to assume a low form, which pre
sents some typhoid symptoms. The
friends of the soldiers sick there, need
not, therefore, beahtrmedat thereport
they read of the prevalence of typhoid
fever at that camp. Typhoid fever is a
dangerous disease; remittent fever is
not, if properly treated at first.
The United States have not been
fortunate in the matter of their negro
consuls. The one sent to Tamatave
was put into prison for fraudulent
transactions, and the preseut one at St.
Thomas has caused them no little
trouble by reason of his alleged crook?
edness or incompetency. Bui if all the
races of the earth are to be incorporat?
ed into the citizenship of the United
States, negroes can't well be excluded
from the nation's oflices.
The United States has now under
arms about two hundred and fifty
thousand soldiers, only a few of whom
have been sent to Cuba aud the Philip?
pine Islands. What the large remain?
der are doing, and how the government
or they are profiting by their long "va?
cation", are what some curious people,
the cost of whose living has been rais?
ed in order to meet the necessary ex?
pense, would like to know, but can't
find out. _
Several American commissary offi?
cers have already been arrested at San?
tiago charged with selling food, instead
of distributing it to the soldiers. What
has been, will be again, but it is not the
less true that the early development of
rascality in the Spanish war shows that
the idea upon which that war has been
prosecuted is spreadiug rapidly.
The fact that General Shafter says
that five thousand American lives
would have been lost by storming San?
tiago, render* it the more plain that
General Toral's request that his troops
be allowed to carry their arms back with
tnerii to Spain, should have been grant?
ed without hesitation.
General Shaktek. who is ironi
Michigan, has detailed a negro regi?
ment to keep the white refugees at Si
boney from returning to Santiago. The
white people of the South had a hard
time after their surrender; those of Cuba
have a harder. But it is always woe to
the conquered._
Spain has only a small army, and
no ships to move it. But, all the
same, a large detachment of American
! troops must be sent to Honolulu to gar
! rison that city. However, having a
J1 irge army, there must be something
j for it to do.
General Miles has ju3t bought a
$80,000 dwelling house in Washington,
j War is profitable to a few people, no
I matter how much blood and money it
may cost others. But some must laugh
while others weep: so wags the world
away._
FROM WASHINGTON.
[ Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.]
Washington, July 19.
This dispatch was received at the
W ?r D ?partment this afternoon :
Plata dkl Este, July 19, 9:37 a. rr.
Adj ttant General, Washington.
Mv ordnance officer reports over 10.
000 rities sent in and about 10,000.000
ounds of ammunition. Send officers
? troops to-morrow to receive sur?
render ot iaterior garrison, about 2,000
i at these places. Will send officers to
r~<v?'VH surrender of coast garri?on at
Guantanami, Boicbon, Saguci and Pan?
el- i
(Signed) Shakter.
Major General.
When Gen. Miles will leave Cuba for
Potto Rico is not definitely known.
I- is reported that he will proceed with
the four light batteries now on the
Vale and some of the Santiago troops
without delay, but his orders are such
as will allow him to use his own judg?
ment. From what can be learned bere
it st ems to be the plan to have Gen.
Miles lund in the vicinity of San Juan
and establish a base of operations. At
the point selected by him the other
fjrces will land. The organization of
t te army of invasion will be perfected
a' this point and the advance on San
Juan begun when the entire forces as?
semble.
General Shatter telegraphs to the
War Department this morning that the
roster of the prisoners wan handed in
this afternoon by General Toral. The
total is 22,7S9.
The President to-day made the fol?
lowing appointments : Robert. A.
Friedrich, of California, to be Marshal
of the United States for the District of
Alaska; Tsiu Chine Chung to be inter?
preter of the Consulate of the United
States at Canton, China. The United
States Cousulate at Canton is one of
the important ones in the Orient that
has been minus au interpreter. The
consul there is Dr. Edward Bedloe, of
Philadelphia, who represented the gov?
ernment during the Harrison adminis?
tration at Amoy.
The latest reports received at the
War Department show that G.2C0
troops hava embarked at Tampa and
ire ready to sail for Porto Rico. The
brigade of Col. Ernst is still at Charles?
ton awaiting transport. Gen. Haine's
brigade were la3t night ordered from
Chickamauga to Newport's News.
Some Kentucky and southern troops
With four light batteries now at Chick?
amauga have also veceived orders to
proceed to Newport's News. The sail?
ing of the Tampa forces had not yet
been reported to the War Department
at 11 o'clock.
The President received very few
callers this morning previous to the
Cabinet meeting. Senators Carter,
Cannon and Martin were among the
number. Each introduced constitu?
ents seeking commissions in the army.
An official report received at the
Navy Department to-day says that late
one night when no firing was going on
at Santiago a shell dropped on the spar
deck of the Indiana and burst without
warning. No flash was seen and no
report was heard. The explosiou de?
stroyed the ceilings of several state?
rooms, but no one wa3 wounded.
