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TERMS OF THE
CAPITULATION
Conditions Indicated in the Articles
. of Agreement
Spanish Guerillas Shall Be Allowed to Remain in Cuba on
Parole Soldiers May Retain Personal Property and
Officers Will Be Allowed Side Arms General Miles
Satisfied with Results Terrible Hardships Endured
Without Complaint by the American Troops Near San
tiagoGenerosity of the Sailors of Schley's Squadron.
(Copyright, 1S9S. by
On board the Associated Press dis
patch boat Wanda, via Kingston, Ja
maica, Sunday, July 17 (7.15 a. in.)
What will be done with General Shat
ter's force Is not yet fully decided. The
physicians declare that the army,
owing to the hardships and the fever,
will not be fit for active duty for some
time to come, nnd General Miles Is be
lieved to be seriously considering the
proposition to leave only immune regi
ments to hold the conquered province
nnd return the body of the corps to the
United States, and sending other Im
munes from there to reinforce the San
tiago detachment If necessary.
Many of the troops nre eager to par
ticipate In the Porto Rico campaign,
which It Is reported about headquar
ters will follow Immediately, but this
is strongly opposed by the surgeonB.
New cases of yellow fever continue
to appear dally, and fully six hundred
nre now under treatment, but the dis
ease Is of a very mild form and the
physicians say It Is now well In hand.
Only five deaths have occurred up to
tonight, the low mortality being re
markable and most encouraging to
Doctors Gultcras and the other fever
experts who had grave fears uhen the
disease first appeared that the death
rate would be very heavy.
General Miles In an Interview today
with the correspondent of the Associ
nted Press said he believed the dnnger
from the rest was over and that the
men do not seem to fear It In the least,
owing to the mildness of most cases.
The formal sanction by the Madrid
government of the terms of capitula
tion today unravelled the angled skein
of demands nnd counter demands be
tween the opposing commanders which
threatened yesterday to end the nego
tiations and compel a return to arms.
After numerous conferences had re
sulted In the agreement already sanc
tioned by General Blanco, General
Toral decided that the npproval of the
Madrid government was necessary be
fore he would leave the city.
General Shatter maintained that no
such npproval was necessary; that
when General Toral agreed to sur
render the province of Santiago and
General Blanco sanctioned It, the
agreement of surrender became an ac
complished fact. He insisted that Gen
eral Toral had either surrendered
Thursday or acted In bad faith, but
documentary evidence bore out the fact
that General Toral mentioned that he
only capitulated subject to his govern
ment's approval, and the six commis
sioners by whom the nrtlcles were
signed at 2.10 o'clock yesterday after
noon so ruled.
CONDITIONS OP SURRENDER.
The aureement consists of nine ar
ticles. The first declaics
Bhnll censa pending
final cupltul.itlon.
that all hostilities
tho agreement of
Second That the capitulation includes
nil tho Spanish torcrs niul the surrender
of all wai nidtcrlul within the prescribed
limits.
Third Tho transportation of the troops
to Spain at tho earliest possible moment,
each force to be embarked ut tho nearest
port.
Fourth 1 hat the Spanish ofllcers shall
retain their side aims and the enlisted
men their personal property.
Fifth That alter the llnul capitulation
the Spanish foiccs s'.uil assist In tho re
moval of all obstructions to navigation
In Santiago hnibor,
Sxth That after the final capitulation
tho commanding ofllcers shall furnish n
complete Inventor) of all arms anil mu
nitions of war and u roster of all the
soldiers In the district.
Seventh That tho Spanish general shall
be permitted to take the military archives
und records with him.
Klghtli That all guerillas nnd Spanish
Irregulars shall be permitted to remain
In Cuba If they so elect, giving a parole
that they will not attain take up arms
against tho United States unless properly
released from parole.
Ninth That the Spanish forces shall bo
permitted to march with all the honors
of wnr, depositing their arms to be din-
posed of by tho United States In tho fu
ture, 'j'he American commissioners to rec
ommend to their government that tho
arms of tho soldiers bo returned to ttnso
"who so bravely defended them."
The articles wero signed yesterday
afternoon nfler a four hours' session of
tho commissioners, who agrees that
the terms of capitulation should await
the sanction of the Madrid government.
TORAL DEJECTED.
