Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 23 August 1898 — Page 2

Republican Progress. SLOOMINGTON, IND W. it. rT ABF, - Editor and PuMtsksr.

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Dewsy. The Protocol Calls for Control of Manila Only.

Spanish Officials in Havana Attempt to Restrict Commerce.

A Batch of Miscellaneous Telegraph News from All Parts of the World

Dewwx Took T-m All. The War Department publishes a dispatoh from Gen Merritt, giving toe official story ol .Manila's fall, and also the text of ti instructions sent to Gen. Merritt, requiring tbe insurgents and all others lo recognize, tbe authority of the United States in tbe territory occupied by our forees. There is nothing on tbo ; extent of oar present authority In th; Philippines. Under the peaoa protocol the United Mates is given the occupation of Manila, with the bay and harbor, until the permiinent disposition ot tbe Philippine quest ion is reached. But Merritt "and wey received tbe capitulation of

tbe en tire ippine arctn peiago. There is some loubs- .however, whether our present authority 4- jurisdietion covers Manila only as proviati ;by the peace

protocol or all the Philippine-as pro

vided oy reported terms of capitulation,

SPANISH WAS ENDS.

Expressions ot JSsteem for Franco.

Paris special: At Cabinet Council

the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Del n roaH dianaimuiv fmm TP .mil

UKfinln mil II i lT KeSent of

- .t t- . i

(meiit of tie French rrio for their

good offiM la promoting negotiations.

: at. Daloasse added tbat the Governments at Washington and Madrid, desiring to glv,e France a proof of their high esteem and confidence, had selected Paris as the scene of the negotiations for tbe final treaty ot peace.

Spaniards Despondent. Madrid special: 1 Liberal, in an article diseasing ibe possibility of a conflict between Russia and Great Britain, says that, snob, an occurrence would cause fresh perils for Spain, which should at once prepare a special defense of tbe Balearic isles and the isoasl towns of Andalusia. "For the last three years," the paper says, "we have sought to defend our honor and sovereignty over the colonies. Today we are threatened with another danger, and will have o defend our house and our life." -raiser New York To Go to Havana. A special from Washington says: Bear Admiral Sampson's flagship, the armored cruiser New York, will be tbe first Aroereaa warship to enter the harbor of Havana sinoe wtr was declared. She will carry with ber the members of the military commission appointed by the President to proceed to Havana to arrange with a similar commission to be apeaintd by Spain tie details ot tbe evacuation by the Spanish troops. 'Span la la Officials in Havana Attempt to Beatrice Commerce. Havana special: Tbe Spanish officials are persisting in their actions in restraint of trade. The latest decision arrived at by tbe local government is to prohibit all coasting trade with tbe ports occupied by tbe Americans, bat it is believed that the American Government will take steps to have this prohibition removed, as it will work hardship to the coastwise trade.

-ittchua:- Lee, Jr. The President has appointed Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., Second Lieutenant in the regular army. Tbe father was surprised. Lee is now Lieutenant of volunteer engineers. Finn Postponed. McCoy and Corbett's representatives agree to postpone the fight until between the SSth of September and the 1st of October. Hawthorne will not claim tbe forfeit.

Killed bj Falling Walla. Four men were killed and fire others badly injured by the collapse of a cornice on a new training at 175 and 477 North Fifth street, Philade phia.

Fierce Flames. St Petersburg special: Forty people were injured tnd property valued at $1,600,000 mbtes was destroyed by a fire at Nijni Novgorod, cardial of the province of tbe same name. Eight houses and many factories were burned. Nijni Novgorod is situated near the Junction of tbe Volga and Oka Rivers, 250 mites north, east of Moscow. Pope Leo D3-lna A cable dispa cb from Rome says the death of the Pope is momentarily expected. PuiVs F eht was Fatal At Idaho Springs, Colo., James Re work,' a local pugilist, died from injuries received ir. a twenty-round contest with Robert Watbins, a colored fighter. Rewark claimed to have been the champion of New iiexii-o at one time. Watking is under arrest. N-jo Bey Ha -eel Sumnticrfiek Dennis, a negro boy, less than 17 years old, was hanged at Snow Hill, Md. ii; met his fate stolidly and with no signs of fear. Dennis killed his stepfather with a shotgun because the latter whipped him for laziness. Placs for It b-rt p Portar. Robert P. Porter, the superintendent of the last general census ot the United States, has been appointed a commissioner to examine and report upon the finances, banking systems and customs laws of Cuba and Porto Rico.

OATMr for Mawfoundland. It ii annour ced that Lieut. Col. Macallan, Governor of Lagos, west Africa, will succeed Sir Herbert Murray as Governor of Newfound and.

Chotsrc, Ep tfsmic In Ma-iras. The cholera is epidemic at Madras. In five day then: were fifty-five deaths from the disease, :fae fatalities prior to that having been 117.

Cuba Free and Porto Rico Is an American Colony.