Whence the shell came is a mystery.
Tue official report says that it was an
8j inch mortar shell. The Spaniards
used no mortars and none of such large
calibre was taken to Santiago by Gen.
Shatter.
A prominent resident of the city,
talking about the depression of indus?
try herr, said to-day he was firmly of
the opinion that the lack of employ?
ment and tho iuability to discern any
in the immediate future, were the chief
causes that saved the city from having
any trouble about raising its regiment
tor the Spanish war. He also said that
for the ten watchmen's places at sur?
face railroad crossings within the city's
limits, created by Congresss at its re?
cent Session, he had signed the peti?
tions of at least a thousand meD, many
of them good and reliable mechanics,
but unable to get work.
Gen. Miles did not start for Porto
Rico yesterday, but will, it is expected,
get away to-day. The delay was owing
to a iailure to receive the necessary or?
ders. Secretary Alger declared to-day
that the plans for the Porto Rican
expedition were being executed with?
out the slightest hitch. Secretary Al?
ger declined to-day to announce the
list of troops that comprise the Porto
Kicao expedition. He said that it was
still subject to change.
The Bowden republicans of Virginia
here say, now that ( apt. Pat McCaull
has repented of his ways in following
an innocent Lamb to the slaughter pen,
und has come back to join the army of
the true followers of the grand "old
party of republicans, be shall be saved
by the redeeming political grace of Col?
lector George Bowden, who holds the
key to the door of all the federal pa?
tronage in Virginia, and without whose
sanction no one enters into official
life in the republican ranks in Virginia.
Senator Martin of Virginia was here
to-day, but only for a short while.
Some of the people of his State who
still want to seek glory or something
else in the war were awaiting him here,
and with them he went to the War
Department and the White House.
A dispatch received here to-day from
Tampa to the etlect that yellow fever
had broken out there, induced an expe?
rienced Southern physician, now here,
to say th-it he would not be at all sur?
prised if that disease should appear in
all the Southern cities, first in those
that have had communication with
Cuban ports.
Telegraph advices state that there is
growing hostility between the Ameri?
can an I Cuban troops, which may end
in a disastrous collission with arms.
A full balloon service will be a fea?
ture of the expedition to Porto Rico.
Each army corps will be equipped with
abalioon of moderate size lor the ob?
servation of the enemy's forces. The
big balloon sent up on Shafter's skirm?
ish line and perforated by Spanish bul?
lets near Santiago is on theway to
Tamtia where a new supply of gas will
be obtained.
Secretary Alger said this afternoon
he believed that the troops which had
already been loaded on" transports at
Tamp i, Florida, had sailed for Porto
Rico to day. He also said that other
troops would be hurried there as rapid
ly as possible uDtil an army large j
enough to take possession of Porto Rico j
had been assembled there. He said |
that General Mile? had been ordered to !
leave on the Yale from Sauting"*. The ?
Secretary made the surprising statement |
that all the 22,789 Spanish soldiers and
prisoners mentioned in General Shaf
ters report to-day were in the city of
Santiago and did not include the Span?
ish troops at other places in the sur?
rendered zone, estimated at between
10,000 and 12,000. On account of tho
number to be transported to Spain it
would be necessary to secure more
transports than was contemplated in
the advertisement issued yesterday
which called for accommodation of 1,000
officers and 24,000 men. Secretary Al
ger also said that General Shatter bad I
reported that he had secured ten mil?
lion rounds of Mauser ammunition.
As to the future operations of the
Santiago army the plan seems to be to
have Gen. Shafter remain at Santiago I
tor about one month, or until the Span?
ish forces have evacuated all posts in
the surrendered territory and have been
started for Spaio, when the general will
probably return to the United States,
turning his command over to one of the
senior officers. The plan contemplate.-'
the camping of the forces on the high
hills in the vicinity for a good rest, af?
ter which an active campaign will
be begun, the object being to
I take any important points within easy reich
'of Santiago. Boad repairing, the rj-establish
went of railroad (oiniuunicitiou and the
I making of now bases of supplies is said to ho
i a part of the campaign. Whether or not the
; Santiago force will lator take part in the Ha
' vana campaign is at present a matter of specu
; lation.
"The republicans of tho 8th Virginia
district arc somewhat at a loss for a
randidato to run for Congress against
Mr. Bixey," said a republic <n from
Loudoun county in that district to-day.