General Toral, the white-haired com
mander of the Spanish forces, was
present throughout the session nnd ap
peared to be utterly heart-broken. Ho
spoke bitterly of the fato which com
pelled him to sue for peace, but had no
word to say against the gallant men
who had conquered his army. He de
clured that he had little chance to win,
"I would not dcslro to see my worst
enemy play with the cards I held,"
he said to one of the commissioners,
"every ono of my generals were killed
or wounded. I have not a single col
onel left and am surrounded by a pow
eiful enemy. We have counted sixty
seven ships off this port.
"And, besides." ho concluded, wearily
so.
the Associated Press.)
waving his hands toward the city, "I
have secret troubles there."
Speaking of the battle of tho twenty-fourth
of June in which the "rough
riders" and n part of General Voung's
command participated, General Toral
said that less than two thousand Span
ish troops were engaged, his loss being
two hundred and sixty-five. Tie would
not say how many Spanish were killed
at El Caney and before Santiago.
"Heavy." "heavy, ' he nald dejectedly.
To a response to an Inquiry he said
that trnnsportatlbn would be required
for between ::2,000 and 23,000 men, there
being that much ot a. force In the cap
itulated district. Ho Informed the ofll
cers that Santiago harbor had been
again mined since Admiral Cervera
left.
General Miles remained at Jurapua
during the completion of the agreement
yesterday and n copy of the articles
was sent him by General Shatter this
morning. "That Is splendid," ho said,
"we have got everything that we came
after."
General Miles went to Guantanamo
today and It Is reported that he will
remnln there until the Washington gov.
eminent definitely decides about the
I'orto Rico campaign.
A large number of troop ships are
lying1 off here, and It Is generally be
lieved that a large part of General
Shatter's army will bo moved soon.
HOSPITAL, AT JURAGUA.
The camp at Juragua contains noth
ing now but hospital tents, with a
guard ot two companies, tho black
ened ruins of a few burned buildings
are still visible, but In most places the
debris has been removed and the white
tents of the hospital corps are perched
on tho sites of the burned city. The
fever hospital Is situated about a hnlf
mile across the railway bridge, to the
northeast of the town, and Is Isolated.
One hundred and lltty wounded men
are still on the hospital ship Relief,
which lies here. All are recovering rap
idly. The volunteer regiments, which have
arrived here since the fighting ceased,
are standing the climate remarkably
well. The men seem greatly disap
pointed because they arrived too late
to share In the battles, but they are
seeing plenty of the real hardships of
campaigning. The dally downpour of
rain last week renders the camp very
uncomfortable. The rifle pits and tents
and the ground are soaked with water
and the mlsernble yellow clay of tho
Cuban coast makes marching almost
an Impossibility. The narrow trail from
Juragua to the front Is cut to pieces
by a constunt stream of wagons nnd It
takes hours for n supply wagon drawn
by four starving, exhausted horses to
make tho twelve-mile trip.
The troops look to be In condition by
daylight, but when the swift, tropical
nights come down, damp and cloudy,
with the men shivering miserably
nbout the sputtering camp searching
for dry places for their blankets, the
great mass of troops seeems little like
n victorious army. The men do not
complain, but accept the rain-soaked
hard tack and wet shelter tents with
cheerfulness.
Scarcely a warship remains off San
tiago harbor entrance, almost the en
tiro fleet holding positions directly op
posite the deserted fort at Aguadorcs.
This afternoon the New York, flying
the blue Hag of the admiral, with her
bow almost on Aguadores Bench, while
clustered nbout her were the other
ships of the great squadron, tho
Brooklyn lying a little further out to
sea.
The rifle pits which crown the bluff
were deserted, the Spanish soldiers
lounging unconcernedly on the beach
under the guns of the fleet, nnd within
hall of the men on the New York. The
men of the navy are impatient to get
Into Santiago harbor, but It Is not
. .1
known yet when tho entrance will bo
made. The refugees who have been
quartered at El Caney wero ordered
back Into the city today. As most of
them are without food, the Red Cross
society's aid Is considered very im
portant, AMERICAN GENEROSITY.