PEACE PACT SIGNED.

Madrid Government to Immediately Evacuate Both Islands.

Formal Ceremony at Washincton Marks the War's Ending; Important Agreement Closing; Hostilities Completed in the White House Ambassador Cnmbon and Secretary Day Approve It - Commission Will Meet in Paris to Settle the Philippines' Fate. The war is over. The Spanish cabinet, after due consideration of tin- tonus of the protocol presented by President McKinloy, decided to accept it, and M. Cnmbon, the French ambassador at Washington, was instructed to sign it. With this signature the war comes t.i n close, after nearly four months' duration. The war H;s been shorter than even tbe most sanguine .-nticipntoil. Since April 21, the date fixed t.T Congress as the beginning of the struggle, Porto Rico, Culm, the Id drones and the Philippines have passed into our pM-tjMnion, two Spanish fleets have been destroyed, one Spanish army has been capered, and in every eiiiraeeuient the en.-iy has been defeated in the face soujotimes of overwhelming obstacles. The- valor, endurance, skill and discipline of American soldiers have been fairly tested, and they have compelled the admiration of the foreign military observers. The navy has covered itself with

WHAT SPAIN HAS LOS7.

I t i I . CAMBOX.

The total shaded portion represents the aninunf of colonial territory we hav taken from Spnlu, ns compared with tbe nrea of the mother country. The doublyBlinded portion represents the population of tbe .-aptured possess'.ons as compared with the population of the mother eountry.

ATHOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS.

That Is About What the War Will Cost the United States.

The evidence on every hand that the war is about at an end has aroused the mathematicians. They arc now engaged in demonstrating what the cost of the

whole war will have been to the Govern

ment, when the last volunteer soldier is

at home, the last penny of war bond interest paid, the last pension awarded. This calculation is of course far-reaching. Fairly accurate estimates of the extraordinary expense .f The army ilurhi2 March. Ae-n, stay. .Mine, .Tuly and

A.-cuj-t gave them as $ir0,000.KX, of

which about $Ula,OQO,000 was expended between April 25 and Aug. tl. and $123,-

000,000 between April 1 and Aug. 0. The

latest calculation, based upon treasury reports and comparisons with similar expenses during the civil war, calculates the war expenses from April 1, INilS, to April 1, 1899, at which time it is assumed all extraordinary expenses will have ended, and adds thereto interest and pension charges growing out of the war and an arbitrary estimate of the value of the labor lost by volunteers entering the army. According to this calculation the war will eventually have cost the United States $1,000,000,000. Here is a table of estimates of war expenses: Current war expenses, April 1, 1888, to April 1, JSSlft f400.000.000 War expenditures of the separate States 15.000,000 Citizen contribution to soldiers' aid 15.000,000 War damage claims against the Government 20.000,000 Loss of labor of 250,000 volunteer soldiers one year 100.000.000 Interest on war debt 00,000,000 Probable new pensions to be paid 300.000.000 Value of the Maine 3,000,000

glory and challenged the plaudits of the whole world. In these few weeks the United States has taken position as one of the strong naval nations and a military power which must hereafter be taken into account In world movements. The country has entered upon its imperial career. The Maine has been remembered, and Spain will never forget it. Spain is whipped. If she had not recognized that fact she would necessarily have been subjected to nn unmerciful trouncing;. The proud Castilians yielded to the inevitable and humbly accepted the terms

of peace offered by the UrJted States. In i

the history of warfare it is doubtful if the conqueror ever treated the conquered more generously. The war that has been conducted on our part with humanity amounting to chivalry wculd have been continued, if need were, but Spain iu such event could not have looked for nny more Of the forbearance that ha characterized Its conduct thus far. No money indemnity is wrung from an exhausted and impoverished people, and no humiliation pressed upon them other than that which is entailed upon defeat in battle. So far as the exactionorTerrHrf L concerned, It is nothing but what the world foresaw at tfie beginning of hostilities. When the Spanish Government dismissed our minister at Madrid it placed its American possessions in the scale which the ruthless sword was sure to outweigh. As a corollary to Cuban independence followed Porto R-can possession. There could be no other outcome. To leave Spain in possession of Porto Rice would be to leave the seeds of a disease that would again break out and again demand our intervention. As to the Pacific islands, we are willing to leave thein to the determinatiou of a peace commission, with the sole reserve that coaiing and naval stations at least must be retained by us. Peace comes with all her blessings, and for this a united and humane people may well be thankful. Tbe wor has not been an unmixed evil. Wc hav gained a prestige iu the world that never will be lightly challenged by any power. The purposes for which the war wt.s entered upon on our part have been accomplished. Cuba Is Free. We Have Ecmembered the Malnel GARCIA KKPBNTS OF ANGER. Writes to General Fhaftcr Offering to Furnish Scouts. Gen. Garcia seems to le repenting of bis wrath lecauBo Santiago was not turned over to the Cubans, and is indicating a desire to resume co-operation with the American army. Gen. Siatter received

a letter from Garcia, dated at Gihara.

