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JOH N MATTSOJ*. Editor and Projk
WARREN~ MINN,
Happenings of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
BOUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and Po
litical Notes, Business Failures and
Besumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
WAR NEWS.
The Spanish minister of foreign af
fairs denies that negotiations for
peace have taken place.
A Havana refugee reports that Gen.
Blanco attempted suicide when he
learned that Cervera's fleet was de
stroyed. Some of his officers inter
fered and saved his life.
President McKinley and his cabinet
decided that the capture of Santiago
must be effected with expedition in con
sequence of the terrible climatic con
ditions and the danger to our men ow
ing to an outbreak of ellow fe\er.
The war bond sale closed in Washing
ton, and it was announced that the to
tal bids amounted to $1,300,000,000, or
six and a half times the amount of the
issue.
The Cuban insurgents ha\ a plan of
establishing the capital of their gov
ernment at Santiago.
A big expedition of American troops
about to sail fiom Tampa, Fla., for San
tiago was ordered stopped.
Dispatches from London indicate an
almost general opinion that the fall of
Santiago will induce Spam to sue for
speedy peace.
Gen. Toral, commander of the Span
ish forces at Santiago de Cuba, sur
rendered to Gen. Shafter and the
Spanish troops are to be sent to Spain
under parole. The surrender includes
all the fortifications and the entire
eastern end of Cuba.
The Florida and the Fanita, con
voyed by the gunboat Peoria, landed
large expeditions at Palo Alto, on the
south coast of Cuba.
Gen. Toral telegraphed the Spanish
minister of war that his losses at San
tiago had been 400, but he still had 12,-
900 men left fit for service.
The United States government will
now turn its attention to the capture
of San Juan, Puerto Rico. An expedi
tion is to be started at once under Gen.
Brooke.
A Ha\ana dispatch to Madrid says
3,000 American troops have been
landed near Cienfuegos under cover of
the guns of the Montgomery.
Gen. Shafter wired the war depart
ment that the Spanish commissioners
to arrange for the surrender of San
tiago were raising points of objection,
"but that he expected no difficulty in
completing the capitulation.
Minister Correa, of the Spanish cab
inet, sajs the matter of Cuban inde
pendence ought to be left to a vote
by the people of the island. He says
Spain will retain the Philippines and
Puerto Rico.
President McKinley in speaking of
the fall of Santiago said that he hoped
for early peace. The news from Mad
rid th at Spain had been placed under
martial law is regarded as a most
hopeful sign.
Maj. Gen Brooke left Chickamauga
for Washington to receive instructions
for preparing the Puerto Rican expe
dition.
The cruiser Harvard arrived at Ports
mouth, N. H., with 1,003 prisoners of
Admiral Cerv era's fleet.
Maj. Gen. Otis and several hundred
troops sailed from San Francisco for
Manila.
A roj al decree was issued in Madrid
suspending throughout Spain individ
ual rights as guaranteed by the consti
tution and proclaiming martial law.
Gen. Miles will go to Puerto Rico at
once to decido upon a landing place
for the troops. The expedition will be
composed of 27 regiments.
Inhabitants of const cities of Spain
are in a panic over th^ expected arrival
of the United States fleet. Barcelona,
which is not fortified, is particularly
in terror.
While bands played "Th Star
Spangled banner" and cannon fired a
national salute the American flag was
raised over the governor's palace at
Santiago at noon on the 17th. An enor
mous crowd witnessed the ceremonies
attending the surrender of Gen. Toral
and the Spanish troops. Gen. McKib
bin has been appointed tempora ry mil
itary governor.
Gen. Shafter in his report to the
navy department of the surrender of
Gen. Toral at Santiago says it would
have cost 5,000 lives to have taken the
city by force.
The final report of casualties in the
army since it landed in Cuba three
"weeks ago has been forwarded to
Washington. I shows an aggregate of
1,914 officers and men killed, wounded
and missing. The killed number 246,
pf whom 21 were officers.
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President McKinley sent a message
of thanks to Gen. Shafter and his army
for the brilliant achievements at San
tiago.
Thousands of hungry and naked
refugees are crowding Santiago. Th
stores have been looted by the Span
iards, many houses wrecked by the
American shellsiand misery appears on
every side.
DOMESTIC.
Fire in the Racine (Wis.) Malleable
& Wrought Iron company's building
caused a loss of $100,000, and three men
were killed and eight other persons
were seriously injured.
