———— Dewey Regards the Philippine Situation as Critical. BATTLESHIP WANTED. The Admiral Also Needs an Additional Cruiser Aguinnido’s Statement He Says He Onn Halse an Army of 100,000 Mon Regards the Americans as Broth ers, But Refuses to Reveal His Follcy. Manna, Philippine Islands, (Special) Rear Admiral Dewey says he considers the situation eritieal., It is understood he has asked for an additional crulser and a bat tieship, The Spaniards assert that Germany will take a coaling station here, and that Spalp will retain the remainder of the islands, The last Spanish garrisons at Iiceos and Laguna have surrendered, acd the whole of the island of Luzon is In the hands of the insurgents, except at Manila and Cavite, Aguinaldo went to Malolos on He bas announced his intention of conven- In order to decide wnon the policy to be adopted by the lnsurgents, Aguinaldo says there are 67,000 losurgents armed with rifles, He adae«d he could raise 100,000 men. Indeed, the lpsurgent leader Philippine Islands were willing to fight for their independence, Continuing, Aguinaldo said he bad 9,000 military prisoners, including 5000 in the vicinity of Manila, besides civil prisoners, Later, Aguinaldo sald the ‘‘provincial government was now operating 28 provinces, Ha asserted that on August 2 they elected delegates, in numbers proportionate to the population. As to the Americans, Agu that he considered them as that “the two sovereign republics lied against a common enemy.” When questioned as to whether the future Filipino policy would be absolute Indepen- dence, Aguinaldo excused himseil from re- plying and continued “We have been fighting for Independence for a long time. The natives who profess to favor annexation are insincere, It Is merely a ruse to ascertain American views" Asked if the Filipinos would object to the retention of Manila, Agulnaido declined to apswer. “Would the Filipinos ot to Ameriea retaioing a coaling station if recognizing the inaldo remarked brothers, and were fawev ject The Grand Army of the Repubiie passe resolutions yesterday praising General Al- ited Camp Meade, at Middistown, Pa., and while there, New evidence against Mrs, Chief of Police Lees, of San The question as to whether the battieship be christened with water Tanner. The National Encampment of the Grand Sexton, of Chleago, in Philadelphia. The National of P Association decided to year at Memphis, Tenn, Suspicious oases of fever reported In siected oMeers and meet i | Official Account of the Santiago Campaign. PLAN OF OPERATIONS. Gen, Shafter States That on June 50 He Reconnoltered the Country About Santi. go and Made His Plan of Attack ditions Which Him Battle Without Delay. Con. Induced to Ulve the eampaign of Santiago has Becjamin Hand, aged sixteen years, of wn the charge of list incipnat! nominated The middle-of-the-rond popu national : ronvention at ( Whar f Minoes na, or th a temporary protectorate over them?" Agninaldo again declined to answer, Peuding the conclusion of the assembly, paldo sald he was confident there d be no trouble between Americans and the Filipinos. The insur,ent leader denied baviog ceived a request from General and Rear-Admiral Dewey to withdraw his’ “ops to a prescribed distance from Manilla and Cavite, and ha declined to discuss the effect of such a request, Aguinaldo further asserted that never conferred with the American authori- ties since the capitulation of Manila, and that he had never authorized the insurgents to search or disarm Americans crossiog the line. He was closely questioned about last Saturday's incident, when the Peunsy troops procesded to establish a new out. post. The Filipinos objected and nearly precipitated hostiilties, ordering the Ameri. cans to withdraw fn 20 mioutes, They Is- sued ammunition and intercepted the Amer- jean reinforcemen Finally General Hale ordered all the Pennsylvanians to advance, and the rebels withdrew, The local governor hase incident was a complete mistake, and repudiated Lis subordinates’ action. Aguin- aldo declared tht the Filipinos who made The Otis Le had its. and is entirely uasconnected with the Ilnsur- gent army. Aguinaido complained that the Spaniards were ‘disseminating false purpose of fomenting antagonism between the Filipinos and