(jarcia says that uen. Miles on July 19

asked him to furnish fifty Cubans as scouts for the Porto Rican expedition. As

he understands lieu. Mil js has already sailed. It is perhaps too late to comply

wnu me request. Dut ne it willing to furnish the men, if they ar still wanted, aud incloses an order for them. It is believed that Garcia, now tliat he has had time to cool off, perceives that he acted with more haste than good Judgment in withdrawing his forces, aid is seeking a reconciliation. BIG SANTIAGO MAIL, Forty Thonsand Letters Released from Quarantine . The long delay of the mails from Santiago, which came over o:i the transport Comai, has annoyed the i'liHtoltiee Department, and as a result C. S. Beaver, culef clerk of the railway mail service, was sent to Edgmont key, where the steamers have been held in quarantine, and he discovered that more than 40,000 letters were on the Comal awaiting fumigation for ten days and were ordered by Beaver sent to the islam at once for fumigation, and then to .lieir respective destinations. WHAT IT CO ?T8 TO FIGHT SPAIN. Actual Kx pernio Thus l'nr Has Been 900,000 a Day. Up to the present time, it Is estimated at the Treasury Department, the actual amount paid out iu war expenses since the confiict with Spain began is $05,000,000. The average daily expense has been about $800,000. During July It was about $1,000,000 a day. It is believed, however, tbat when a final accounting is made the cost will foot up $1,500,000 a day for the army and navy. The cruiser Columbia, which went ashore in Ponce harbor, Porto Rico, has been floated Without injury.

Total vt3.0On.ti00 This estimate is so close to $1,000,000,000 that the round total may i end renment the ow "u Spain's mistakes

-rm usT

SPAIN'S PENALTY FOR WAR.

Her False Pride, Bigotry and Politics Have Cost Her Drarly. Spain for the sake of false pride, bigotry, politics and a child king, has buried

in the depths of the sea thirty-five vessels of her navy, valued at $;!li,50O,(KHl.

By their rusting hulks lie the bodies of

more than a thousand gallant tars. Spain has surrendered in territory to the United States directly Culm, with n population of 1,500,000 and an area of 45,1 KM 1 square

miles, and Porto Rico, with an area of

3,ii0 square miles and a population of

S10,(H)0: also the Ladrone Islands, area 417 square miles and population 15.000. Her total direct loss of territory iu square miles is 49,087, and loss iu population 2,825,000. She has also jeopardised, probably beyond all future control ly her. the Philippine Islands, with mi urea of 114.-

320 square miles and a population of 8,000.000. So that in the end it appears

the Spanish kingdom for the Hike of the wronjr has given up 10X1,000 square miles of te-ritory and over 10.000,000 of taxpaying population. This loss is the gain of th'J United States, which, to bring it about, placed in service a first-class navy, with 10,000 men and fifty effective vessels, und a volunteer and regular army of 278,5t30 men, of which New York gave the largest number, Pennsylvania next and Illinois the third. The Spanish El Nacional concedes that in tht destruction of Cervera's fleet Spain lost "alone $20,000,000 of invested money. The Cristobal Colon was valued at $4,400.0i.10 and the Vizcaya at 83,000.1 HHl. The estimated tnidins capacity of the territory of Spain which the United States

has taken is placed at $200,000,000 per-

annum at the present time and that must be tributary hereafter to American coffers nnd not to the blood-stained onos of Castile and Aragon. SIGNING OF THIS PROTOCOL. Elaborate Ceremony Attending; the Proceeding at the White Mouse. M. Cainbon, the Trench ambassador, was elaborately received ot the White House when he came representing the Spanish Government to sign the protocol. He was conducted to the diplomatic reception room, where he found four copies of the protocol spread out upon the big mahogany table. Two of these were in French and two in English. The United States retained one copy of each nnd M. Cnmbon the same. One clnuse in the protocol relates to nn immediate cessation of hostilities, and this was ordered as soon as the document was signed. The telegram which had already been sent to the commanders of the army and nuvy acquainted them with the stiilus of the lieace negotiations aud operated by liriiifiing about a temporary truce. The dispatches sent immediately after the hioji ing instruct Gens. Miles and Meruit to cease further operations nnd notify the Spanish commanders of the fact 1 hat all fighting has ceased. The Impressive ceremony accompanying the signing of the protocol was witnessed by a nunilier of invited guests. Victoria on Bpnnish War. Parliament was prorogued Friday. The Queen's speech concerning tbe SpanishAmerican war scys: "Her majesty has witnessei with the deepest sorrow the hostilities between Spain and the United States. The present negotiations give hope of an honorable and enduring peace." Fpnnlsh Craft Destroyed. In a skirmish on tbe coast of I'inr.r del Rio, Cuba, between American nnrtnes ar il Spanish soldiers Emanuel Kotilouris. a Greek, belonging on the gunlmt Hancraft, was killed. Several Spanish vessels were captured or destroyed there nnd off the Isle of Pines. First bum in Porto Rico. Two of Gen. Schwnu's soldiers, privates in the Eleventh infantry, were killer in bnttlo near Mnynguez, Porlo Hieo. ','hese were the first deaths in the I'orto Hienn army of invnsion. Fifteen others were wounded. Including Lieut. Byron of the Eighth cavalry. Now Camp WlkofT. Hereafter the designation of the camp at Montniik Point will be Camp Wikoff, in honor of Col. Charles A. Wikoff of the Twenty-second United States Infantry, who was killed at the head of his brigade the 1st of July at Snntingo. Would t-'ctl the Philippines. Spain is considering favorably the proposition to sell the Philippines, as it is believed the United States will only take Manila and tbo adjacent territory. The actual cost to Spain of her colonial and foreign wars from March. J.sj).r, to August, 1898, exceeds $400,000,000, with a loss of over 100,000 lives.