Tho open-handed generosity of
American seamen was shown today
when a subscription was opened on
Commodore Schley's flagship, the
Brooklyn, for tho benefit of the young
wife of George Henry Ellis, the only
man killed on the American side dur
ing the buttla with Admiral Cervera's
fleet. The men eagerly offered their
money, many whoso salaries uro but
seventeen and eighteen dollars a
month, giving twenty nnd twenty-five
dollars. Tho subscription soon amount
ed to $907 nnd then one seaman who
had n sliver coin taken from one of
the Spanish vessels, offered It for sale
for tho benefit of tho fund, and it was
bid In by another seaman for $23. Lieu
tenant Commander Mason offered a
ftvo peseta piece from tho Infanta
Maria Teresa and Its auction brought
$60 more, Tho fund tnnlcht qmniintu
to over $1,000,
PORTO RICO NEXT.
Arrangements for nu Expedition Aro
Ditcussod by tlto l'roildoiit.
Washington, July 17. An Importnnt
conference was held nt the White
Hou?o tonight, the participants being,
besides 'President McKlnley, Secretary
Long, Admiral Slcard und Captain Ma
han, of the war board. Adjutant Gen
eral Corbln was present during a part
of tho deliberations.
Tho huppy conclusion of the cam
paign against Suntlago nffords the
president's ndvlsers Intense satisfac
tion, but no disposition Is manifested
to let the war rest for a moment. Even
before the details of tho Santiago cam
paign have been cleared nwny, the ex
pedition against Porto Ulco nbsorbs
the attention of tho president. He fully
realizes that the wnr can be prosecuted
to n speedy and successful termination
only by pressing the advantages nl
leady gained, nnd ns one of the olllc-
lals expressed It tonight, "the presi
dent proposes to strike while the iron
Is hot."
Arrangements for the Porto Rico ex
pedition were under discussion by tho
president and the wnr board, tonight.
It may be two or three clays before
the details of the new Invasion nre
worked out, but It Is probable that
before the end of tho present week,
the military forces of the expedition
will have effected a landing not fac
from San Juan.
T'rlnr t the landing, a naval dem
onstration probably will be mndo
against the San Juan fortlficntlons. The
vessels taking part In the bombard
ment will be n part of the fleet of
Admiral Sampson, but what vessels
have been ordered to Porto Rico, could
not be ascertained.
SANTIAGO PROBLEM.
Queitloni Itegardlng the Govornmont
of the 1'rovliicc.
Washington, July 17. Coincident with
the occuDationof Snntlngo there arc
a vast variety of questions which aro
being considered by the president and
his cabinet respecting the future politi
cal conditions which are to obtain
there. There will have to be settled
whether the government of Santiago
province shall be a military one or a
civil one with military powers vested
In the executive officer, or other form
of administration. Unlike the Philip
pines, which although nominally In our
possession are not formally so, nil
questions of Jurisdiction over nnd ad
ministration of the occupied territory
of Santiago must be met immediately.
Santiago Itself Is a city of approxi
mately 40,000 people und In addition
there are a large number of people In
the captured territory whose Interests
have to be looked after. The commer
cial side of the matter also must be
nttended to promptly. Santiago being
ours, the presumption follows that the
blockade maintained by this govern
ment will be declared not to exist and
the place made an open port tho gov
ernment maintaining a strict surveil
lance to keep supplies from getting be
yond Santiago and being furnished to
the Spaniards.
MORRO'S FLAG LOWERED.
Stonm I.nuuclicH I'.ntor tho Hnrbor
nnd Examine I lie Alerrininc.
Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay,
July 17 (7 p. m.) At 9 o'clock, the hour
of the formal surrender of the 10,000
Spanish troops at Santiago and 13,000
others In the district of eastern Cuba
which the Spanish have agreed to evac
uatethe Spanish flag was lowered
from Morro Castle.
Steam launches from the New York,
Brooklyn and Vixen entered the hur
bor and examined the batteries, wreck
of the Merrlmac and sunken Spanish
cruiser Relna Mercedes and the tor
pedo firing station. They discovered
six Spanish merchant steamers and
one small gunboat In the harbor, nnd
a prize crew was placed upon the lat
ter. This afternoon the torpedoes were
taken up or exploded, after which the
Red Cross steamer State of Texas en
tered to give assistance to the sick
and wounded In the city. Tho war
ships may not enter the harbor for sev
eral days, probably until after the ar
rangements have been completed for
transporting the Spanish prisoners to
Spain. Nearly nil the American men
of war are now In Guantanamo Day.
SPANISH PRISONERS.