Jim Redd and Alex Johnson, negroes,
who killed W. F. Skipper, a rich plant
er, were shot to death at Monticello,
Ark., by a mob.
The commissioner of internal rev
enue has decided that all telegraphic
messages must be stamped by the
senders.
By the explosion of a boiler in the
Niagara starch works in Buffalo, N. Y.,
the building was wrecked, six persons
killed and 2G injured.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 15th aggregated
$1,204,414,373, against $1,229,813,364 the
pre\ ious week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1897
wras
16.6.
There were 215 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 15th, against 229 the week
previous and 263 in the corresponding
period of 1897.
John H. Chapman, of Chicago, was
reelected president of the Baptist
Young People's union at the annual
convention in Buffalo, N. Y.
Col. George Stone, of San Francisco,
was elected national president by the
League of Republican clubs in session
in Omaha, Neb.
Edward McKIdder killed his wife and
himself in Owosso, Mich. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
JohnDurrett (colored) was killed by
a mob at Coaling, Ala., for trying to
provoke trouble between the whites
and blacks
N Postmaster General Smith estimates
the postal receipts for 1898 at $100,000,-
000, the largest in the history of the
department.
Cudahy's and Swift's packing houses
in Omaha were tied up by the strike of
3,000 of their men.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 17th were: Cincin
nati, .054 Boston. .G12 Cleveland, .613
Baltimore, .603- Chicago, .570 Pitts
burgh, .533 New ork, .527 Philadel
phia, ACS Brooklyn, .417 Washing
ton, .3&7 Louisville, .312 St. Louis,
.295.
A row at Farmington, la., in a saloon
resulted in tlio death of Push Reece
and George Hatiei, the latter colored.
Frank Waxsou, Charles Winant and
Charles Clark were drowned in the
*Kaw river just above Kansas City, Mo.
The Wisconsin River Pulp & Paper
company's mill was destro3red
by fire
at Stevens Point, the loss being $200,-
000.
E. J. Allen's farmhouse ne ar Junc
tion City, Kan., was burned and three
children under six years of age per
ished in the flames.
Rev. M. Weddell celebrated at
Piqua, O., the fiftieth anniversary of
his active service in the Baptist min
istry.
Fire that started in the sash and
door factory o^ the Segelke-Kohlhaus
company in La Crosse, Wis., caused a
loss of $150,000.
Edward Rawley and wife were struck
by a Wabash train at Brooklyn, 111.,
and killed.
A 'Frisco passenger train was held
up at Andover. Kan., by masked men
who secured $500 from the express
safe.
Sarah Cole (colored) was murdered
by her divorced husband, James Cole,
near Washington, Ind., and Cole also
killed himself.
PERSONAL ATVD POLITICAL.
Missouri republicans will hold their
state convention in St. Louis on Au
gust 23.
The democrats of the Eighth Ken
tucky district nominated G. G.Gilbert,
of Shelbyville, for congress.
Congressional nominations: Michi
gan, Sixth district, Charles Fishbeck
(dem.). Ohio, Seventeenth district,
A. McDowell (dem.) renominated
Minnesota, First district, A. Tawney
(rep.) renominated. Indiana, Second
district, R. W. Miers, (dem.) renom
inated. Illinois, First district, Rollin
B. Organ Second, C. Porter Johnson:
Third, George Foster Fourth.
"Thomas Cusack Fifth, Edward 1
Xoonan or Frank Kinnare Sixth, Emil
Hoechster Seventh, Frank C. Rogers
all democrats.
Gen. John S. Williams, ex-United
States senator and hero of the Mexi
can and civil wars, died at his home
near Mount Sterling, Ky., aged 7fc
years.
Robert C. Kirk, who was lieutenant
governor of Ohio from 1860 to 1862
died at his home in Mount Vernon,
aged 78 years.
Congressman J. G. Maguire was nom
inated for governor of California by
the populists.
The California middle-of-the-road
populists nominated T. W. H. Shana
han for governor.
Judge Jo hn Coates, who practiced'law
in Freeport, I1L, for 5i years, died at the
ag of 77.
George Alfred Pillsbury, of the firm
of Pillsbury & Co., and one of the best
known men in the northwest, died in
Minneapolis, aged 82 years.
FOREIGN.
Emperor William of Germany has
donated 10,000 marks to the Red Cross
siciety for the benefit of wounded Span
ish and American soldiers.