PROTOCOL AND PROCLAMATION

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Verbatim Copies of the Peace Compact and Decree Ktidinn Hostilities.

THE PROTOCOL. 1, That Spain shall relinquish all claim of sovereignty over mid title to Cuba. 2. Tbat Porto Rico and other Spanish islands in tbe West Indies, and n i island in the Lndroues. to be selected by the United States, shall be ceded to tl '" 0. i tint the United States will occupy and hold tlic city, bay nnd harbor o; Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace, which shall leterniine the control nnd disposition of the Philippine Islands. 4. 'J'hat Culm., Porto Hieo and other! Spanish islands in the West Indies shall be immediately evacuated and that commissioners, to he oppoi lied with n ten days, shall, within thirty days from the signing of the protocol, meet nt Havana nnd San Juan, respectively, to arrange and execute the details of the evacuation. 5. That the United States nnd Spain will end-, appoint not more than live commissioners to negotiate and onclude a treaty of peace. The commissioners are to meet at Paris not later than Oct. 1. fl. On the signing of the protocol, hostil ties will be suspended and notice t that effect will be given as soon ns possible by each Government to tlie i-onium odors of its military Mid nnvnl font's. M'KINLEY'S PROCLAMATION. Whereas. Hy a protocol oo-iuned and signed ...--." 108, hy Wll.jaanr'tt. Iny, Secretary of State of the United States, and his excellency, Jules Cambon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of tie Republic of France, at Washington, respectively representing f )r this purpose the Government of the United States and the Government of Spain, the United States and Spain have formally agreed upon tbe terms on which negotiation for tbe establishment of pesee between the two countries shall :e undertaken: and Whereas, It is In said protocol agreed that upon its conclusion and signature hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended, nnd tint notice to that effect shall be given ns soon as possible by each Government to the commanders of Its military and naval forces; now, therefore, 1, William McKinley, President of t tie United States, do, in accordance Iwith the stipulations of the protocol, declare and proclaim on the part of the United States a suspension of hostilities, and do hereby command that orders he immediately given through the proper channels to the commanders of the military and naval forces of the United States to abstain from all acts inconsistent with this proclamation. In witness whereof I have hereunto et my hand nnd caused the seal of the United Stntes to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this 12th day of August, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aud ninety-eight, and of the jjdependence of the United Statef the one hundred nnd twentythird. WILLIAM M'KINLEY.

IAEA IS TAKEN

HONOR FOR BOTH. Schley und Pompson Are to Be Sear Admirals. The President will recommend to Congress that Acting Rear Admiral Sampson be advanced eight numbers aud Commodore Schley six numbers. This will result in making each a rear admiral, but with Commodore Schley ranking immediately below Snmpson. Captain Clark of the Oregon trill be recommended for an advance of six numbers in the captain's grade, and Lieutenant Commander Wninwright will go up eight numbers. Other promotions throughout the fleet: will be recommended. The promotion of Schley and Sampson

adds two more to the roll of rear admirals

who hnvt won their advancement by gal

lant services in the present conflict. The

list now includes Dewey, Schley and Sampson; all of whom have done heroic work for their country and have demonstrated the prowess of the United States

as a naval power.

)ewey Bombards the City and Spaniards Surrender.

AUOUSTl HAS FLED.

American Troops Under Merritt Hold Philippine Capital.

