Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 11, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 July 1898 — Page 2

\ . -.== $Ucg Ike Cwintg gcrawrat U. MeC. STOOP*. Kditor and Pr«prUu»r. PETERSBURG. : : INDIANA. «- r' """ Ths auxiliary cruiser Yale, with troops for Santiago, sailed from Old Point Comfort, Va., on the 23d. A number of Barcelona steamers hare taken refuge at Marseilles, fearing an American attack on Barcelona. > Maj.-Gm. Bbooks was ordered from Chickamauga to Washington, on the 14th, for consultation regarding the Porto Rican expedition. A jutroBT from Spain, on the 12th, nid: “In the present crisis nobody can be found who is willing to attempt the formation of a new cabinet.” Mm. Elizabeth Link Linton, the novelist and essayist, widow of the late Wm. James Linton, the celebrated wood engraver, died in London on the 14th. _______ Turks Spanish infantry regiments at Seville have received peremptory orders to proceed to Algecirts. The troops are actively employed in digging trenches In the vicinity of Serra Carbonera, near San Roque. Gkn. Torrl, on the 14th, surrendered Santiago and all of eastern Cuba on the terms offered by Gen. Shatter —transportation of the entire garrison to Spain. The surrendered zone embraces about 3,000 square miles. At Wilmington, Del., United States Senator Richard Rellin Kenny is on trial on the charge of abetting Wm. N. Boggs, paying teller of the Frst national bank of Dover, Del., who has confessed to robbing the bank of $107,000. _____ Thkrk was the usual observance in Paris, on the 14th, of the national fete in celebration of the fall of the bastile. The streets were decorated and thronged with people. . The Strasbourg, Joan of Arc and Gambetta monuments were decorated with wreaths of flowers. Cor* Gborob Stone, of San Francisco, the president of the California state league, was elected president of the National Republican league at the concluding session of the meeting at Omaha, Neb. It was a close Tote between him and J. Cookman Boyd, of Baltimore.

Thk auxiliary cruiser Yale with Gen. Miles and his staff ami a portion of Gairetsoa's brigade on board, arrived off Santiago on the 11th. Gen. Miles had a conference with Admiral Samp* sen and later conferred with Gen. Shafter by means of the signal service telephone wires. It was authoritatively stated, on the ISth.by Secretary Day, that there is no truth in the published report that peace negotiations have been opened at Washington, led by S«r Julian Pauncefote, assisted by the Russian ambassador, the Japanese minister and other foreign diplomats lx consequence of persistent and sinister rumors in circulation. Dr. Lappani, the physician of the pope, issued, on the 15ih, an emphatic denial of the report that the pontiff was suffering from a paralytic attack. On the contrary, the doctor asserted, his holiness was in good health. Thu president has directed the pronotion of Lieutenant-Colonels W. $, Worth, Thirteenth infantry; E. H. Liscurn, twenty-fourth infantry, and & P. Powers,Ninth infantry, to the grade of brigadier-general in recognition of their gallant and meritorious action in the operations about Santiago. Ox the 14th the president named Brigadier-Generals Jacob Kent and Samuel KL M. Young to be major-gen-erals of volunteers; Henry Carroll, to be brigadier-general of volunteers, and William 14. 11 arts, to be engineer officer of volunteers, with rank of major. Messrs. Du Hose and Carransa sailed from Montreal, on the 13th, on the Domiuion line steamer Ottoman. With them weut a petty officer and two sailors of the steamer Panama,captured at the beginning of the war. These are the men who accompanied Carranza on a schooner on his recent mysterious trip.