The Troops Surrendered nt Santiago
Will !in Kant In Spnln.
In front of Santiago. Sunday. July 17
(10 a. m.j, via Gunntannmo bay. Old
glory Is now floating over tho fortifi
cations of Santiago.
At 9 o'clock this morning the Span
ish troops under command of General
Toral left their trenches and marched
Into the American lines, where, ono by
one, the regiments laid down their
arms. At the same time the Spanish
flag was hauled down and the Stars
und Stripes hoisted In Its place.
The work of loading the Spanish pris
oners on transports preparatory to
sending them back to Spain will be
'mmenceu as s,oon us snips are pro
viueu.
T til
Tho authorities at Washington have
been urged to use haste In this mat
ter. It has been suggested to use
Spanish transports for this work, fear
being expressed that tho use of Ameri
can vesuels would result In rendering
them dangerous for use In moving
American troops on account of tho ex
posure of tho Spaniards to yellow
fever.
WAR HISTORY OF A DAY.
SPANISH REGIMENTS march out of
Santiago and lay down their arms, and
tho American Hag 1st raised over tho
city.
SIXTEEN NEW CASKS ot yellow fevor
at Slbouey: one death.
MEMBER OF THE SPANISH CA1HNET
at Madrid asserts that tho government
Is seeking an honorable peace with tho
United States.
NEW AMERICAN TORPEDO BOAT
DESTROYER Is launched at San Fran
Cisco. UNITED STATES CRUISER New
Orleans destroys the Spanish gunboat
Antonio Lopez.
GENERA M'KIHBON Is appointed milt
vry coventor at Santiago.
THE REFUGEES
ARE RETURNING
Stream of Hungry, Half-Naked Wretches
Pouring Into Santiago.
FOREIGN CONSULS AND THEIR
FAMILIES ALSO RETURN TO THE
CITY-GENERAL PAN DO NEVER ON
THE SCENEMINES ARE RE
MOVED FROM THE HARBOR ENTRANCE-VESSELS
CAPTURED IN
THE BAY.
Santiago de Cuba, July 17. Since 1
o'clock this morning a stream of refu
gees has been pouring into the city,
some naked, and all hungry, skeletons
nnd footsore. Many had fallen by the
wayside.
The town ot Santiago presents a dis
mal sight. Most of the houses have
been sacked and the stores have all
been looted nnd nothing to ent can bo
had for love or money. In the streets
of tho city this morning, nt the en
trenchments, at the breastworks and
at every hundred feet or so of the
barbed wire fences were the living
skeletons of Spanish soldiers.
Among the arrivals today were the
German, Japanese and Portuguese con
suls and their famllle", the British nnd
French consuls having arrived day be
fore yesterday.
General IMndo was never here, but
3,500 men from Mnnzanlllo arrived on
July S, making the total garrison here
7.P0O.
The contm-t mines In the harbor
wore removed the day Admiral Cervera
left, but two chains of electric mines,
one from Estrella Point and tho other
from Socapa. are still down. The nr
inamenl. of th" shore batteries of San
tiago consists of five brass G-lnch muz
zle loaders, In the .Morro fortifications,
two C-incb Hontorlas, from the cruis
er Relna Mercedes and three 21 cen
timetre mortars never used in the
Socapa upper battery; two useless 21
centimetre mortars, ' two S-centlmetre
muzzle loadeis nnd four S-centlmetre
field pieces in the Estrella battery; oni;
57 millimetre and one 25 millimetre.
Nordenleldt nnd one 37-millimetre
Hntchklss, In the Scopa tower battery
and two 0-Inch Hontorlas, two 9-cen-tlmetre
Krurps and two 15-centlmetro
inurtai'3 nt Punta Gordn.
VESSELS CAPTURED.
Four Spanish merchant steamers
the Mnrtera, the Relna de Los Angeles,
tho Thomas Brooks nnd the Mexico
nnd the gunboat Alvnrado are now in
the hnrbor.
The market place has been sacked by
the troops. Twenty-two thousand ref
ugees are quartered at El Caney, 5,000
at Firmesa and 5,000 at Cuabltns el
Ronlta and San VIncento, where they
have been living for a fortnight. In
one case E00 were crowded Into one.
hull-ling, which was a rojular pig sty
with a horrible stench. They used tho
water from the river where soiled
clothing was washed and all manner
of filth is floating.