Now

Consul General Wildman at Hong Konc Cables the News cf Manila's FullSpaniards Capitulate Unconditionally Spalsh Captain General KscnpRH to Hong Kong on a German Cruiser -Officers of the Kaiser's Vessel Refuse to Explain Thoir Kemarkuble Action

flour Kong special: Manila has faPen. The city surrendered unconditionally to Admiral Dewey a id Gen. Merritt Saturday. The AmericMii feet and land batteries opened tire on Manila Saturday morniug. The Spanish

resistance was .feeble and the Americans were soon in possession of the city. The

surrender of Manila was demanded Friday. Notice was given that the bombard

ment would begin the next day. Captain General August! immediately lied, escaping on the German cruiser Kalserin Augusta, which sailed before the bombardment was concluded. Admiral Dewey demanded the surrender nt fniln in nn hour. The Apaniards declined to surren-

CAPTAIN OESEltAI. Al'OtWt. &f.uniF,tl (lOVCrnnrof tin Philippines.

JAPAN jOFFKRS AGUINALDO AID.

Will Supply Arms to Rebels If United '

I States Withdraws. A dispiitch from Hong Kong says thnt a dclcgnr.ion from tbe Philippine junta visited Mr. Wildman, the American consul, and informed bint thnt certain offi

cers of tbe Japanese cruisers Matsushiinn

and Tnkisago had declared thnt .Inpnn had authorized them to offer :o supply Aguinnld: with arms and ammunition gratis in the event of the Unit -d States abandoning the Philippines and the insurgents wiBhing to fight for their independence.

der nnd Dewey began the bombardment and the Spaniards hoisted n white flag. The Spanish consul at Hong Kong had not notified the Spanish authorities at Manila of the signing of the peace protocol. It is believed thnt the reason why the Spanish consul did not send the news of peace to Manila was to give the Spanish authorities there a chance to play for time hy denying the authenticity of the news dent from here by tbe American consul by the steamer Australian. The surrender of Manila, coming :is it does, furnishes a fitting conclusion of tlie drama ot war, which began with the destruction of the Spanish fleet in Mnniht harbor on the 1st of May last. Like the battle of New Orleans, fought by Andrew Jackson on tbe Sth of .limitary, lsiri. it came after the suspension of hostilities between tbe contending powers, but this does not invalidate the surrender. Dewey and Merritt simply anticipated the protocol, which provided for the occupation of the city by the Americans dur.t; peace neeotiations. No formal turnim: over of Manila to their forces in nee-nr.v imw.

Details of the taking of the city by American forces, so fur us received. jimw that Adiiiral Dewey gave Gen. August an hour in which to surrender at the time of the last demand, made on Saturday. !en. AtiKtisti refused to comply. The bombardment, which began at 9:30 a. m., was continued for two hours, and then the Americans stormed the trenches, sweeping all before them. Those within the walls attempted no resistance. The First Colorado volunteers stormed the outer trenches nnd drove the Spaniards into the second line of defenses. Then the American troops swept on, driving nil the Spaniards into the in ner fortifications, where the Spanish commander, seeing that further resistance was useless, hoisted the white flag and surrendered. The Spaniards in the trenches probably numbered !1,000 men. The American attacking force numbered 10,000, and the Americans were better armed, better trained ami in better condition. The forciiffti tUn-i ivAt.-Hed the lioinbardinent with acute interest. The American warships engaged were the Olympia, Petrel, Raleigh, McCulioeh, Boston. Monterey, Charleston and Haitimore. The Spanish trench extended around Manila at a distance of from two fo four miles from the walled city, forming a circle ten miles in circumference, and it wr.s Impossible, the Spaniards say, to hold so long a line against the American attack. Admiral Dewey nnd Gen. Me-ritt, It is reported, hud issued orders t5 spare nil except the armed defenses of the city and consequent ly the town is un

derstood to neve been but little damaged.

The Stars and Stripes were raised over the city tit 5:40 o'clock in the afternoon. In the bay Admiral Dewey's fleet thundered a national salute .unl the formal surrender of the Spaniards was complet

ed. The surrender includes (l.!VK men.

12.000 stands of arms and an immense

amount "t ammunition. The Spaniards

were allowed the honors of war. We captured 7,000 prisoners, 12,000 rifles nnd unlimited ammunition (Jen. Merritt has

nsstime l column ml, restoring the civil

laws. Eight Americans were killed and fifty wounded. The Spanish loss was

much greater. The ships were not struck.

!1ALK THE CUBANS. Americans Discover Their Plans to Occupy the City of Fnnliiiicn. Gen. V'ood, through the vigilance of th secret set-vice men, learned tlifit the Onbans bud planned to make an attempt

later In the month to occupy tbe city of

Mintingo jointly with the Aiuencnns, in pursuance of their desire to share the

civil ailniitiistrntioit of the town with the

American officers and place their tings on the iiitbli - buildings. The plan of the Cubuns. Gen. Wood learns, is not to isort to any valence, but to attempt to murch into tbe town M-aceabl.r.

M'ANIA KDS BLOW lt A liHlDUl-;. Enemy Driven from Vicinity of C"oan:.i

uy ifur Troops. After the capture of Cottmo troop fj of Brooklyn was ordered opt nloni: the road

lending to Aibouito. The American rr,otii,rM linfl riot l?ollo fur who,, tl,.... A:-

.. - - . ....... . , in. covered t. party of Spanish engineers win.

were attempting to destroy all the bridge spanning the streams. The Americans at once stni-led toward the Siiauinrds. whr

did not mcceed in doing any damage U.

the lrid;es until they reaeheil a point three milio from Aibouito. Here the; were able to halt long ciiouiru to hiow

up u eulvejU bridge.