the Americans.” Aguinaldo desires absolute independence, regards the mission of the Americans here ns accomplished, and expecta their with- drawal ‘just as the French, withdrew after helping the Americans inthe war of independence-—a War Just now Agulvaldo maintains the role of extreme friendabip, FOR THE WARSHIPS, the Union Iron Works. A Washington special says: The Navy De. Yellow fever is spreading si Mississip; ed. opulists and Iowa held joint Oo ticket, Charies Harris was of Loulsinna and Democrats, ’ sliver reput ronventions and sominated a fusio r the eo vention hall at Col “Home rule” for the was defeated in a special siectl City. At a meeting of Pr President | vidence Benjamin Ci veoed him, Republicans won the though by Powers t 25,000, overy ar kin in San Franelse have Lelonged to the or, De the evidence connecting her w of Mrs. Dunning and Mrs, Deane Judge Thomas M. Cooley, ne A rist and constituti me, in Aaa Harbor He bas been falll: y for several years ive per cent b $ ry oF » « BBs sirengiiben wd lw Wie y physical Heventy { the sliverware io this count been asked to sell ou ry are 8 00 Bepjamin Jones, aged sixty-ei b at Liberty, outragiog an eleven-year-old girl, Admiral Cervera and his of an md rere and tami fair and satisfactory settlement of the ques- tion of awarding the contracts for the con- struction of the threes battleships, When the bids were opened, it was found that for the fast ships desired the Newport News Company was the lowest, Cramps next and the Union Works just above, and pil within the limit of cost fixed by the act of Congress. It yas the original plan to award the contracts in that order. But upon ex- amination of the pians submitted by the bidders it was found that the only thor- dis, Isiaud of Crete, who has days In roadstead, About six hundred men, wowen and ired were either burned alive or massa in the outbreak last week, Turkish now patroling and blocking streets, The Muossuimans are "he rulns of the burned quarter of Just landed an nye says the chile cred pw " the tre up is com piete, iz visible everywhere, Tbe Peruvian legation at Washington has from Lima statiog the country. In some places bands marauders of have the government troops sent to ¥ . thes, pursue quiet which it has Oly Th he contract for supplying the Navy De. teen ut Powder Company alcohol uecessary for the by Cramps, who bad simply the niternate pians suggested by the Navy Department, which amounted to lengthening the hall of the sbipa from 15 to 20 feet In order to gain room for the wore powerful engines re. quired to drive the ships at a speed of 15)g knots instead of 16 koots, as first proposed, After considering the subject {3 all as peets tue goard of Naval Bureau Chiefs has bit upou u solution of the question. They Lave invited the Newport News Company and the Unton Iron Works to amead their plaus 50 as to make their ships idenileal with that proposed by Cramps. Mr, Scott, of the California Company, has agreed to do this already, and the representative of the Nowport News Company has verbally agreed to do the same, so itis tho usderstanding that each of the companies will be given a contract for one ship, To Reinin Transports, A Washington special says: Since the gov ernment has come into possession of trans. ports which will be retained permanently, it is Lelisved to be necessary to amend and amplify the oid reguintions governing the conduct of troops ou such vessels, The old regulations bad to do with char- tered vessols aud in order tc modernize them & board bas been appointed to deal with the subject. The composition of the board ig us follows: Brig.