The Spanish troops laid down their
arms at 9 o'clock this morning. They
will be camred two miles outside the
city limits undep guard, until their em
barkation takes place.
The docks are crowded by Incoming
refugees In a Marvin? condition, await
ing the arrival in the harbor of the
Red Cross society's steamer fitate of
Texas, ns there are no eatables to bo
boughtfci tho city.
Tile entrance of the refugees was
quiet and peaceful, they viewing their
wrecked homes philosophically as tho
fortune of war. Admiral Sampson's
last bombardment of Santiago wrecked
57 houses In the city, causing heavy
damage.
WEBB HAYES WOUNDED.
IIli Horso Killed Under Him During
nn Engagement.
Washington, July 17 A cablegram
from Playa del Este, Cuba, received
today, conveys the Information that
Major Webb C. Hayes, of tho First
Ohio cavalry, son of the late President
Hayes, was wounded on Friday, July
1, the first day of the battle of Santi
ago. At tho request of Major Hayes
no announcement of the matter was
made In the official dispatches.
His regiment did not participate in
the engagement, being now under wait
ing orders at Tampa. Major Hayes
was detached from his command nnd
nc signed to temporary duty on Gen
eral Young's staff. While acting In
that capacity his horse was killed un
der him, and ho was wounded. That
his wound was not particularly serious
Is Indicated by the fact that he Is out
of tho hospital and again ready for
duty.
ARMY STOReTcaPTURED.
Seven Thousand Killon and 000,000
Cartridges Secured by Anioricniis.
Washington, July 17. At 11.03 o'clock
tonight Adjutant General Corbln made
public the following dispatch from
General Shatter:
Headquarters United States army, San
tiago, July 17.
Adjutant General I S. A., Wushlngton;
My ordnance officers report about 7,000
rllles turned In toduy and SuO.OOu cartrid
ges. At the mcuth ot tho harbor, thero
are quite n number of fine modern guns,
together with a tnlutlng battery ot fif
teen old bronze guns. Disarming and
tjrnlng In will go on tomorrow. Lltt ut
piUoners not yet taken.
(Signed) Shafter,
Major General Commanding.
MADBID PEACE TALK.
El Impniclnl Sny That Only Culm
Will Iln CniiiitUroil.
Madrid, July 17. 'El Imparclal nays
that a member of tho ministry declares
that negotiations for peace with the
United States ure only possible so far
as the question of Cuba Is concerned.
To demand more would bo to say that
paln muBt commit suicide.
Tho report that Senor Moret, min
ister of tho colonies, In tho last pre
vious cabinet of Senor Sagasta, will be
the representative of Spain In the ne
gotiations with tho United States, Is
without foundation, .
i m i
Insurrection it f Kunsii.
St, Petersburg, July 17. Advices rccelv.
cd hci'e report that on July 1 an Insurrec
tion occurred at Knimi, tho most north
west provinco of Crlr.u, urlnlng from dls
satisfaction with tho new taxi-
SANTIAGO'S GOVERNOR.
Sketch ol Gen. McKlbben, Who Will
Hiiro Charge ol' lha l.'llv's Alfilirii.
Washington, July 17. General Cham
bers McKlbben, who has been appoint
ed temporarily military governor of
Santiago, is a member ot an old nnd
well-known Pennsylvania family. He
was born In Chnmbersburg, not far
from the famous Gettysburg battle
field. Early In the Civil war he en
listed as a private In the regular army
nnd almost Immediately nfterwnrd was
appointed a second lieutenant In the
Fourteenth Infantry. His first promo
tion vtfc given him on the 10th of June,
1804, when he was made a first lieu
tenant. On August 18, of the soma
year, he was given a brevet commis
sion as compensation for gallant ser
vice In the battle of North Ann river,
Va., and during the operations on the
Weldon railroad. At the conclusion of
the war, McKlbben chose to icmaln In
the army and on the fifth of January,
1S97, he was promoted to be a captain
In the Thirty-fifth infantry. On the
25th of April, 1SD2, he became major of
the Twenty-fifth Infantry and on May
1, 1S9C, lieutenant colonel of tho Twenty-first
infantry. It wns as lieutenant
colonel of the Twenty-first that he
went to Cuba. During the battle of
Santiago his services were of so dis
tinguished a character ns to will, for
him specln! mention In General Shaf
fer's official reports. He was among
thetofficers recommended for promo
tion, and was last week named by the
president ns a brigadier general of vol
unteers. That the administration and
Generals Miles and Shatter Impose
great confidence In him Is Indicated by
his appointment ns temporary mili
tary governor of the city.