Pkkmier Sagasta declared, on the 15th, that neither government in Cuba had intervened in the negotiations for the surrender of Santiago de Cuba, lie added that the surrender came within the province of Gen. Toral and under his responsibility, and the general simply announced that the garrison had capitulated. Tuk reported appearance of a few cases of yellow fever among our troops - in front of Santiago is almost certain to result in the temporary removal of practically all our land forces from the inland of Cuba as promptly ss possible. The garrisaon of the surrenderi«d territories will be composaed of immune re ji men is. Mi ch concern Is felt in government circles at the outbreak of yellow fever among the employes of the quartermaster department at Santiago. It is hoped by effective measures.promptly taken to •tamp It out. Meantime military operations will be hurried to a conclusion so that the army may be safely withdrawn at the earliest day. Taut Philippi ne insurgents, on the Tth, reported that the German man-of-war Irene, in Subic bay, refused to permit them to attack the Spaniards on Grande island. Rear-Admiral Dewey promptly dispatched the Raleigh and Concord to Investigate the matter. On entering Subic bay the Raleigh opened Are on the forts, whereupon the Irene slipped her cable and steamed oat by the other

CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEW8 DT BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The state department has posted a bulletin stating that Admiral Dewey pays a high tribute to the Chinese on board the American ships at the battle of Manila, and suggests that they should receive recognition by being made citizens of the United States. The moat radical extension of the weather service yet made will be inaugurated immediately by the government by the establishment of a complete system of weather stations on the Caribbean sea for the benefit of all nations whose interests lie in that region. That was a suggestive remark made by Admiral Cervera in the course of a conversation with one of our naval officers when he declared that the Cristobal Colon didn't have her big guns aboard; that they were either in Italy or in the pockets of the Spanish chief of ordnance. Poor old Spain has been deceived all around. The bombardment of Santiago was resumed, on the 11th, the fleet firing over a high ridge which hid the city from view. Most of the shells fell into the bay, but one struck a church filled with ammunition, causing a frightful explosion. At this point, and before tien. Shatter had begun a land attack, a flag of truce was seen coming from the city. Two explosions, which killed eight men and wounded about 30 others and wrecked two buildings, occurred at the plant of the Laflin-Rand Powder works, at Pompton, N. J., on the 12th. At Minneapolis, Minn., on the 13th, Geo. 11. Spry, one of the best-known lawyers in the northwest, ran in front of a street car and was instantly killed. Ten men were killed, on the 11th, by a cave-in in the Cleveland (O.) city waterworks tunnel being built under the lake. A rescue party of six sent into the tunnel failed to return. The officials of the Spanish embassy in Paris communicated to the press, on the 12th, a dispatch from Madrid, declaring it came from an authoritative source. It set forth, in substance, that although Spain was •'only fighting in order to maintain her right to repel unjust aggression,” she will continue the struggle “until she obtains an honorable peace, whatever sacrifice may be necessary to attain this end.”

Two men, both named Michael Flavin, were killed, on the 12th, and three were seriously injured by the giving way of a number of piles of the bridge which is being built between the Charles river and Warren bridges in Bostou. The sloop Wary, flying the British flag, was brought to Key West, Fla., on the 12th, as a prize of war. She was captured by the St. Louis about 110 miles from Santiago de Cuba while bound from Jamaica for Santa Cruz, with a cargo of provisions. It is thought her English registry is a subterfuge. The sensation of the day at Brighton Beach, on the 12th, was the death of Bromley's Rosebud from hear! disease, ^fter finishing the second race, in which he was the “good thing,” he staggered against the gate of the paddock and dropped on the track as if he had been shot. The long-overdue American ship Lake Lemon arrived at Vancouver, B. C., from Panama on the 12th. She was at sea 73 days without sighting auy boat. The Peruvian congress, on the 12th, approved the protocol between Chili and Peru by a vote of 115 against 27. At Portsmouth X., 11., the first prison camp iu the United States for the captured Spaniards has been named Camp Long. The Spanish prisoners are apparently making the best of the situation, and are not grumbling over the American method of treating captives. Maj. DEtlRANDrRET.Treneh military attache, who has just returned from ; Santiago, savs, in reference to our sol- ; diers, that there is not such a Splendid body of fighting men in the world, their chief characteristic being their superb “initiative.” The naval officials regard their part in the operations at Santiago as at an end practically, and are looking around for new worlds to conquer. Their eyes are turned to the east, and they are rushing preparations for the dispatch of Commodore Watson's eastern squad