A number of them have boon suggested,
but all have entered good excuses for not
making the race. Poverty seems to bo the
leading cause. Capt. McCaull says ho is too
poor to givo any more of his time to tho par?
ty. Judge Shumate says he is not it: proper
shape. Major O. C. Hino might bo induced
to accept tho nomination, but some of his
friends say he will not consider such a pro?
posal. Tho most of tho republicans in my
county want Mr. Joseph Crupper of Alexan?
dria to havo tho nomination; ho can get more
votes than any republican in the district. He
has never been mixed up with any unholy
party alliances; bo is senate in all his dealings
and is a good party man, and, I might add.
thit bo is the most popular republican in the
district with tho rank and file of his party:
so if we are to put np a man at nil, let ti3 havo
one that is clean-cut a'l through, and that
man is Joseph Crupper of Alexandria."
Oue of tho Georgia pro's association re- ent?
ry here complained at the otlice of the hotel
at which ho stopped tbat tho-c was no lamp
in his room, and seemed greatly surprised
when tho clerk told him that all he had to do
was to press a button and bis room would be ,
lighted with electricity.
One of the claim agents horo who expected
to get a large fee out of the French spoliation
aud the omnibus bills, had those bills passed
Congress, says that bo a (I the others who
were also disappointed will have to enlist in
the army in order to get something to cat
The rir?t Connecticut Volunteer Begiment
arrived here this morning over tho Biltimoro
and Ohio Bail road. Following tho Connecti?
cut troops came tho Fifth Msssachusets Vol?
unteers. Both regiments are eu route to
Camp Alger.
fromII?nila.
A dispatch from Manila says: The
Germans continue holding a big Heel in
Manila Bay. Admiral Dewey is dis?
pleased at their actions in stopping the
insurgents' attempt to capture the
Spanish garrison in Suhig Bay. He
sent word to the German Admiral Von
Deiderichs, asking if Germnuy and the
United States were at peace or at war.
If at peace, he wanted the German ships
to pursue a different a course. If at war.
he wanted to know of its existence, so
he could govern himself accordingly.
The German's iirst reply was iu a satis?
factory, apologetic tone. Later he sent
a note to Admiral Dewey, saying he ob
jected to the Americans stopping Ger?
man ships which had once been in the
bay, and had been visited. German
ships have made a practice of coming
into Manila bay, following this with trips
outside the bay, and coasting about the
islands, returning in two or three day.-.
The German contention is that they
should not be stopped after the first time.
Admiral Dewey replied that Manila was
a blockaded port. He would continue to
communicate with all ships when he de?
sired whether it was their first or hun?
dredth time of entering. The German
admiral replied, still objecting, saying
he would submit the question to senior
officers of other warships.
U. S. Consul Wildman says that as
the German cruiser Irene was passing
Marivelen, of Manila, the other day,
the United States gunboat Hugh Me
Culloch was sent after her to ask her
to stop. As the Irene refused to obey,
a shell was sent across her bow, and a
small boat went to discover what she
was doing. The German Armiral pro?
tested and insisted tbat German ships
had a right to enter the harbor with?
out being s -arched, a claim which Ad?
miral Dewey declined to recognize.
Captain-General August! is reported
to have held a conlereuce with Gen.
Aguinaldo's secretary, in which he de?
clined to surrender Manila, and said he
must fight, even if the Spanish cause is
hopeless. It is said the ambitious rebel
leader tried to form a coalition with
the Spaniards, proposing to ask the
United States to abandon hostilities in
the Philippines and to appeal to the
powers for recognition of Philippine in?
dependence. The insurgents have sur?
rounded the city and are bringing ar
tillery to storm tne fortifications. Ad?
miral Dewey is tightening the blockade
although the supplies of rice and buffa?
lo meat are said to be sufficient to last
the city for months. The second in?
stallment of American troops is not yet
reported as having arrived.
Hermann's Ghost Appears.?Su?
perstitious residents of Sunnyside, L. I.,
are telling stories of a ghost that has
startled the village. They believe the
"shade," which, they say, stalks abroad
at night, is that of Hermann, the ma?
gician, who was buried in Woodlawn
Cemetery in 1S9G. The ghostly figure
is said to closely resemble Hermann's
appearance when in the flesh.
TARIFF AT SANTIAGO.
A tariff srbedulo for tho collection of cus?
toms duties at Santiago wai approvei by tho
President yesterday and will be put iuto ef?
fect at once by the American authorities. Tho
existing Cuban tariff on imports from Spsiu is
adopted in tho main, and is oxtonded to im?
ports from all countries. Tne most important
change effected is a reduction of the tonnage
duty on ships carrying two thousand tons or
more which go in and out of the port from
the present rate of $1 a ton to a rate of 20
cents per ton. This old prohibitive tonnage
tax, under the Spanish custom, has been ad?
ditional to the customs duties. In contrast to
the 20-cent rate declared for Santiago is our
own tonnage tax of 3 cents. Tho heavy ex?
port duty on tobacco and certain other Cuban
products and the 5-cent export tax on iron
ore are retained for tho present.