Captain AVllllam McKlttrlck, who had
the honor to raise the Stars and Stripes
over the palace In Santiago, Is an nldc-de-camp
on the staff of General Shat
ter. On the 12th of Mny he was ap
pointed by the president to be an as
sistant adjutant general with the rank
of captain and was assigned soon af
terward to the Fifth army corps, now
under Shatter's command In Cuba. He
Is a resident of California.
CERVERA AT CHURCH
Tho Spanish Admiral nnd His Asso
ciates Oiler Thanks for Their De
liverance on July II.
Annapolis, Mil., July 17. Maryland's
ancient capital was crowded today with
curiosity seekers who came from Bal
timore, Washington and elsewhere by
rail and by water In the hope of get
ting a peep at Admiral Cervera and
the men who fouirht nnd lost In the
great naval fight off Santiago. Those
who reached here early In the morning
were rewarded for their trouble, as
nearly all the prisoners, Including the
admiral, attended divine services at St.
Mary's Roman Catholic church where
they offered tip thanks for their deliv
erance from the fate that overtook so
many of their less fortunate comrades
who fell before the relentless fire of the
American guns on July 3.
The church, which Is the only one of
tho Romnn Catholic denomination In
Annnpolls, Is one of the landmarks of
the city, and embraces In Its mem
bership some of the most prominent
nnd aristocratic of Annapolis' people.
It Is conducted by tho Redemptorlst
brothers, is a handsome structure nnd
la thought to possess one of the hand
somest interiors of any religious edifice
in the utato. This morning's services
were conducted by Brother John, one
of the most prominent ot the Order of
P.pdemptorlsts. In the presence ot a
congregation which taxed the capacity
of the edifice to it.s utmost. Probably
no service hold within Its walls for
many years possessed so great an In
terest or made a more profound Im
pression upon those who attended It
At the close of the services the ofll
cers returned to tho naval academy
and spent tho balanco of the day In
trolling about the grounds or loung
ing on the broad piazzas which sur
round most of the buildings In which
the prisoners are quartered. They are
rapidly becoming accustomed to their
surroundings and teem cheerful and
contented. Ample provision has been
made for their comfort, their foocl is
plentiful and of the best quality and
clothes will be provided for such as
will accept.
Captain Eulate, of the VIzcaya, Is
the only one of the officers who has
thus far refused to .sign the parole
pledge. His reasons for it nre that
Admiral Cervera was only requested to
give n verbal promise and that his
(Eulate's) rank entitles him to the
same privilege. The authorities here
have no doubt that the matter will be
amicably arranged and that the scru
ples of the gallant officer may be over-
LOPEZ destroyed.
The Spanish Gunboat Demolished by
tlia Sew Orlonii".
St. Thomas, D. W. I., July 17. Tho
United States cruiser New Orleans yes
terday completely destroyed tho Span
ish gunboat Antonio Lopez, whose chil
dren recentlv run his vessel ashore at
Salinas, near San Juan do Porto Rico,
upon being chased by two American
vessels, while attempting to enter San
Juan with n cargo of provisions and
war material.
The FJtto Rlcan blockade is being
keenly felt at San Juan and the refu
gees are overcrowding the accommo
dations there.
PARRAQUT LAUNCHED.
The New Amerlcnn Torpedo float
Destroyer Afloat,
San Francisco, July 17. The torpedo
boat destroyer Farragut was launched
at 9.30 o'clock this evening from the
yard of the Union Iron works. The
selection of tho hour was due to the
simultaneous occurrence of high tide
and moonlight. The ship wns chrls
tenedjy Miss Hetty Ashe, of this city,
a distant relative of Admiral Farragut.
The Farragut Is a 273 ton boat. Her
speed Is thirty knots. She will be
placed in commission as soon ns pos
sible. Supply Tugs Null.
New York, July 17. The ocean tugs
Gladlsfcn und Ivens, each towing three
barges, left toduy for Santiago. Tho bar
ges were laden with structural Iron nnd
other material for the docks to bo built
by -the government at Santiago,
OUR FLAG WAVES
OYER SANTIAGO
Official News of the Departure of
Spaniards Is Received.