run. Osf the 12th all the Spanish ministers - handed their resignations to the premier, Senor Sagasta, who explained ! the situation to the queen regent. | Two bands of Philippine insurgents at Cebu hare been defeated, and three insurgent leaders hare been captured and shot. Thk secretary of war has ordered the remoral of all the submarine mines which now protect the harbors of the ! United States against the entry of hostile ships. It has been decided to explode them as the quickest and safest method. Gen. J. R. Bbooke will be in command of the army that will soon invade Porto Rico*. Gen. Miles will exercise supervision in a sense similar to that which he now exercises before 1 Santiago. Latest reports from the Philippines ■ indicate that Admiral Dewey is patiently (or otherw iae) awaiting the arrival of Gen. Merritt before making the attempt to occupy Manila. The ashes of the late Capt. Gridley arrived in Erie, Pa., on the 13th, and were immediately turned over to the family without demonstration. The funeral was held at sunset, and was largely attended. Business houses were * closed during the afternoon, and flags were hung at half-mast. Fochteex suspicious fever casea were reported, ou the 13th, among employes of the quartermaster's department near Santiago. The men had been isolated, and confidence was expressed in the ability of the doctors to stamp out the disease.

It was reported from Washington, on the 13th, that Gen. Shatter would begin the bombardment of Santiago with all the force at his command,at noon of the) 4th,and conti nue the battle until the city surrendered uncon* ditionally. A special dispatch from Madrid says Capt-'Gen. Blanco has replied to the Spanish government's reiterated rep* resentations in regard to peace by energetically protesting against the idea of peace. The French chambers were adjourned on the 13th. Capt. Sawyer, signal officer at Key West, Fla., reported to the war deportment, on the 13th, that the ship San Domingo was wrecked off the Isle of Pines, Cuba, while trying to run the blockade. Her nationality is unknown. A special from Mansfield, O., on the 14th, said: Forty-four prisoners in the state reformatory are strung up by their thumbs in dungeons and given only a scant meal a day, having gone on a “strike” because their tobacco supply was cut off. Charles G. French, secretary of the Merchants' and Traders' Building and Loan association of Chicago, was arrested in Tampa, Fla., on the 14th, charged with embezzling $360,000 from that institution. By the explosion of a boiler in the Niagara sturch works, at Buffalo, N. Y., on the 14th, the building was wrecked, six persons killed and 36 injured. Two others are missing, who are supposed to have perished. It was stated in Berlin, on the 14th, that nothing, either officially or unofficially, was known by the German government of the cruiser Irene’s alleged interference with the insurgents at Subic bay. Marquis Ito, the late Japanese premier, iutends visiting China, where he will meet Li Hung Chang. 1'hk transport Seneca left Si honey, Cuba, on the 14th, for Fort Monroe. She Had on board 83 sick and wounded soldiers. Mk. Ik vine Steven Bullock, who was a lieutenant on the confederate crusier Alabama during the rebellion, died in Liverpool. England on the 14th. The New York state assembly, on the 14tb, passed the $500,000 war fund bill unanimously. A dispatch from Madrid, on the 14th, said: “The prefects report that the Carlists are making preparations for an outbreak in the northern provinces.’’