TheTroPsnry Department notified colle''
tors at all ports yesterday to clsar vessels with
cargoes for Santiago.
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Adisp&fch from the White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va., says Rev. Dr. Moses
D. Hoge's condiiion is unchanged. He
is very feeble and dangerously sick.
The Richmond branch of A. Saks &
Co., clothiers, has sold its entire estab?
lishment, good-will, &C., to O. H. B?rry
?!t Co., a rival in this line of business.
The consideration for the entiro trans?
action was $148,000.
The remains of Mr. D. X. Wigfiold,
of Stafford county, who died on Sun?
day at the Virginia Hospital, Rich?
mond, from the etlects of an operation,
were brought to Fredericksburg yester?
day and taken to his home for inter?
ment.
M. T. Rider, who has been conduct?
ing the harness, saddlery and hardware
business in Richmond, assigned yester?
day. The liabilities amount to $2,100.
L. H. Jo;- s 5 C o., who have been con?
ducting . printers1 supply house in
Richmond, havoalso assigned.
The board of education has about
finished hearing tho agents of publish?
ing bouses with reference to school
books, aud tboir attention will now be
directed to the reports that have been
prepared by committees of representa?
tive educators discussing the merits of
tho various publications.
Mrs. Mary Boone Walker, wife
of the Rev. Albert Rhott Walker,
died at The Hague, Westmoreland
county, ou Sunday after an illness of
ten days. Mrs. Walker was the daugh?
ter of Right Rev. William Boone, the
first missionary Bishop of Cliiua of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and was.
born in China.
In the Campbell County Court yes?
terday the warrant against Rov. C. B.
Wilmer, by which he was liued in the
Magistrates' Court for making an as
sault on Dr. A. Jaeger, was brought up
on an appeal and a writ of nolle prose
qui was entered. The civil suit against
Dr. Jaeger'.- Colored Asylum were ami
cably adjusted before trial.
.While at work on a car on a side
truck at the C. ?c O. shops, on Seven?
teenth street, in Richmond Sunday,
Mr. George W. Carter was walking be
tween two cars, when, through appar
ent oversight of some one, an engine
went down on the side track through
an open switch and pitched the two
cars together, crushing Mr. Carter's
breast severely.
The cases instituted against the
Southern Express Company by the
Lynchburg Board of Trade will prob?
ably be settled out of the courts. One
case was for an alleged misdemeanor in
raising charges to cover the cost of the
war stamp without giving ten days' no?
tice. The other case was a civil suit
for $1,000, brought under a section ( f
the code imposing a penalty on exprest
companies for charging over 25 ceot
for packages of live pounds or less.
A storm passed over the Lynchbure
section Sunday night, doing consider
able damage. Crops were seriously in?
jured and outhouses blowu down in o
part of Amtierst county. Lightning
destroyed the wheat crop of Jame^
Lazenberry, near Rustburg. Roanoke
was swept Sunday night by a terrific
rain und wind storm, which resulted in
great damage to buildings, trees and
telegraph and telephone wires.
Churches still-red most. A big colored
Methodist church was struck by light?
ning and almost completely wrecked;
the roof was blown oil the Mount Zion
Colored Baptist Church and the Law?
rence Snead Tabernacle was blowu
down. The Baptist Church in Salem
was badly damaged, and the tent in
which Evangelist Smith was holding
his meetings was lorn into shreds and
completely destroyed. The now lirsi
ward school building, under construe
tion, was badly damaged. A number
of buildings were unroofed. Farmers
from the r-urroundidg country report
that the fruit and corn crops were
badly damaged.
TO TAKE PORTO RICO.
The movement against Porto Rico by
the United States army was actually
begun yesterday. A point about thirty
miles from Sau Juan is said to be the
place selected for the landing of the
army, and it will be promptly seized.
It is the purpose ol the government
to send at least 30,000 troops to the isl?
and within the next ten days. Of these
about 0,000 volunteers have embarked
at Charleston under General Ernst and
about 0,000 regulars were ordered to to
on transports at Tampa.
It is stated that all the troops re?
maining at Tampa will be used for the
Porto Rico expedition. The remainder
of the troops will come from Chicka?
mauga and Camp Alger.
The President is determined to make
it a short, sharp campaign. About
fifteen thousand Spanish troops are un?
derstood to bo on the island of Porto
Rico. The President is determined
that the mistakes of the Santiago cam?
paign will be avoided There will be
au abundance of artillery for the land
attack and an abundance of troops.
Secretary Alger is quoted as saying
that 75,000 men are available and can
be quickly sent if needed.
General Shaffers troops at Santiago
will not be used for the Porto Rico ex
piditiou. They will be taken back
into the mountains, given a good rest
and then used in operations against the
Spanish troops at Holguiu and Manzan
illo, and may march westward across
the island.