The steamer Cottage City arrived
at Victoria, B. C, with $1,000,000 in gold
from the Klondike.
LATER.
JNO peace propositions from Spain
have yet been received at Washington.
The president has signed the war
tariff for Santiago, and it takes effect
immediately. I adopts in general the
privileged rates now given Spain there
and makes that tariff uniform for all
countries, including the United States.
Twenty-five coast cities of Spain
have made demands for peace.
The U. S. transport Seneca arrived
at Hampton roads with sick and
wounded soldiers, but was not allowed
to land by the quarantine officers.
PROCLAIMED.
President McKinley Issues a Proclamation
Announcing American Sovereignty
Over Province of Santiago.
Washington, July 18.A state paper
that will be historic, marking an epoch
in American history, was issued to
night by direction of President Mc
Kinley.
It provides in general terms forth
government of the province of Santi
ago de Cuba, and is the first document
of the kind ever prepared by a presi
dent of the United States.
By order of Secretary Alger, Adju
tant General Corbin cabled the docu
ment to General Shafter, in command
of the military forces at Santiago.
The paper is not only authorizations
and instructions to General Shafter
for the government of the captured
territory, but also a proclamation to
the people of the territory of the in
tentions of the government of the
United States regarding them and
their interests. It marks the formal
establishment of a new political power
in the island of Cuoa and insures to
the people of the territory over which
the power extends absolute security
in the exercise of the private rights
and relations and as well as security
to their persons and property.
MARKETS,
Minneapolis, July 13.
WheatNo. 1 northern, 88 to 89c,
No. 2 northern, 85 to 86c, July, 86Kc.
OatsNo. 3 white, 22 to 23c.
CornNo. 3, 30c.
CattleSteers, $0.80 to 4.20 cows,
$3.25.
SheepMuttons, $4.10 to 4.25 lambs,
$5.40.
ButterCreamery, extras, 15 to 16c
creamery, firsts, IS to 14c dairy, fancy,
13 to 14c.
PoultryTurkey, 7 to 8c spring
chickens 7 to 8c.
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
The city directory just issued indi
cates a population of 100,000 for the
city of St. Paul, Minn.
Gen. Peter Tracy, of Memphis, en
joys the double distinction of being a
cousin of Dewey and the uncle of Hob
son.
The youngest volunteer in the naval
reserves is Cadet Roland S. Gielow, a
bugler on the training ship New Hamp
shire.
Fourteen childrenseven sets of
twins and all livingis the record of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harris, of Rich
mond. Mo.
The St. Louis team of the National
Baseball league has been sold to Ed
ward Becker, a retired capitalist and
principal creditor of the club.
Alexander Gregg Belleville, of St.
Louis, who recently buried his seventh
wife, has married again, this time to
a girl of 15. He is 57 years old.
Judge John S. Candler, of Atlanta,
who has been appointed colonel of the
Third Georgia olunteers, lost both his
feet in a railroad accident in 1881.
Mrs. I. N. Barber, principal of the
St. Paul school of fine arts, committed
suicide at Mendota, Minn., where she
was in charge of the summer art
school.
Colorado miners have lately been
changing the names of their plants to
those of famous men in the present
war. One of the best-paying copper
mines is now called "Sigsbee."
Owing to the extreme drought
placer mining in the northern coun
ties of California has been suspended.
It is thought that operations will not
be resumed until next spring.
Advices from Honolulu state that
the executive council of the island gov
ernment has signed a contra ct with
the Schymser company to lay a cable
from the American coast to Honolulu
and Japan.
Gov. McCord has received indefinite
leave of absence from his duties as the
executive of Arizona and will take
command as colonel of the regiment of
infantry now being recruited in the
four territories.
The annexation of the Hawaiian
islands to the United States has given
American registry to 53 vessels. Of
these 24 are steamers, four full-rigged
ships, ten barks and 17 schooners.
Most of the steamers are now engaged
in the inter-island trade.
*r MMOvk} &
A AN BREEZE.
It Kisses the Folds of Old
Glory as They Are Un
furled at Santiago.
The Star Spangled Banner Is Hoist
ed Over the Palace at Noon
on Sunday.
The Ceremony Marked in Its Im-
pressivenes3Toral'3 Army
Lays Down Its Guns.
The Spanish Commander, After
Many Delays, Yields to Gan.
Shafter* Demands.