The statement of the condition ot tlie treasury, issued on the 15th, showed: Available eash balance, $241.487,664, Gold reserve, 8177,429,728. Fci.lv 10,000 delegates and visitors to the annual convention of the Baptist Young People's union at Buffalo, N. Y., registered at headquarters. Ox, the 15th President McKinley, speaking of the fall of Santiago, said: **i hope for early peace now." Frank C. Partridge, the United "States consul at Tangier, Morocco, lias started on his way home. Pending the arrival of Mr. Partridge's successor the affairs of the consulate are in charge of Mr. Lilly, secretary of the consulate. The British steamer Adula. captured by the Marblehead in Guantanamo bay, June 19, was brought to Savannah, Ga.. by Li*»ut, Anderson of the navy and a prise crew on the 15th. Ox the 15th Gen. Harrison and his wife and baby, y ho had been stopping at the Fifth Avenue hotel. New York, left for Old Forge, the ex-president’s cottage in the AdirondaeUs. LATE NEWS ITEM& The long parley ended at nine o'clock on the morning of the 17th, when Gen. Toral surrendered his sword, in the sight of both armies, to Gen. Shafter, the latter chivalrously returning the weapons to its owner. The Spanish troops then advanced from the trenches by regiments and surrendered their arms. The Stars and Stripes were run up above the palace at 12 o’clock and Santiago ceased to be a Spanish city. The statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended July 16 showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, decrease, 83,979,475; loans, increase, 86,178,200; specie, decrease, 53.732,300; legal tenders, decrease, 8317,600; deposits, decrease, $281,700; circulation, decrease, 881,600.

Lieut. Johk J. Blaxdix, who was officer of the deck on the Maine when she was destroyed in Havana harbor, died in Baltimore, Md., on the 16th. His death was the result of the shock to his nervous system sustained on the fatal night of the explosion. The work of classifying the new bond issue had progressed sufficiently, on the 16th, to enable the treasury department to announce that all subscriptions for §4,MO and less will be awarded. A considerable balance will be pro-rated. Several of the newspapers of Madrid said, on the 17th, that the Spanish government had opened peace negotiations through the French ambassador at Washington, M. C'ambon, with the government of the United States. United States Commissioner Hunter, of Ottumwa, la., has decided that express companies must pay for the internal revenue stamp which the war tax provides must be attached on express receipt. Uen. John 8L Williams, ex-United States senator and hero of the Mexican and civil wars, died, on the 17th, at his home near Mount Sterling, Ky. He was buried at Wichester, Pa., on the 17th. Tux British tank steamer Lucilene, capacity 1.000,000 gallons, has been bought by the government to carry water to Cuba and elsewhere. The price paid is said to lie $200,000. Ebkx Brewer, of PittsbRrgh, Pa., who had charge of all postal arrangements of the United! States in Cuba, died near Santiago, of fever, on the 17th. Advices from Honedulu indicate that the coast defense vessel Monterey will take possession of the Caroline ialaada before reaching Manila.

ALL OVER THE STATE. Events in Various Portions of In* di&na Recorded by Wire. Will Fl®ht Saloons. ]La porte, Ind., July 15.—A conflict between the saloon and anti-liquor elements is being waged. The State Brewers’ association and the Liquor league have shown much strength in political selections, all of which tend to secure the repeal of the Nicholson law of Indiana. The Indiana Good Citizens’ league has undertaken to prevent this. The league has arranged to hold good citizenship services in all the churches of the larger cities in the state. The plan is to have a speaker in each pulpit at both morning and evening Sunday services and the campaign has been formally opened in this county. Made Love from Hla Tomb. Hartford City. Ind., July 15—Beno, the Egyptian freak, who was buried for eight days at Muncie. arrived here with a handsome bride, formerly Miss Grace Wymer, cf Muncie. When Beno was being buried he requested the ladies to place flowers on his grave. Miss Wymer visited his grave every day, placed flowers on his grave and finally Beno made love to her through the air tube from the grave. He proposed from the vault and was accepted. They were married immediately after he was exhumed.