AGUINALDO REBUKED.

General Anderson Deals Severely with Would-Rc Dictator. Gen. Anderson has been forced to remind the dictator, Emilio Agutnaldo, of bis true commission and the nature of the rights the United States has won. Aguinaldo. once a humble ally, who begged Admiral Dewey for passage to Luzon Island, is now proud, haughty and autocratic, and burns with the ambition to some dny rule at Manila, cither as military president or dictator. Tbe hope makes him jealous of the Americans.

SPANIARDS FALL IN BATTLE. Twenty-four of Enemy Killed In Porto Rico. Twenty-four Spaniards were killed and fifty wounded in the engagement with the Americans under Col. Hurke in the valley of the Kin Grande. Col. Iturke's men were descending the bills into the valley, when the baud of l.fiOO Spaniards, who were in retreat, attacked them. The battle raged half an hour before the enemy tied In disorder, leaving their dead nnd wounded on the field. Col. Hurke learned of the signing of the protocol after the engagement had been fought. CUBAN THIEF KILLED. filiot by a t-'Mitinel nt Snntiugo When Cauiflit Steulinig. The first Cubun killed since the American troops occupied Santiago was shot by a sentinel who detected him stealing. Col. Hood is iu charge of the supplies and his men have had much trouble iu guarding the property. Hundreds of arrests were made, but they seemed to ItaTc no effect. Then nn order was issued to the sentinels to shoot the thieves. Admiral Dewey xp--c!s to lie able to rave two of the best Spanish cruisers which he sunk In Manila harbor.

REDUCE THR ARMY. War Managers Decide to Master Out Wuny BoldlerH, The President has decided to muster 40,1100 volunteers out of service. He believes he will have nil the soldiers he needs without them, and their discharge now. instead of a few months hence, will save several million dollars. The men who are to be sent home are to be selected from those who enlisted under tbe secmi, I call nnil those who have seen service. None of the men now in the Philippines and I'ort-.i Rico will be released, for If they were others would have to be sent to ta'.ll- their pi,,ees. T.nter o-i ii good many men will have to be sent t" t'libii. (ielt. I.ee thinks nliout 4H.00O will be needed. Fifteen or twenty thousand more men should be sent to Ma

nila to provide against contingencies. But there are ninny thousands of voluntcefs nt Jacksonville and other camps, and In a comparatively short t!me the regulars now nt Montniik Point will have regained their henlth and will lie ready to take the field In the Philippines, If neeessnrv, or do garrison duty in Cuba. The military advisers of the President have assured him that he will have troops enough to meet all contingencies even if he lett 40,000 go. SICK LKFTTO DIE. Hccncs of Horror nn Fever-Frelsflsted Transports. Tbe transport Saguranca arrived at quarantine on New York with 300 officers nnd enlisted men ef the army from Santiago who nre emaciated and broken

with fevers. The tale of the suffering of these men since they left Santiago seems almost Incredible, They were shipped In transports from Cuba on sick lenve without any provision hnvitig been made for medical attention. In that neglected condition they made the trip to Tampa bay and there they were detained eleven days, dorlnv wliel iiitior .looters nor medicine were sent to their relief. Several died it board ship while being detained nt quarantine off Egniont Key. When it seemed as if death would rid the whole of the transports of their liotlicrsome passengers news of the deplorable state of affairs reached Gen. Copping?? at Tampa. He Immediately ordered that all the sick be put aboard the Seguranca and sent to New York. The placing of tbe sick aboard the Seguranca, which had been hastily but fully supplied with proper food, clear water, medicines and doctors, was in tbe nature of a rescue. PERISH BY THEHUNDRED8, Spaniards Die at Buntingo Too Fast for the Cremation Force. At Santiago the bodies cf the dead Spaniards continue to be cremated. Over 700 have been burned so far. Monday afternoon seventy were burned. Over two rails a dozen bodies were stretched and across them another dozen, and about thirty corpses were stacked In an immense funeral pile ten high. The pile was then saturated with kerosene aud the torch applied. Around the pile lay twenty-two coffins containing corpses in a state of decomposition. Altogether about seventy unvaried and uncoiisumd bodies were there. The stench was terrible. These seventy coriwes represent two days' dead from the Spanish camp. The danger to the population from the sten?b, the presence of the biKzards, vultures aud flies is incalculable. TO DISBAND THE CUBANS. Americans Decide Fate of Garcia's Army at Fantiag-o. A secret meeting wns held at the palace in Santiago between the commanding ollieers of the American army and the Cuban leaders. Gen. Garcia, it is said, was present. The information obtained is to the effect thnt it was resolved to disband the Cttlian army and that the United States should pay the men off. This involves the expenditure of $15,000,000, but It is most imiMirtnnt to the prosperity of the island, whose wealth is entirely agricultural; nobody, planter or fnrmer., daring to cultivate his land while insnrHOllt ltAn.lM w ti, tlia lil t-aidttrf- nnd burning. MASSACRE IN PORTO RICO. Spaniards Kali Upon Women and Children and Slay Them with Machetes. Six I'orto Ricans, accompanied by a priest, arri' ed nt Coanio from SialeB, thirty miles northwest of that place. They had walked all the way across the mountains. They reported that Spanish soldiers, crazed by liquor, come from Mnnlti to Ciaies Saturday. An improvised American flag had been raised on the plaza. The sight of it so enraged the Spaniards that they attacked with machetes all the men, women and children they could find. They killed or wounded about ninety persons.