Ter ms of the SurrenderRecommen
dation That Arms Be Returned
lias ..Been Granted.
Santiago de Cuba, July 18.Amid
impressive ceremonies the Spanish
troops laid down their arms between
the lines of the bpamsh and American
forces at nine o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Gen. Shafter and the American
division and brigade commanders and
their stafts were escorted by a troop
of cavalry, and Gen.Toral and his staff
by 100 picked men. Trumpeters on
bo th sides saluted with tiouiishes.
Gen. Shafter returned to Gen. Toral
the latter's sword after it had been
handed to the American commander.
Our troops, lined up at the trenches,
were eye-witnesses of the ceremony.
Gen. Shafter and his escort, accom
panied by Gen. Toral. rode throu gh
the city, taking formal possession. The
city had been sacked before they ar
rived by the Spaniards. At the palace
elaborate ceremonies took place. Ex
actly at noon the American flag was
raised over the palace and was saluted
by 21 guns by Capt. Capron's bat
tery. At the same time all the regi
mental bands in our lines played "The
Star Spangled Banner," after -which
President McKinley's congratulatory
telegram was read to each regiment.
The Thirteenth and Ninth regiments
of infantry will remain in the city to
enforce order and exercise municipal
authority. The Spanish forces are to
encamp outside of our lines. Gen.
McKibbon has been appointed tem
porary military governor.
An Impressive Scene.
The ceremony of hoisting the stars
and stripes was* worth all the blood
and treasure it cost. A vast concourse
of 10,000 people witnessed the stirring
and thrilling scene that will live for
ever in the minds of all the Americans
present. A finer stage setting for a
dramatic episode it would be difficult to
imagine. The palace, a picturesque old
dwelling in the Moorish style of archi
tecture, faces the Plaza de La Reina,
the principal public square. Opposite
rises the imposing Catholic cathedral
On one side is a quaint, brilliantly
painted building, with broad verandas
the club of San Carloson the other
building of much the same description
is the Cafe de La Venus.
Across the plaza was drawn up the
Ninth infantry, headed by the Sixth
cavalry band. In the street facing the
palace stood a picked troop of the Sec
ond cavalry, with drawn sabers, under
command of Capt. Brett. Massed on
the stone flagging between the band
and the line of horsemen were the
brigade commanders of Gen. Shaffer's
division, with their staffs. On the red
tiled roof of the palace stood Capt.
McKittrick, Lieut. Miley and Lieut.
Wheeler. Immediately above them,
upon the flagstaff, the illuminated
Spanish arms and the legend "Vive Al
fonso XIII." All about, pressing
against the veranda rails, crowding to
windows and doors and lining the roofs
were the people of the town, principal
ly women ard noncombatants.
Old Glory Hoisted.
As the chimes of the old cathedral
rang out the hour of 12 the infantry
and cavalry presented arms. Every
American uncovered, and Capt. Mc
Kittrick hoisted the sta rs and stripes.
As the brilliant folds unfurled in a gen
tle breeze against a fleckless sky the
cavalry band broke into the strains
of "The Star-Sp.mgled Banner," mak
ing the American pulse leap and the
American heart thrill with joy.
At the same irstant the sound of the
distant booming of Capt. Capron's
battery, firing a salute of 21 guns,
drifted in. When the music ceased
from all directions around our line
came floating across the plaza the
strains of the regimental bands and
the muffled, hoarse cheer of our troops.
The infantry came to "Order arms"
a moment later, after the flag was up,
and the band played "Rally 'Round the
Flag,8
Boys." Instantly Gen. McKib-
bon called for three cheers for Gen.
Shafter, which were given with great
enthusiasm, the band playing Sousa's
"The Stars and Stripes Forever."
The ceremony over, Gen. Shafter and
his staff returned to the American
lines, leaving the city in the possession
of the municipal authorities, subject
to the control of Gen. McKibbon.
Madrid Sanctions Surrender.
The formal sanction by the Madrid
government of the terms of capitula
tion unravelled the tangled skein of
demands and counter demands betw een
the opposing commandeis, which
threatened to end the negotiations and
compel a return to arms. After nu
merous conferences had resulted in tha
agreement, already sanctioned bj Gen.
Blanco, Gen. Toral decided that the ap
proval of the Madrid government was
necessary before he would leave the
city. Gen. Shafter maintained that no.
such approval was necessary th at
when Gen. Toral agiced to surrender
the province of Santiago and Gen.