General Miles is expected to arrive oil
Porto Rico on Thursday and will land
and seize a base in anticipation of the
coming of the other troops. The point
selected is said to be about thirty miles
from Sac Juan.
The navy has orders to co operate in
the investment and reduction of San
Juan, and it is believed in Washington
that some of Sampson's ships left yes?
terday with General Miles. It is the
purpose to use the armored ships and
monitors for the bombardment.
The First Regiment.?Col Jo. Lane
Stern, acting adjutant-general, yester
day wrote City Engiueer Cutshaw, in
Richmond, in response to a query and
informed him that the First Virginia
Regiment still exists. While the na?
tional call for troops depleted the or
ganization of all save three companies
the Governor has not disbanded it, and,
so far as known, does not contemplate
such a step. The law prescribes that
six companies shall be necessary for
the formation of a regiment, but it does
not require the commander-iu chief to
disband the organization when it shall
fall below the minimum. In other
words, the matter is left entirely to the
discretion of the Governor. The ques?
tion arose in connection with the elec?
tion of a janitor for the armory.
Boh Moore, of La Fayctte. Ind . says that
for constipation ho has foand DeWitt s Little
Eirly Bisers to 1h> perfect. Thoy never gripe.
Try them for stomach aud liver troubles.
Charles G. Lennon.
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Santiago.
New Yobk, July 19.?A special cable
to the Journal lroni Playa del Este
says: "All the American transport
ships whijh have been anchored at
Aguadores, Baquari aud elsewhere
along the coast passed Morro
Castle and entered the harbor of
Santiago thiB afternoon. Twenty of
them were able to pass the wreck of
the Merrimac in single file and are now
anchored in the bay. It will probably
be necessary to blow up the Merrimac
in order to make the channel safe for
the entrance of the larger warships of
Sampson's fleet. Some of the Spanish
officers now on parole in the city
are convinced that Santiago is
lost to them forever, but they express
hope that the city will be retaken by
Spain shortly. Admiral Sampson ar?
rived in the city to-day on board the
auxiliaiy gunboat Vixen. Commodore
Schley un bis steam launch to-day for?
mally received Gen. McKibbeu, the
military governor. There are forty
two Cuban political prisoners still in the
city jaii, including six women. Gen.
rihafcer was apprised this afternoon ol
the character of the charges against the
prisoners and their release will assured
ly follow. Some of the Cubans feel
hurt over tho fact that their ling is nowhere
hi evidence in tho city and that their forces
aro excluded from Santi<go pending tho de?
parture of the Spaniards. General (Jarcia
inarched his troops to tho cometery just out?
side tho city yesterday aud decorated the
graves of Cespedes and Marti, tho patriot
martyrs.
Tribute From Spanish Officers.
Annapolis, Md., July 111.?Captain
Maccohon, of the Maria Teresa, bewails
the misfortune of the Spanish fleet, be?
cause of its probable reactionary ellect
upon Spain. In an interview he says :
"The loss of the fleet will prove a
sore calamity to my country, aud it is
for her that my heart sorely bleeds. I
understand it is the purpose of the
Americans to attack the Spanish coast.
I grieve at that because I know the
force of an American attack. I have
witnessed the excellence of your ma?
chines, the dexterity of your command?
ers in handling Meets, aud the amazing
rapidity and accuracy with which your
men lire their guns. That has been u
revelation to us, and a mournful one,
besides. For this lleet to invade the
Spanish coast means direful losses to
many of our defenceless cities. One
thing that has almost overwhelmed
me with astonishment is the fact that,
while our losses in life were very heavy,
vour people lost but one man. That
-eems to me almost increditable. In
deed, had I not stepped aboard some oi
vour ships, aud found them com para
lively unscathed, I could not have be?
lieved it possible. Our firinir was fre
quent, and, I thought, deadly, but it
proved to be far otherwise."
Admirai Cervera said : "Since I have
passed into the custody of my captors,
I have been treated with courtesies
such as are the very ucme of kindness.
No words of gratification could half ex?
press the real appreciation felt by my
officers and myself. I see that Ameri?
ca's big heart does not harden against
an euemy."
Guantauaiuo Surrenders.
NEW York, July 19 ?A special from
Guantanamo dated July iSth, says:
Caimanera and Guantanamo have sur?
rendered aud tho stars and stripes will
lljat over those places to-morrow. Four
thousand Spanish soldiers have laid
down their arms ; 800 of tho prisoners
are ill. The gunboat Sandoval was
araor.g the prizes captured. Captain
HfcCalla, of the Marblehead, sent in an
officer to notify the Spaniards of the
surrender at Santiago and to give them
four hours to haul down their llag.
After some parleying the Spanish en?
sign came down. The commanding of?
ficer has been prevailed upon to form?
ally surrender to-morrow.
Blanco and Toral.