REBELS ATTACK MERRITT. Reported that Atlllnaldo Turned A Mulnnt the Americans. It wns reported iu Hong Kong thnt the United States troops at Manila bad an encounter with the rebel forces under Agutnaldo. The insurgents, upon whom restrictions hitd been placed by Maj. Gen. Merritt, are said to have mutinied at not being permitted to have any share in the surreuder of the city. They are said to have attacked the Americans in the the trenches.

NINE PERSONS DIE IN CYCLONE.

Others Are Missing Huildlngs and Crops Destroyed. A terrific cyclone, accompanied by hnil, rrnnlng from northeast tc southwest, struck Sunday night about four miles west of Gary, S. I)., a smill village on tbe Watertown brunch of the Chiengo and Northwestern Railroad. Everything in the path of the storm was swept nwny. Sine people died nt Gary, nnil there is little doubt that a search tluotu'h the stricken country will reveal other, and perhaps, many victims. The storm skirted one mile northeast of Hutchinson's farm nnd struck his Iooim-. driving it through the burn, nnd i-nusing a complete wreck. Tbe Northwestern track is torn up for some distance and

telegraph poles and snow fences nre uown. The cyclone was not wide in extent, but its track was thirty to forty miles long.

The buildings of Carl Peterson, Al. lven-

yon, Mr. Johnson, Alike Hunt, Or. P.ent-

ley, Charles Hnrttry and ninny oil:" r farmers were conrilctely destroyed. Mnoy farmers lost nlmost their entire crops n-nl large numbers of cuttle and sheep, lliil stones over eight inches in circuinfercie-e were picked up after the stt rm wns over. One farmer had 200 acres of wheat iu shock. It was taken up by the wind and no truce of the crop is now left. Reports of damage by wind and hnil storms have been received from ninny oilier points in the Northwest. As the wheat Is practically all harvested in South Dakota, in Minnesota, except iu the Northern Reil River valley, mid in North Dakota, except in the northern half of the State, there does not seem to be much chance of extensive injury. In the vicinity of Cnrrington, X. I however, there wns an extensive area covered by one storm which swept over pnrts of Stutsman, Wells, Foster and Eddy counties, causing a total loss of about 20,000 acres of wheat. The erratic character of the storm is evidenced by the report of no serious disturbance along the lines of the Northern Pacific, while on the Soo and Great Northern, which Intersect the former system, at various points, much damage was tlone, both by wind and hail. The storm of Stindny night seems to have been general throughout Wisconsin, western Michigan, northern Indiana, northern Illinois, Minnesota and the Dakotas. At Ricine, Portage, Oshkosh, Milwaukee. South Milwaukee, Whitehall, Albany, Lancaster, Pewaukee and other Wisconsin towns there was a heavy rain, nnd lightning caused a number of fires which resulted In considerable damage; cellars were flooded, windows broken, and trees broken down. At Aurora ond Harvard, 111., the dnniage due to the Btorm wns heavy, and in western Slichigan the loss to the fruit growers will exceed $10,-000.

FATAL STORM IN TENNESSEE. thirty or More Salil to Hare Been Killed in a Cloudburst. A terrible cloudburst, in which at least twenty live are known to have be.?n sacrificed, was visited upon the community of Beech Creek, about fifteen miles north

of Kogersville, Tenn., which plnce is

eighty miles distant from Knoxv:.He. The torrent of water fell in the vicinity of the home of William Fiona, a well-to-do farmer, und his entire family, wife and five children, wr s drowned and washed away with th- flood. Uignn, however, escaped. The deluge of water carried with it every

other human within its reach. The cloud

burst destroyed several thousnnj dollars worth of property. Whole crops were washed away.

Very heavy rains caused ths sudden

overflow of a mountain stream thnt swept Jown the cove, carrying away bouses and everything that lay in its path. The time of the disaster was Thursday afternoon.

but because of the remoteness of the lo

cality. In the mountains of East; Tennes

see, the news wns slow in reaching the outside world. The victims were all of the poorer class of mountain people living in Ior cabins in a narrow valley. It is be

lieved the number of dead will reach thirty. ALL RUSH TO NEW GOLD FIELD.