Blanco sanctioned it, the agreement of
surrender became an accomplished fact.
He insisted that Gen. Toral had either
surrendered Thursday oi acted in Dad
faith, but documentary e\idence bore
out the fact that Gen. Toral mentioned
that he only capitulated subject to his
government's approval, and the six com
missioners by whom the articles were
signed at 2:10 o'clock Saturday after
noon so ruled.
The Terms.
The whole matter was cleared up
Sunday morning, however, when Gen.
Toral received the necessary sanction
from Madrid. The agreement consists
of nine articles, as follows:
First All hostilities shall cease pending
the agreement of final capitulation.
Second That the capitulation includes
all the Spanish forces and the surrender of
all war material within the prescribed lim
its.
Third. The transportation of the troops
to Spain at the earliest possible iroment,
each force to be embarked at the nearest
port.
Fourth. That the Spanish officers shall
retain their side arms and the enlisted men,
their personal property
Fifth That after the final capitulation
the Spanish forces shall assist in the re
moval of all obstructions to navigation in
Santiago harbor.
Sixth That after the final capitulation
the commanding officers shall furnish a
complete inventory of all arms and mu
nitions of war and a rostei of all the sol
diers in the district.
Seventh. That the Spansh general shall
be permitted to take the military archives
and records with him
Eighth. That all guemhas and Spanish
irregulars shall be permitted to remain in
Cuba if they so elect, giving a parole that
they will not again take up arms against
the United States unless pi operly paroled.
Ninth. That the Spanish torces shall be
permitted to march out with all the honors
of war, depositing their arms to be dis
posed of by the United Stateb in the future,
the American commissaoneis to recommend
to their government that the arms of the
soldiers be returned to those "who sc
biavely derended them
Gen. Toral TalLs.
The articles were signed Saturday
afternoon after a foui hours' session
of the commissioners, who agreed th at
the terms of capitulation should await
the sanction of the Madrid govern
ment. Gen. Toral, the winte-haired
commander of the Spanish forces, was
present throughout the session and
appeared to be utterly heartbroken
He spoke bitterly of the fate which
compelled him to sue for peace, but
had no word to say against the gallant
men who had conquered his army. He
declared that he had little chance tc
win. I would not desire to see my
worst enemy play with the cards 1
held," he said to one of his commission
ers. "Every one of generals was
killed or wounded. I have not a single
colonel left and am suriounded by a
powerful enemy. We have counted 6"i
ships off this port. And, besides," he
concluded, wearily waving his hands
towards the
ity, "I have secrel
troubles there."
Speaking of the battle of the 24th of
June, in. which the "rough riders" and
a part of Gen. Young's command par
ticipated, Gen. Toral said that less
than 2,000 Spanish troops were en
gaged, his loss being 265. He would
not say how many Spaniards were
killed at El Canev and before Santiago.
"Heavy! Heavy!" he said, dejectedly
I response to an inquiry he said
that transportation would be required
for between 22,000 and 25,000 men
there being that much of a force in the
capitulated district. He informed the
officers that Santiago harbor had been
again mined since Admiral Cervera,
left.
A Dismal Sigrht.
Since four o'clock Sunday morning
a stream of refugees Las been pouring
into the city, some naked, and all
hungry, skeletons and footsore. Many
had fallen by the side. The town
of Santiago presents a dismal sight.
Most of the houses have been sacked
and the stores have all been looted,
and nothing to eat can be had for love
or money. I the streets of the city,
at the entrenchments, at the breast
works and at every 100 feet or so of
the barbed wire fences were the liv
ing skeletons of Spanish soldiers.
Among the arrivals Fun day were the
German, Japanese and Portuguese con
suls and their families. Twenty-two
thousand refugees are quartered at El
Canej-, 5,000 at Firme/a and 5.000 at
Cuabitas El Boniato and San Vincente,.
where they have been living for a fort
night. I one case 500 were crowded
into one building, which was a regular
pig-sty, with a horrible stench. They
used the water from the river, where
soiled clothing was washed and all man
ner of filth is floating.
"Will Not Return Arms.
Washington, July 18.The arms.,
surrendered by the Spanish soldiers,
at Santiago to Gen. Shafter will be
kept by the United States government.
There Is no truth in the announcement
that Clara L. Ward, formerly of Detroit,
Mich., the divorced wife of Prince Joseph*
of Chimay and Caraman, is dead.
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