Madrid, July 19.?General Corres,
minister of war, has received a dispatch
from Captain General Blanco at Havana
saying that General Toral had tele?
graphed from Santiago on Saturday
that the surrender of the city involved
all of the troops and material of the
Santiago division. The officers were to
retaiu their arms and the men aud offi?
cers their personal property. Gen. Toral
further said that he was permitted to
remove the official documents and mili?
tary archives of the city. The Spanish
were to evacuate with honors of war
after laying down their arms, the sailors
to be treated in the same manner as
the Boldiors.
Movement of Troops.
New York, July 19.?The troopships
Massachusetts and Michigan left here
to-day, the fjrmer for Newport News
and the Michigan for Port Tampa,
where they will take on soldiers for the
I'orto Pico expedition.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 19.?It is
stated on good authority that when the
troops at Tampa leave on the Porto
R eo expedition, that no more troops
will be sent there. Tho reason given
is that the conditions there are unsalis
factory to Surgeon General Sternberg.
Col. Bryan's "Iii to 1" regiment is ex?
pected here Th?rs lay.
Discharges from I ho Serv ice
Washington, D. C, July 19.?An
order has been issued to army surgeons
requiring them to secure the discharge
from the service of volunteers not fitted
physically for .military service. The
order says information has been receiv?
ed that many men not physically quali?
fied have entered the service. The
surgeons are ordered to make system?
atic inquiry and the matter is referred
to as being of great importance. All
the volunteers were subjected to medi?
cal examinations before being mustered
in but in many cases the examinations
are said by army officials to have been
superficial.
The Imprisoned Whalers.
Seattle, Wash., July 19:h.?That
part of the government relief expedi?
tion that started overland to the aid of
the 500 whalers imprisoned in the Arc?
tic ice ofl Point Barrow, has successful
ly completed its mission. The whalers
now have sufficient food to last them
until the revenue cutter B:ar reaches
Point Barrow in August.
The Prize Vessels.
Sandy Hook, July 19.?Four Span?
ish prize steamers convoyed by the
cruisers Newport and torpedo boat
Porter were sighted otl Barnegat at
noon to-day. The prize steamers w* e
captured early in the war and went to
Key West. They will be sold here at
public auction.
ThceditDr of tho Evans City. Pa., Globe
writes ' One Minute Cough Cure is rightly
named. It cured my children after all other
remedies failed." It cures coughs, colds and
all throat and lung troubles. Charles G.
I^rinoa,
"War Bulletins.
Washington, D. C, July 19.?Ad?
miral Sampson and his fleet will go to
Ban Juan Friday or Saturday. They
will begin the bombardment with the
Iowa, the New York, the Indiana and
the monitors Amphitrite and Mianto
nomob, which are being sent from Key
West.
New Orleans, La., July 10.?It ia ex?
pected that by next Friday or Saturday tho
city of Berlin will bo ready to start iroui here
with Hood's and Riche's regiments of im?
munes Ju-t where tho t>oops will go is not
known. Col. Crane's negro regiment is ready
for sei vier. Four companies of tho Third
Texas Regiment arrived horo last night.
New York, July 19.?The United States
government has taken possession of the ca?
bles at Santiago, and no communication via
Jamaica and Santiago will bo allowed until
lurthor notice
London*, July 19.?No importance is at?
tached boio to tho Manila incident in which
Admiral Dewey cailcd Admiral Dederichs to
time. Tho affair was diplomatically settled.
It ia not thought probable that Germany seeks
interference in Manila.
Marseilles, July 19.?A steamer arriving
hero last evening reports having sighted Ad?
miral Camara's Spanish squadron off Tunis
on July loth. 'i he Felayo had evidently
mot with au accident. A eclumu of smoke
arose from tho battleship, and she waa being
towed by s cruiser.
new York, July 19?Tho Americans
have taken possession of tho West Indian A
Panama Tolegragh Company's cablo at San.
tiago and no communication via Jamaica and
Sautiago will be. allowed until further notice.
A Chinaman's Desperate Act.
San Francisco, July 19?Yesterday
afternoon a Ohiuamau employed in the
Melrose Fuse Works, near Oakland,
killed a Chinese merchant and took
refuge in the powder magazine, threat?
ening to blow it up if any one attempt?
ed to capture him. He barricaded the
door with many cans of powder and
surrounded himself with 5,000 pounds
of explosives. At 5:45 o'clock this
morning an explosion occurred which
shook every house in the city as if by
an earthquake. Investigation develop?
ed the fret that the Chinaman had been
true to his word and in his desire to es?
cape justice had blown himself into
atoms while at the same time he
wrought destruction to every house
within a radius of a quarter of a mile of
the magazine. Shortly before the ex?
plosion Constable Koch slipped up and
slammed the door on the Chinaman,
who immediately Grcd his pistol into a
u can of powder which exploded with
awful result. The building was de?
molished and Koch, Deputy Sheriff
f.barlc-s White, Deputy Sheriff George
Wood, of Alameda, and four others,
whose names cannot be learned, were
instantly killed, while several others
were so badly injure that they will die.