Pnnheil from a Train. Wabash. Ind.. July 15.—A young man. frightfully cut and battered, was found lying beside the Chicago & Erie railroad track near Rochester. He was taken to a dwelling and a surgeon pronounced his injuries serious. For hours he was unconscious, and when at last he partially regained his senses he said that his name was James Stonnker, son of Israel Stonakejr, of Monterey, and had been pushed off a rap- < idly moving freight train. Craahed HI* Skull. Windfall, Ind., July 16.—Duncan Dunn, one of the prominent citizens of this place, was fatally injured at the depot here by an engine. The cylinder on : the engine struck him on the side of the head, crushing his sknll. He was an old soldier, having served in the I Seventh regiment of Kentucky yolun- ! teers. He was 65 years old and leaves a wife and several children. Uarn Burner Confeautea. Bedford, Ind.. July 15. — A young man named Inman confessed to having I burned the barn of Daniel Rollins, in this county. Inman has been a suitor for the hand of Miss Mary Rollins, a ! handsome young daughter of Mr. Rollins, but she failed to respond to hia attentions and he had revenge by burning her father’s barn. Jealous Husband'* Deed. Shelbyville, Ind.. July 15. —Manager Frank Brooks’ throat was cut from ear to ear at the Waldron by James Wilson. Brooks is the manager of the Wilson Family show, of which James Wilson’s wife is the star. Jealousy caused the assault. Wilson escaped, but a posse is in pursuit, and he may be hanged if caught. Tears Old Ulorjr Down. Avilla, Ind., July 15.—At a farmhouse .*ast of this place a tramp tore down an American flag., The farmer’s wife resented the insult and attacked the tramp, but was being shamefully beaten when enraged neighbors arrived and joined in the affair. The tramp was aearly killed and then turned over to the officers.

Wire Trait Cuim Water*. Anderson, Ind.. .July 15. — Notices ol a general and deep cut in wages have been posted in th‘> wire and nail trust plant at this point. The reduction to men in the wire and rod mills probably amounts to 10 per cent., and in the nail mills to 5 per cent. It is thought the S00 men here will walk out. Shprtnjse Over $10,000. Lebanon, Ind.. July 15.—It is now believed that the shortage of City Treasurer Charles T. Itrran will exceed $10,000. To add to the mystery in which the affair is shrouded it has been found that Bryan's bond was illegally exe- ! | cuted and that it is; therefore probably ! | Invalid. OruKKliti Orgaalif. Seymour, Ind., July 15. — The druggists of this county niet and fell in line j with other places by effecting a county organization to combat the advances made bv manufacturers and wholesale dealers in the price of proprietary and patent medicines. The War Claim*. Indianapolis, Ind.. July 15. — Gov. Mount says that the total war claims paid so far have amounted to aboat $150,000. If the claims were all audited they would aggregate about $100.00C more. Nevertheless the state has paid $200,000 on the bonded debt. World** Record at Teapta*. Pendleton, Ind.. July 15.—In a game of tenpins for points Robert Murphey broke the world’s record here, scoring 597 out of a possible 200. He made 11 straight strikes and seven pins on the Kst throw. Up to this the world’s record was 26? points. Tfe learn that Mr. A. T. QuillerCouch, the Cornish novelist and essayist. has great difficulty in persuading people that his name is pronounced **Cooeh,’* and says that, though he never invented the pronunciation, he can prevail on only a few friends (outside of Cornwall) to believe in It, Nuts which will work loose may be kept tight by preparing a washer of brown paper and screwing them down on to that. This is worth remembering when there is no mechanic at hand to remedr the matter. i

Spanish Troops Lay Down Their Arms Amid Impressive Ceremonies. RETURNED HB SWORD TO 6EN. TORAL. Geo. Shatter and His Escort, Accompanied by Gen. Toral, Ride Through the City Taking Formal Possession—The City Had Been Sacked—The Stars and Stripe* Raised Above the Palace. Santiago dk Cuba, July 18.—Amid impressive ceremonies the Spanish troops laid down their arms between the lines of the Spanish and American forces at nine o'clock yesterday morning-. Gen. Shatter and the American brigade and division commanders were escorted by a troop of cavalry, and Gen. Toral and his staff by 100 picked men. Trumpeters on both sides saluted with flourishes. 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 eyewitnesses of the ceremony. Gen. Shafter and his escort, accompanied by Gen. Toral, rode through the city, taking formal possession. The city had bedh sacked, before they arrived, by the Spaniards.