-Gen, William Ludlow, U. 8. V. (lieutenant-colonel, corps of eogiveers, U. 8. A): Col. Frank J, Hecker, quartermaster, U. 8. V.: First Lieut, Wm, C. Rivers, First United States Cavairy. Tue board will meet at the Army Balld- ing, New York City, at toe call of its pres: ident. . £ WARK NOT OVER, General Wheeler Does Not Believe That Spain Will Sabmit to a Commission A Montgomery, Ala., special says: The Advertiser printed the following as » por- tion of an lnterview with Gen, Joseph Wheeler, and stated that the General was whom is Hon, Samuel Bisckwell, when talk- ing to the reporter, “1do not believe the war Is over by RADY means; neither does President McKinley, who told me personally he had no faith that the Peace Commission would settie the dif. ferences existing with Spain over the Phillip pioes. The Bpanish cisim that the vatties at Manila were fought after the protocol was signed, and on these grounds will re fuse to give up the islands.” Continuing, Geveral Wheeler sald: “Spain will want us to give up the Phi ippines, and,” laying emphasis hore, “wo will never dothat. I am golog back to duly, and really expect to be called into action again,” WRECKED IN MID-OCEAN, The Norwegian Ship America Goes Down in a Hurricane. A Boston special says: The Norwegian ship America, Captain Dabl, from Quebes for Greenock, Seotiand, with a largs sargo of lumber, was wrecked in mid-coean by a burrieane on September 4, her crew of eighteen men being rescued by the British steamer Marengo, and Isoded bere. The America was abandoned as a derelict in lat. ftude 43.51 north, longtitude 54.22 west. The America was a full-rigged saip, 1,950 tons niet register, and was twooty-nine yenrs oid, Her bome port was Christiania, Norway, of Santiago, The expedit] Mleers and 1 briefly covers monrising HG prising AsEPrsie Shafter's Plan of Campaign th A i I 8 fie enemy made an t were driven from the resistances, a fle with consid. alie (Ose, ar own 088 Was On filieen m men killed, wi na ix en unded The of the Spaniards were nine kilicd a snded, an lospiring 0 f88 COrresp yading- “The engagement had our men, and doubt) apressed the enemy aA ar it was no them that t i advance pnetrated t $ meet WUO 1 1 hey w i ler a heavy fire delivered from ettrench- thents, The report sont fee “wy n “5 } ' ntlinvues it was not until he army landed that tu shore three days’ tha she Made His Plano of Attack. Oa June 30, | reconnoitersd aud made my the untry ago pian of attack, rome a high hill from which ths city was in wee the San Juan bili and the country about Ei ( The roads were very poor, aud indeed iittie better than bridle paths uatll the San Juan River and Ei Aney, General Shalter explained at a weeting of Owe by Capron's Jattery, was ordered to move out dur n toward El Caney, to begin the attack there eaniy the next morning. After carrying El Caney, Lawton was to move by the Casey road toward Santiago and take possession on the right of the line. Wheeler's division of unmonuted cavalry wad Kent's division of infaatry was directed on the Santiago road, the bead of the col umn restingsuear Ei Pozo, toward which beights Grimes’ batiery moved on the after- noon of the 30h with orders to take posses. sion early toe next morning, and at the proper time prepare the way for the advance of Wheeler and Keut on San Joao bill, The aitack at that point was to be delayed unili Lawiot’s guns were heard at El Casey, nud his infantry Oreshowed Le bad become weil engaged. “Tue preparations were far from what 1 desired them to be, Lut we were in a slokly climate; Our supplies bad to be brought for ward Ly a narrow wagon road which the rains might at any thine render impassable; fear was entertaived that storm might drive the vessels containing our stores 10 sea, thus separating us from our base of suppiles, and lastly, it was reported Liat General Pando, with 5,000 reinforcements for the was en route from Mauzanilio, and might ve expected in a few days. Under these cons ditions 1 determined to give Lattie without delay. “Lawton's division, assisted Light The Battie of Jaly 1. “Early on ths morning of Juiy 1 Lawton was io a position around El Caney, Caf. fee's brigade on the rigut, aoross the Guantanamo road, Miles’ brigade In the centre and Ludiow’s on the lett. The duty of cutting off the eusmy’s retreat along the Baptingo rond was assigned to the latter brigade, The atifliery vpened on the toa at 6.15 A. M. Tue bastie tere 2006 Decune ¥ general and was hotly contested, enemy's position was naturally strong, and was rendered more so by bLiockhouses, a store fort and Iotrenchments cut fn solid rock and the loopholing of a solidly bulit stone church, The opposition offered by the enemy was greater had antici. pated, and prevented Lawton the right o ; malo line during the day, as had been infended. “After ths Sattie had continued for time than been from BOM Dates’ brigads