Mrs. Wood, janitress of a school nearby,
died of the snock and a Mrs. Halli is
not expected to live. Every building
in ii radious of three hundred yards
was razed while fire is completing the
work of destruction. Ten box cars
caught Gre from the burning building
and were totally destroyed.
Foreign News.
london, July 19.?A moderate esti?
mate places the losses by the fire which
occurred last evening at Sunderlaudat
$400,000. Half the bussiness houses in
town were either destroyed or gutted.
The lire swept through four of the
maiu streets of the towu. There are
no fire engines, no organized tire bri?
gade and very few policemen, special
ly detached or assigned to look out for
fires.
Yokohama, July 19?Advices from
Seoul say that the American minister
there has arranged with the Corean
government that American experts
shall survey the country with a view
of building rostls, bridges, &c.
London. July 111 - Replying to a question
on tho Mibject in the Houso of Commons to?
day, Mr Goschen said tho Admiralty had not
he.rd of tho rumored desertion cf the British
seamon aud gunners at Hong Kong to join
tho American navy. Mr. Goschon also read
a letter from Lieutenant Colwell, tho Ameri?
can naval attm he in London, denying that
any American officer would induce men en
lis od in the servicoof a foreign friendly pow?
er to disert.
Orders t?> Gen. Miles.
Washington, July 19.?General
Miles did not leave Siboney yesterday
as he did not receive the orders from
ti e Secretary of War to proceed. Gen.
Corbin this morning received a cable?
gram from General Miles, asking for
nis orders. General Corbin at once di?
rected that the original orders be re?
peated and that an investigation be
made as to why General Miles had not
received the original orders. General
Miles will proceed to Porto Rico as
soon as possible. He may leave to-day.
Will Probably tie Lynched.
pobtsmouth, (X, July 19.?Two cases of
criminal assault wero repotted from this
county ye-torday. cliarlo? Craig. of Barden,
is in jail charged with assaulting 14-year-old
Anna Adams, and a posse is searching for
Eli?ha Crabiree, who is accusod of assaulting
1 2 year-old Laura Cial treo, a distant rela?
tive. Tho man will probably bo lyuchod if
caught.
Tbe Markets.
New York, July 1!?. -Wheat?July open?
ed at 07''j ; closed at 67%. Corn ?Dec open
il at 34; closed at Oats-May
oponcd a*. 197.,: closed 19?g. Pork?May
opened at $10 <>7 ; closed at $10 02.
Baltimore, July 19.?Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat steady; SO^itSOty;
month SOaSOCorn easy ; spot *ud mouUi
37*371
Chicago, July 19.?Wheat 74 :l4 ; Corn
33%.
Georgetown, July 1!?.?Wheat 80*83.
BASEBALL.?Tho following is the resu't
of tho National League games played yestei
day : Washington 2, Cleveland 2 ; Baltimore
9, Chicago 3: New York 5, Louisvillo 1:
Boston 0, Pittaburg 2 ; Brooklyn 7. St. Loui9
6; Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 4. The fol?
lowing is the stauding of the cluba:
Won. Lost. Per Cent.
Cincinnati. 52 27 .668
Boston. 49 28 .636
Cleveland. 46 29 .61 :i
Baltimore. 1" 29 .008
Chicago. 45 35 .500
Now York. 40 35 .533
Pittaburg. 40 3G .52(5
Philadelphia. 33 40 .452
Brooklyn. 31 42 .427
Washington. 29 46 .387
Louisville..... 2 1 54 .:;<>s
St. Louis. 24 58 .293
To-day's Schedule:?Clcvolaud at Wash?
ington; Cincinnati at Philadelphia; Louis?
ville at New York ; St. Louis at Erooklyn ;
Pittsburg at Boston ; Chicago at Baltimore.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CUBED
By local applications, as thoy cannot reach
tbe diseased"portion of tho ear. There is only
one way to tu re deafness, and that is by con?
stitutional remedies Deafness is caused by
an inllamcd condition of tho mucous lining
of tho eustafhian tube. When this tube gets
inflamed you have a rumbiing sound, or im?
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the intlam
mation can bo taken out and this tubo re?
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nino cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an indimed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for any
ca e of deafness "anset by catarrh; that can?
not bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. 8ond
for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY a CO , Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
_MEDICINAL
WEILE THE WAR LASTS.
All who march, walk or sUnd, shou
into their shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a
It cures aching, tired, sore, swolie. :
makes tight or new shoes easy. It
moisture, and prevents chafing."ho;,.
blistered, sweating feet All the regular?ri J
troops and navy men uso it.
hot climates csn't exist in comfort ..