Lieut. Hobson is coustautly haunted by female admirers. All submarine mines have been removed from New York harbor. Francis Murphy, the well-known temperance advocate, has been appointed chaplain ot the Fifth Pennsylvania regiment. Under the personal direction of Admiral Dewey the navy yard, arsenal, forts and barracks at Cavite have been re-established. The people of the Isle of Pines are starving, and the report that they have been furnishing Cuba with food Is thus proven false. The correspondence between Ad mini i Sampson nnd Gen. Shafter before Km. till go has been made public. Spanish officers surrendered at Santiago will be allowed to take their wives and childrei back to Spain at the expense of the United States. A telegram from Newport News says it is rumored that the cruiser Minneapolis, which Is at the Norfolk navy yard, wili go to the Philippines. The cruiser Montgomery, the monitors Atnphitrite and Puritan, from Key West,, nnd the tug Leydeu, from Gtiautnunmo, have gone to Porto Rico. Gen. Merri.im, commanding the Department of the rncifie, Ims been authorized to enlist a battalion of infantry in lluwaii to aid in garrison duty. The murine hospital service will assist the War Detainment in supervising ihe tinnspomuioa of troops from Santiago and iu preventing infection of vessels and men. Secretary Day has been notified by Huron 1'avn, the Italian ambassador tit Washington, that the next meeting of the

lntei-natioiinl Congress of Orientalists will be held iii Home in 1MMI, The Italian Government desires that the United States shall be well represented at the coming convention, t'npt. Alfred S. Barker, who has been ordered to sin-reed Ciipt. Chirk, was the t tregon's lirst eiuituititKicr, when she tool; ber rough initial sen trips. Gen, Shnftor emphatically denies that he is responsible for tbe neglect of the sick and wounded soldiers nr night from Santiago to the United States by the Seneca and Concha. The bicycle run from Pome to Sail J tin it , over eighty miles of macudnin roatl, through seven towns ami with superb Green Mountainliko scenery ill the way, will doubtless be one of the favorito amusements of winter tourists to 1'uitu Hieo from the continent of the I uilej Stutes.

Ricli Discoveries Have Been Made on Pike Creek. News has reached Victoria, 11. C. from Sknguay of a rich placer find on Pike creek, which runs into Tngish lake, iu northern British Columbia. The discoverers took out from $1,000 to $1,500 in a week, and took their sacks to Skiiguay to speak for theniselws. Alaskan towns have been deserted, and men are rushing to Tagish. There is a staff of British Columbia officers at Bennett, oniy sixty miles nway, so there will be no difficulty in regird to staking of claims. News of the rich strike was regarded as a "fake" until some meu ca ne along with u sack full of nuggets to show for a week's work. Some of them have as high as $1,21X1. It is reported to lie a second Eldorado, from $10 to $il pans being the average, and a few going as high as M0. The return of the miners fairly set Sknguay crazy. Every one who can leave is going to Bennett just as fast as possible. Bennett is deserted, everybody having left for the new diggings, which arc only sixty miles from there. Fierce Heat in California. A hot wave passed over southern California that has never had a, parallel there within the memory of man. The maximum has been 102, 109, 107, 103. 100, 104 aud 103 for seven days. To adl to the di.sagreeablonc.ss of the weather there has been a very low barometer.

"Six weeks at Santiago. By W. S. Schley," would make an alliterative title for a very interesting volume. Philadelphia Ledger. A description given of Blanco by one who knows him says that he is an enthusiastic fishertuuu. That accounts for it! Boston Herald. Dewey has made a requisition for 00,000 pounds of soap. Having cleared out ti e Spanish, he must intend to soour the Philippines, Salt Lake Herald. While Cerveni might have fared better if bis ships had fireproof woodwork, he was certainly hindered by having :o many fireproof gmisff Philadelphia Times. What if the imtion is throwing n lot of bouquets lit Cervera? It's about the only ease where things nre coming the old sailor's way. Philadelphia Timet. When we contemplate Aguinnhlo's successful base running wc must not lost: sight of the fact that George Dewey is doing the lynching. Washington Post. During the tight with Cervera's ships the Oregon fired 1,770 shells in about three hours. Now, that's the way to fire a Fourth of July salute. Philadelphia Ledger. Admiral von Diedrichs never stopped

going until be reached a -able stii ion and learned that there h no war be'ueen Germany and the United States. Philadelphia Ledger.

I lie log house of Gen. Shafter tnr.y be

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The Rtory of the Mauser bullet that truci one of Roosevelt's rough riders and

went through four of his pockets is

nouch to fill the average wife with un

limited envy. Boston Herald.

News of Minor Note. Ctiiro-o 'Proilil lvlm shot Co-int von

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