The Spanish Regiments Leave the City One at a Time and
Stack Their Arms-for Delivery to the American Forces,
A Smail Gnnhoat and Two Hundred Men Left from Cer
vera s squadron Are aiso surrendered ai noon me
American Flag Is Raised Over the House of the Civil
Government of the City Obstructions Are Being Re
moved from the Harbor The Spanish Soldiers Will Ce
Sent Hcnn.
Washington, July 17. The American
Hag Is now waving over Santiago. Tho
flrrt message conveying tho news ot
Santiago's formal surrender was re
ceived at the White House shortly be
foro 11 o'clo'k, Just as the president
was preparing to go to church. About
5 o'clock In the afternoon General
Shatter fortvarded a dispatch that
graphically told the story of tho day
and portrayed a situation entirely sat
isfactory from the American point of
view. The first message did not come
from Shatter but from the vigilant
signal officer who has before shown
that he was ttlert for vital events. The
first message was brief, only saying
that the surrender had been accom
plished, that the Spanish troops march
ed out of the trenches, one regiment
at a time, stacking arms for delivery
to the American forces and that the
Spanish flnjr had been hnuled down.
Secretary Alger and Adjutant General
Corbln were ut the war department nt
tho time, and wero foon apprised of the
news,, hut as It did not come In the
.sual form ns a report from General
Shatter, the fact was not bulletined.
Secretaiy Alrer expressed his deep
gratification at the culmination of tho
Santiago campaign. He hnd fully ex
pected the surrender to be formally
carried out at 9 o'clock this morning
according to General Shatter's tele
gram last night, yet It was a relief to
Know that the last chance for parley
and Spanish diplomacy had passed and
that our Hag was now ilyln.; over tho
c'.ty.
"It Is a magnificent achievement,"
said he, "nnd most of nil it Is a tribute
to the bravery, pluck and endurance of
our American soldiers. Now that their
efforts have brought final and complete
success, I believe their campaign will
be recorded as ono of the most glorious
pages of our military history. Not
more than ten thousand men were en
caged when the most serious fighting
occurred, but they pushed forward and
created a condition which has brought
the surrender of twenty-five thousand
men."
THE OFFICIAL DESPATCH.
I.ate In the afternoon the official dis
patch came from General Shafter giv
ing In brief military fashion an unusu
ally clear statement from the general
of the day's event It was entirely
satisfactory from every point of view,
showing that the American army was
In complete control of the city, that It
would have cost 5,000 lives to capture by
storm. Moreover It was very encour
aging fiom a medical view In thnt It
showed, contrary to what had been ex
pected, that there was little sickness,
nnd fcarccly nny yellow fever In San
tiago, but a great deal of suffering and
distress. The desputch follows:
Santiago de Cuba, July 17.
Adjutant General, United States Army,
Washington.
I huvo honor to announce that tho
American flag has been this Instant VI
o'clock noon, raised over the house of
the civil government in tho city of San
tiago. An Immense concourse of people
present. A squad of cavalry and a regi
ment of Infantry presenting urms and
band playing national airs. Light bat
tery fired salute of twenty-one guns.
Perfect ordir is being maintained by
municipal government. Distress Is vety
great, but little sickness In town. Scarce
ly any yellow fever. A small gunboat
and about two hundred seamen left by
Cervera have surrendered to me. Ob
structions aro being removed from mouth
of harbor. Upon coming Into the city I
discovered a perfect entanglement of de
fences. Fighting ns the Spaniards did
tho tbst day It would have cost 5.000 lives
to have taken It. Hattallons of Spanish
troops have been depositing arms since
daylight In armory, over which I have
THE NEWS THIS MOKNINU
Weather Indication Today!
Showers aid Thunder .Storms,
General Old Glory Floats Over San
tiago. Terms of Surrender.
Refugees Return to Santiago,
News Round
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About Scrunton.
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Local Services in Scrunton s
Churches.
EdIUirlal.
Comment of the Press.
Local Another Chapter In Ronta His
tory. Reformer Maloncy In the County Jail.
Local West Bcranton and Suburban.
Advertisement.
General-Will the Thirteenth Go to
Porto Rico?