Allbn's Foot-Ease is sold by all drng{
shoe stores, 25c. Sample sent F?r r a
dres?, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Koy, N. V
PAIR VIRGINIA GIRLS.
Among the beautiful young women
sponsors who will make brilliant, the
social side of the Confederate reunion
to be held in Atlanta next week, \Tjr.
ginia will be well represented. tae
selection of a sponsor for Virginia wa<
a privilege accorded the A. l\ h"
Camp of Confederate Veterans,
tersburg, and that body with a unani
mous vote conferred the hon .
Miss Mattie Eppes Watson, one
tersburg's fairest daughters.
She is a blonde of striking I
and possesses that agreeable ii
ual keenneis which make- V
girls the most charming in tin
Miss Watson is in every way .
to perform the difficult and i
social duties that lie before her,
Her maid of honor is Miss E
Pickett, daughter of Maj.Cbas.
of Norfolk, and a niece of 11<
Pickett. Miss Picketed Lote
charms and classic beamy are
lated to add lustre to any company.
MissSallie E. Dunningtorj. d:
of Mr. W. S. Dunningtou, of Fai
will represent the Petersburg
She is a blonde, with golden on ra
hair, and fine complexion, ?h
accomplished artisf. and musici
ing pursued her studies in Fi i
Germany.
Miss Delia A. Stringfellow.
mond, has received the honor of
appointed sponsor-in-chief of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Stringfellow belong-* to one oft:
prominent families in the Soul
a daughter of Major Charles Sti .
low, of Richmond, and a cou.-'u:
famous scout, Frauk Stringfello
chaplain in the volunteer army. XI
Stringfellow is fair at d graceful
her strong personality baa becoi
established favorite in Richm
Other Virginia maidens who ??
present their State at Atlanta are M -
Lolah M. Sears, Mathews C
Miss Lena Hancock, Richmond
Emily B. Wilson, Norf .Ik ; M ,
Freeman Clark, Danville; Mis
Watkius, Lynchburg; Miss M
man Woods, Charlottesvilie
Josephine V. Robinson. A <
Mies Kate Markham Robertso .
don; Miss Virgiuia Fishbournc. w
boro. _
WAR NOTES.
A dispatch from Washing
that the President has deter;
select Gen. A. B. Cballeo
governor of Santiago. Gen. Whi
seriously considered, but it wi
thought that by his speeches
shown himself too much i::
the Cuban insurgents. Dea liu?
the insurgents will be one of ':
difficult duties that will devolvi
the military governors of Cuba,
not the intention of the admin -
to turn over to them any part i
territory that may be conquers
time to time until the Spaniard
been expelled from the entire
and a stable government has been es?
tablished.
A dispatch from Washing!
that Commodore Watson's squa
tobe reinforced until it wili c i
tivo battleships, the New Orleans Btid
Newark and the Vanke?. J)i.\
Yosemite. It is expected to stu
Spain Friday or Saiuiday.
The admioisttation, a Wasbit
dispatch states, does not expect
to sue for peace until the fall
vans, and as the camgoign sgaii
vana will probably be postponi
the autumn, the war may be pi
several months. Madrid new
allege that the United S atj *
mand an enormous indemnity hi I
the Philippine Islands as seen
payment. The publication
rumored American term- h
the war feeling in Spain, and l
much talk of resistance to
eud. Disturbances have oci
Spain which had to be suppre
the troops.
FROM HAVANA
An Havana newspaper con
upon the war undertaken by tin
States against Spain in the ni
manity, says that if the monej
spent by the Americans in ?
been employed in helping
centradoes, the latter, notu;
the "irregularities of Consul
Lee and other politician.-,
eating partridge and drinkin ?
pagne.
The same paper, in an edito
upon the report that the A met
raodore will take a squadron
Spanish coast and bombard
says the rumor is "mere non
This is the argument: "1
one of the vessels which it. .
go, has not room enough in h<1 hunl
ers for the coal necessary to ca
from the United States to v
even supposing she can get coal
what would be the Arne:
operations? If the Americ
were damaged, where won! I tl
repaired ?
"As for bombarding porU
swer to it is, that Cadiz, Bsrceloi
runna, Santander and almi
ports of Spain are well fott:
condition to repel any at:
American lleet.
Railroad Property.?The
ment of the assessed value
and canal properly in tb -
was made public in Ricbn
terday. It makes the
showing: Number of
assessed, 3,003 2?100; va ?
way and track, $38,286,440; \
property, $3,063.385; value
other than roadways, track
$1,737,976 ; value of rolling -
as engines, cars, etc., $10,41
value telegraph lines, $47,7<
bonds of other companii>s a< : :
320; value miscellaueou
$42,835. Total value of a
$54,0S4,S23.46 ; tax to the
711.01.
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