of two regiments reach. ariers from move gear El assistance if necessary. “After the battle of El I nnd the sound of tt is Lu ed my headqg rected h Caney was well fire driv. riKii ATID » believe that Lawton him, 1 was d Grimes’ directs heights of house, which enemys In gest of and sfug away from The artillery the ort dw effective, turned 1 the ¥ i the A ells kill pEYera: mel Sumner's Calvary Division At this time the calvary d sumner, which was ivi ie Reneral vieinit t 1 - rdered » Hat orders, | render It clumps of | eo Lhe unre und yp 1) UROGargrowia ienee se 1 fire ’ ving skirmishers, the progres p-range riffes of th od wound i Formed in Front of San Jaan HI, It Division, with f Hawkins moved pres the meantime Kent's of two regiments ¢ vored forks TE to the t a, pliiiz ih trails, and creek rmed for attack in the Juan hill, During this forma- Brigade suffered nally superintending this me mun one Wikofl, ihe con pecially the one ieft, ‘ { +i be Becond severely a pers met! ander, Co its gu:ln mand ro Was si ied manag « the ‘ ived upon Lieutenant-Ool Worth, Thirteenth Infantry, who was undsd, and next Lieuten , Twenty-{ lufan- then dew gnon upon arth y, who mioutles terrible i of the entenani-Li * brigade then devolved Ewers, Ninth a Just upon Iafantry, deseribed was took messures to - » iotel “While the format taking place General Kent hurry forward his rear brigade. The Tenth and nd Infantry was © to foliow Wickhofl's Brigade, while the Twenty-first was sent on the right hand road to the First Brigade under General Hawkine, After completing their formation under Hon rdered distanez both divisions found in their front a wide bottom, in which had been placed a barbed wire entangiement, and beyond which there was a high bill, along the crest of which the enemy was strongiy posted, Nothing daunted these gallant men pushed of to drive the enemy from his chosen po- sition, both divisions losing beavily. In this assault Colonel Hamilton and Lieuten- atts Smith and Shipp were kilied, and Col- onel Garroll, Lieutenants Thayer and Myer, all in the cavalry, were wonoded, Credit Dune to General Hawking, “(reat credit is due to Brigadier-General H. 8. Hawkios, gho placing himseif between his regiments, urged them on Ly voice and bugle calls to the attack so brilliantly exe- cuted. “la this flerce encounter words fall to do justice to the gailaut regimental command- crs aud their heroic men, for, while the gen- orals indicated the formations and the polos of attack, ft was after ail, the intrepid bravery of the sabordinate officers and meu that planted our colors on the crest of Sas Juan kill and drove the enemy from his trench: 8 and bloek-bouses, thos guining a position whieh sealed the fale of Bastiago. “] am greatly indebted to General Wheeler, who, as previously stated, returned {rom the sick jist to duty during the alter. poon. His earefuiness and aggressiveness fleid, and the iulormation be [uraished to me at various stages of the battle proved to Le most nseful, “My own health was impaired by overs sxertion in the sun and intense heat of the day before, which prevented mo [rom par- ticipating as actively In the battle as I de dred, bus from a high hill near my be.d- uariers I bud a general view of the battie- deid extending from El Caney on the right .0 the leit of our lines ou Sas Juan hill, | General Shafter follows in detall the v Clr. SULA GOW - : IALEZ PARZAGG movements of the troops and the intrench- ing done during the night, He says “General Duffield, with the Thirty third Michigan, atiacked Aguidores, as ordered, detain the Bpaniards in that vicinity, “On the night of Juiy 1, I ordered Geon- eral Duffield, at Biboney, to send forward tae Thirty-fourth 3ichigan and the XNioth Massachusetts, both of which had just ar- rived from the United States. These regi- | ments reached the front the next morning. | Our Troops Held Their Ground, “All day on the 24 the battie raged with more or less fury, but such of our ir were in posit) at daylight ground, and Lawton gained a strong commapdiag position on the right, “About 10 P, M, the enemy made & vigor- ous assauit to break through my lines, but be was repulsed at all polots, “On the 34 the battle was Ops as their aud heid the ning of no 1 enewed, but the enemy seemed ided his energy io the assau ous night, and the Oring the lines was desuitory until st the following letter thin t v ny sending he nes.’ General Bbhalter then gives imself and the d | passing between h General Toral, ad siready j | would I the met thelr army could be derstand they would be well treated as Accordingly, apot return all the Caney whe oners of war, pit of Nnat ied paul | were abe 0 1 g A atin fy tion, I determi 1 bh officers at Ei wour bear transporiati { were willing give their parcies © "ap offer was This officers, as well regularly exchanged | made and aceepled. These | ax several of the wounded 8 Zi in sii, their { some of our moun were sent Wo : ted cavalry. The Klege Which Followed cessation aring about practically terminated All that ¢ periy be treated ch foliowed ois retaine render those curred ind ations held os ting as es Att batteries, the mer orps, guards jeft in of olis, which the intense heal cs {ore Lf cast aside be enteric tile was 0 od strong Jusn were captured these battles were 22 offi. killed aud 81 officers and { 1.208 men wounded: mis ey. T og, Ww ried Navy On the Jur losses in { cers and 208 men * Inise- th few except] , reg Should Not Enter the Harbor, fate 1 lator inter, "nw A fer meq a0 bis way lotc * BAILS uo that if he ree rthe city w urree sacrif of lite, Commod ou replied that Admiral Samg temporarily absent, but thet in b | sons) opinion the navy should o barbvor, **The strength of the enemy's po such that 1 did not care could be avoided, Au examisstion of the Was is ition was semy's works, made after justifies the wisdom of {adopted, T intrenchments ecu have been carried with great loss of General Sbalter gave the varying ward securing a surrender pening the engagement on the 10th, the On the 11th the surrender was again demanded, | slekuess in the army was increasing rapidiy, as a8 result of exposure In trenches to the Intense beat of the heavy rains. Moreover, the dews in Cuba are aimost equal to rains. The weakness « the troops was becoming so apparent an xi common wilh most of the officers of { army, I did pot think an assanit would justifiable, especially as the enemy seemed to be acting in good faith in their prelimi- | nary proposition to surrender.” { “On July 121 informed the Spanish som- mander that Major-General Miles, comman- der-in-chiel of the American army, bad just arrived iu my camp and requested him to | graot him a personal luterview on the fol lowing day. He replied he would be pleas ed to meet us, The interview 100k place on the 13th, and I informed him his surrenders only couid be considered, and that as he was without bope of escape he had po rigut to continue the fight.” General Bhaiter then gives the the final surrender, his entry to the city and the ralsing of the American flag. 1a closing Le says: “The supply of quartermasier and com- mirsary stores attiog the campaign were abundant, and notwithstanding the diff- cuities in landing and trassporting the ra- tions, the troops on he firiog line wers at all tines supplied with lis conrser compon« | enter, namely, bread, meat, sugar and coffee, There was no lack of transportation, for at Bo time up to the surrender could all the e fully the course d lite, bie ard and his re truce sanded iy this date 1 us to the be “In reference to the sick and wounded, | bave to say that they received every atten tion that it was possible to give them, The medical oMeers, without exception, worked pight and day to alleviate the suflering, which was uo greater than invariably ae companies a campaign, It would have been bewer if we bad more ambulances, but as many were taken as was thought necessary, jedging from previous campaigns, “The discipline of the command was sa. perb, and I wish to luvite attention to the fact that not an officer was Lrought to tral by court martial, and, as far as I know, no enlisted men, This speaks volumes for an aziny of this size and in a campaign of nieh duration, “In conciasion I desire to express to the members of wy stall my thanks for thelr ef ficient performance of all the duties requir. ed of them, and the judgment and Lravery displayed on Setaiuus Wied de- MANY LIVES LOSI A Frightful Storm in the British West Indies. THOUSANDS HOMELESS. » Great Islands of Kingston, the Latter, Totally De- Bhips Blows Devastation the st on Barbadoes and Vincent of Three the Capita) stroyed Ashore, Large A Advices were cablegram from rece swept Lurricane has y iward the Ls have Dosh eles group of ndred persons ndered hb West Indies, Ae ding 10 the Istest reports t et on from St. Lucia, 3 broke uj th 1 . 