Scenes at the. Hoisting of tha Stars
and Strlfica. .....
guard. General Toral formally surreni
crcd tho plaza and all stores at 9 a. m.
(Signed) W . it. bnaiiui.
Mi'Jor Genera1!.
The president, after his return from
church, had a conference with Secre
taries Alger and Long, and Captain
Crownlnshleld. chief of tho bureau of
navigation and u. member of the naval
war board. It was stated1 after the
meeting that plans had been discussed
for an aggressive movement, in which
both army nnd navy will take part,
against Porto Rico. Before going to
the white house, Secretary Alger had
been In conference with General Rrooku
for two houis. They had before them
a large number of maps of Porto Rico
and the plans of campaign were djjj
citssed from every point of view. It ..i
expected that General Miles will go
direct from Santiago to Porto Rico and
that General Stone and Colonel Mlch
ler, of his staff, will leave from New
York In a day or two on the Resolute
to join the general nt Santiago. Secre
tary Long would not discuss tho naval
programme except to say that active
preparations nre on foot for the next
forward movement.
During tho day, the secretary of war
endorsed the plan of Colonel Hecker,
for the transportation of the Spanish
torce.4 ft Santiago back to Spain ap
proving tt. circular, Colonel Hecker hnd
prepared, calling for bids for transport
ing the Spaniards home. It provider '
for an aggregate of 1,000 Spanish offi
cers with first class cabin accommoda
tions and twenty-four thousand sol
diers with third class Bteerace pass
age. The circular says that tho Span
ish forces will be delivered on board
at Santiago for transportation to Cadiz,
Spain, or such other port as may be
designated. It Is provided that the ac
commodations are to be up to tha
standard required by the United States
army regulations ns to officers' nnd
men, In regaid to galleys, ventilation,
etc. The subsistence furnished Is to bu
equal to the prescribed United States
army ration which Is set forth In de
tails as a guide to bidders as to what
they must furnish.
The only disquieting Information re
ceived during the day was as to tho
yellow fever conditions at the front
and this dispatch was modified In an
encouraging way by General Shatter's
later news. It was a dispatch from
Colonel Greenleaf, chief surgeon with
the army In Cuba, saying that sixteen
new cases had appeared. While this
Is regarded with some apprehension by
laymen, the surgeon general's de
partment considered the showing en
tirely satisfactory. Colonel Alden, act
ing surgeon general during the ab
sence of General Sternberg, said a re
port of only sixteen cases wns nn ex
ceptionally good showing, as the num
ber must be taken relatively to the
large number of men at the front.
With surrender accomplished thero will
be better opportunity to get the men
on hlch ground and keep them away
from infection. During tho clay a re
port was received stating positively
that no cases of yellow fever existed
on the Harvard, which brought a lurgo
number of sick Spanish prisoners to
Portsmouth, N. II. This not only re
lieved officials as to tho condition at
Portsmouth but also as to the Har
vard, for It would be a severe handicap
to the navv if this crack craft had to
go Into quarantine.
The navy department received word
from the officers at Annapolis as to
tho arrival there of Admiral Cervera
and the other Spanish ofllcers. Cap
tain Concas, of the Imprisoned officers,
Is personally known to Secretary Alger
and his military aide, Major Hopkins.
Captain Concas was entertained at De
troit In 1S93, while taking the caravals
through the great lakes to Chicago, at
which time General Alger and Major
Hopkins took a prominent part In tha
entertainment. They speak of Captain
Concas In most complimentary terms.
Senutor Cannon wns at the war de
partment when the first news was re
ceived that tho American Hag had been
raised over Santiago.
"That is a notable episode," said he,
"and one which will be recorded In his
tory. The Anglo-Saxon flag is going
up constantly nnd this is but one more
flag to be raised as an emblem of civil
ization nnd good government. Tho
work must go on until the Spanish ling
disappears from tho western hemi
sphere, for It Is impossible for tho Stnrs
and Stripes and the yellow flag of Spain
to float together in the new world,"
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WEATHEH FORECAST.
v
Washington, July 17. Forecast
for ca(iru Pennsylvania Showers
and thunderstorms; warmer;
southeasterly winds becoming
touthwrstcrly. For ftt in Pctin
bylvunla Unsettled, with Uuwciv
nnd thunderstorms; wanner: lulbk
southerly winds.
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