At the palace elaborate ceremonies ; took place. Exactly at noon the Arner- j ican flag was raised over the palace and was saluted by 21 guns by Capt. (.'apron's battery. At the same time all the regimental bands in our line played “The Star Spangled Banner,” after which President McKinley's congratulatory telegram was read to each regiment. The Thirteenth and Ninth regiments of injfantry will remain in the city to enforce order and exercise municipal authority. The Spanish forces are to encamp outside of our lines. RAISED TUE STARS AND STRIPES. Old Glory Floats In Triumph Over the Ancient Battlement* of the Spanish Town—Gen. RcKIbbon In Control. Santiago »k Cuba, July 18.—The American flag is floatihg in triumph over the governor's palace at Santiago de Cuba. Gen. McKibben has been appointed temporary military governor. The ceremony of hoisting the Stars and Stripes was worth all the blood and treasure it cost. A vast concourse of 1C,000 people witnessed the stirring and thrilling scene that will live for ever in the minds of all the Americans present. A finer stage settiug for a . dramatic episode it would be difficult to imagine. The palace, a picturesque ! old dwelling in the Moorish style of architecture, 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 verandahs—the club of San Carlos—on the other, a 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 picked troops of the Second 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 tien. Shatter’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 “Viva Alfonso XIIL”

All about, pressing against the verandah rails, crowding to windows and doors and lining the roofs, were the people of the town,- pilocipally women and noncombatants. As! the chimes of the old cathedral rang out the hour of 12 the infantry and cavalry presented arms. Every American uncovered; and Capt. ! McKittriek hoisted the Stars and 1 Stripes. As the brilliant folds unfurled in a gentle breeze against a j fleck less sky, the cavalry band broke j into the strains of ‘“The Star Spangled j Banner.’1 making the American pulse > leap and the American heart throb1 with joy. At the same instant the sound of the j distant booming of Capt. Capron's bat- ; tery, firing a salute of 21 guns, drifted j in. When .the music ceased, from all di- 1 rections around our line came floating across the plaza the strains of the regimental bands and the muffled, hoarse cheers 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, Boys.” Instantly Gen. McKib-! bon called for three cheers for Gen. j 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 j of the municipal authorities, subject to j the control of Gen. McKibbon. I HEWS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. It* President sad Other OfleUla Gratified at the Surrender Without Parthar Bloodshed—The Day's Kveata. Washisotop, July 18.—The Ameri can flag is now waving over Santiago. The first message conveying the news of Santiago’s formal surrender was received at the White House shortly before 11 o'clock, just aa the president j was preparing to go to church. About j five o'clock in the afternoon Gen. Shafter forwarded a dispatch that graphically portrayed a situation entirely satisfactory from the American point of view. The first message did not eouae from Shafter. hat from the vigilant signal

officer who has before shown that ha* was alert for vital events. The first message was brief, saying only that the surrender had been accomplished; that the Spanish troops marched out of the trenches one regiment at a time, stacking aims for delivery to the American forces, and that, the Spanish flag had been hauled down. Secretary Alger and Adjt-Gen. Corbin were at the war departm ent at the time and were soon apprised of the news, but as 4t did not ome in the usual form as a report from Gen. Shatter the fact was not bulletined. Secretary Alger expressed his deep; gratification at the culmination of the* Santiago campaign. He had fully expected the surrender to be formally^ carried out at nine o’clock yesterday morning, according to Uen. Shafter’steiegram Saturday night, vet it was a relief to know that the last ihance for* parley and Spanish diplomacy had. passed and that our flag was now flying over the city. “It is a magnificent achievement,**" said he, “and most oil all , it ““ is a tribute to the bravery,, pluck and endurance of oar American soldiers. Now that their efforts have brought final and complete success, I believe their campaign will berecorded as one of the most gloriouspages of our military history. Not. more than 10,000 men were engaged when the most^ serious fighting occurred, but they pushed forward and created a condition which has brought, the surrender of 25,000 men.'*