2 and he isianG Bund almost by a tidal wave rains, sud veinles LaVes us land wera caused, houses des nd cocoa * been destroy At least twelve ort, : Guadaloupe, the French island the ery heavy reported, destructive landslides, f St Viocent, a arbadoes, arrived Grenada, and reports that need the most violent known there, noent, is total. that three no that island, loss, The wing buried in tarving or being § ib Leeward group, has es jeaths 4 w erence ¥ Nioeteen are jere have been A boat from the Island but west of | at the Is SL ¥ & § dred miles ud of incent has experi lestructive ugston, ti ly destroyed, sundred lives have beon | and eyeione ever e capital of Bt It is estimated i that 20.000 people are home bodies of 1} ead are i trenches, ands are = fed at the put The am ! expanse perty destroyed in St, ited. Every small ArR® C nos have lished bulldings 3 ana 3 jem Ores aimost all the are many large ships and or he i hires ward coast or vessels are siranded the British West India A om north CANO ich tremendous incent re ¥ nds, has an area of 132 square miles stretches fr orihiwest sav 1 roorat ony vihigsion the extremity of West group. its chief population of the British indward ie another of the is i sti even of 249 a Castries the WW JUAre m town is The island is about 30,000 Barbadoes, which als, area of qu the capital of the is belongs to Great Brite miles Jong, and has an are miles, Dridgetown fs and, which bas its own is twenty-one 166 » o! the Windward Islands, The population in 1801 was 182 322, Violent hurricanes [frequently occur there island is ale most encireled 1 reefs, which render to it extremely dangerous, A the Inhabitants are negroes, he y coral majority of WAR DEPARTMENT FPLANSN, Regulars Will Be Sent to Cuba and Volun- teers to Porte Rice, A Washington special says: Orders are bee ing prepared at the War Department that in military practices, The plan to be put in foree is to have the ughed to their several rendezvous at Anniston Ala, and Lexington, Ky. Montauk and Long ls- land will be sent to of these several Southern points, and Montauk will be prac. tically abolished. The regulars at Western posts to be moved are lhe Third, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Seven. teenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first Regie ments of Infantry, and the Third United States Cavalry. The army of occupation in Caba will be made up largely of regulars, as, baviag had more ardoous service, they will better with stand the hard ®ok abend i= omi island, The army to be kept in Porto Rico 910i be composed of voluntezrs, The movement of troops to Cuba may depend somewhat on the report of the Cuban commission, Lut the War Department experts 10 have the regi- tare in Cabs by October 15. Volunteers will at once be sent to Western posts to replace the regulars formerly stationed there, RENATON KYLE sTRICK KN, The South Dakotan Suffers a Stroke od Paralysis A Clevsiand, Oblo, special says: Senator James H. Kyle, of South Dakota, was strick- en with paralysis at the Forest Cay House, His entire right side was paralyzed, asd be was rendered speschiese. A few moments iater be became unconscious, Twe Interesting Balidings, E; Pictures of two intersting Daitimore and Ohio Rallroad Lulidings have been repro duced in a recent number of Truth, QOoe is the bulldiog at Frederick, Md., which bas been used sinee 1531 #8 a [reight station, and which is still devoted to that purpose. In the little cupola of the tulidisg a bell once kung which was always rung on arrival of trains from Baltimore, when horses wers the motive power of the raliroad, oe The other bulldiog is the station at Clare, Baitimore, and it is noted for the icoation of the first 1 - the world, It was this bulidiag Professor Morse sent bis celebrated message in 1844 to bis friends in Washington, forty will be an lsnovation y furic in the West one miles away.