L>ater m the afternoon the omciai dispatch came from Gen. Shatter, giving in brief military fashio i an unusually clear statement from the general report of the day's events. It was entirely satisfactory from every point of view, showing that the American armywas in control of a city ths.t it would cost 5,000 lives to capture by storm. Moreover r it was Ivery encouraging from a medical viewi in that it showed* contrary to what! had been expected, very little sickness and scarcely any yellow fever in Santiago, bat a great deal of suffering and distress. The president, after his return from church, had a conference with Secretaries Alger and Eong and Capt. Crowinshield, chief of the bureau of navigation and a member of the naval war board. It was stated after the meeting that plans had been discussed for an aggressive movement, in which both army and navy will take part, against Porto Rico. before going to the White House, Secretary Alger had been in conference with Gen. Brooke for two hours. They had before them a large number of maps of Porto Rico and the plans oi campaign were discussed from every point of view. It is expected that Gen. Miles will go direct from Santiago to Porto Rico, and that Gen. Stone and Col. Michler of his staff will leave from New York in a few days on the Resolute to join the general at Santiago. During the day the secretary of war indorsed the plan of Col. Hecker for the transportation of the Spanish forces at Santiago back to Spain. It provides for an aggregate of 1,000 Spanish officers with first; class cabin accommodations and 24,000 soldiers with third class steerage passage. The circular says that the^pauish forces will be delivered on board at Santiago for transportation to Cadis, Spain, or such other port as may be designated. It is provided that the accommodations are to be kept up to the standard required by the United States army regulations as to "officers and men in regard to galleys, ventilation, etc. The subsistence furnished is to be equal to the prescribed United States armv ration. COMPLIMENTARY MESSAGES. The President and Secretary Alger Extend the Thanks of the Nation to Oor Soldiers at Santiago.

Washington, July 18.—The following messages have been sent by President McKinley 'and„ Secretary R. A. Alger: To Om. Shafter, Com nanding, Promt, year Santiago, rim Playa : The president of the United States sends to vou and your brave army the profound thanks of the Amerioan people for the brilliant achievements at Santiago, resulting in the surrender of the city and all of the Spanish troops and territory under Gen. Toral- Tour splendid command has endured not only the hardships mad sacrificed incident to campaign and battle, but. In stress of heat and weather. 1ms triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined One and all have displayed the most conspicuousgallantry and eat ued the gratitude of the nation. The hearts of the people turn with tender sympathy to the sick and wounded- May the Father of memories protect and comfort them. [Signed] Wst. McKinley. To Jfqj. Gr*. Shafter. Front, Xear Santiago, rimPingo: 1 cannot express In words my gratitude to you and your heroic men. Your work has been well done. God Wests you alL 1 [Signed] R. A. Alger. Secretary of War. THE HOSPITAL SHIP SOLACE. Arrival from Cuba with Spanish aad American Wounded-Seven Deaths Daring the Passage. N*w York, July 18.—The United. States hospital ship Solace arrived at. the navy yard, Brooklyn, yesterday from Guantanamo, via Old Point Comfort and Newport News, Va. * When the vessel left Guantanamo she had 150 wounded American and Spanish, officers and men on board. • Seven of the Spanish seamen died during the voyage, hut all the othersufferers were pnt ashore at Old Point, and Newport News, Surgeon Street, and his assistants. Dr. Stokes, Bogert and Smiths-were busy night and day for the last two weeks attending to the injured on hoard, some of whom were frightfully wounded during the destruction of Admiral Cervera’s fleet on July 3. Capt. Conchas, of the Maria Teresa, who was Admiral Cervera's chief of staff, and fourSpanish officers, were treated during the trip. They expressed, themselves as being surprised and very.., much pleased at the treatment they received