09" ST tamtam TWO CENTS. SCU ANTON, ----- . .i I. ....I i i i i i ?" " T. ' i .,",'," "T ' '" ' " mi PA., MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST S, 1S9S. . TWO CENTS. CLOSING DAYS OF THE WAR The Government Peace Is Questions Regarding the Disposition of Spanish Soldiers When the War is Over A Protocol Suggested, Gen, Wade's Reinforcements are Being Hurried to Gen eral Miles as Rapidly as Possible Gen, Dnffleld's Despatch, Washington, Aug. 7. Although as yet without official confirmation of the repot t from Madrid that the Spanish government litis decided to accept the terms laid down by the United Stntes as essential to the negotiations of n treaty of peace, the ofUclals here are proceeding under the conviction that the end has come and are giving at tention to the steps to be taken next. In vliv of the delay In coming to this conclusion, the idea was beginning to ptevail that the Spanish government was about to enter a plea In abatement and that the answer would ugiln bo inconclusive. In this case the presi dent was disposed to deal fiimly with the Issue; to give notice that our pro posals were withdrawn and to let it be understood that when Spain again sued for peace the conditions would be more severe than those first laid down. If the Spanish answer should embody an effort to secure any mater ial change in the conditions it will meet With piompt rejection. Some reference has been made In the dispatches of British newspapers to a tleslre on the part of the Spanish gov ernment to Include in the preliminary agrsement a clause excepting it from liability for the Cuban debt. The for mal statement of the points of the United States' note given out from tin White house made no teference to this subject and it cannot be known as yet w hertier or not the full text show s any thing more. But presuming that no reference whatever is made to the Cu ban debt it la possible the subject may be regarded as one that should be treated by the peace commissioners who are to meet liter to frame the treaty, which of course will embody miny details that are left untouched In the main proposition though cabinet ofllcers have authorised the statement that no part of the Cuban or Porto Illcnn debts would be assumed by the United States. THE ANSWER OP SPAIN. Basd upon the Associated Pi ess re ports of the progtc-ss being made at Madrid towards teturnlng the answer of Spain it was calculated by the U jattment officials tint the formal t could not be delivered to the presli'eti before tomorrow and that was alto thi belief of the French ambassador. Fiom the length of time consumed In its prepatatlon the note was believed to be long, thus entailing the consump tion of much time in forwarding it lit st to Paris, reducing It to cipher there, transmitting it over the cable and then re-translating it at the French embassy. In the case of the laBt note the at taches of the embassy wotked nearly all night to prepare their communica tion to the Spanish government, though the conference with the president clos ed before 5 o'clock in thenfternoonwlth the ambassador In possession of the United States note. Should the Span ish answer be an unconditional accep tance of our terms some negotiation may be necessary to agree upon the steps to be taken to give effect to the agreement. So far as can be learned It has not yet been detet mined how this shall be done. There ate two ways open. The first Is a military capitula tion by the captain generals of Cuba and Porto Rico, which will immediate ly place the American military or naval commanders in technical occupation of the Islands and enable them to carry out In their own way and in their own time the embatkation of the Spanish armies In the islands. The question as to whether they shall be peimitted to carry off their arms is not now as material as it was in the rabe of the surtender of General Toral's foices at Santiago, where occutring In the midst of the campaign there was a necessity foi seeming the moral effect of com pelling the Spanish soldlets to lay down their arms. Spain having succumbed It might be urged that the United States might grant a concession of this point to Spanish pride without fear of having the action nttilbuted to fear of the consequences of a refusal. This would not apply, however, to the volunteers who mlgm eiect to te waln in Cuba, as it would not be pru dent to allow so largo a body of men to carry arms without restraint in the days of reconstruction, when delicate end difficult matters of lntet national policy are to be settled and new meth ods applied to the government of the islands. pnoTocoi, suggested. The second method by which the pre liminary peace agreement might be formally effected would be by a proto col to be signed by a reptesentatlvo of the president, probably Secretary Duy In this case, and by M. Cumbon In be half of the Spanish government. It was by Just such an agreement as this, known as the Cushlng protocol, that war with Spain was averted as a re sult of the Vlrglnlus affair. Thla . course having the weight of precedent jimy uo auuiiieu ju hub vubu. iv is probable that In the Philippines the Satisfied at Hand. That greatest difficulty will be met in put ting the agreement Into effect on ac count of the attltudo of the Insurgents but General Merrltt Is now gaining strength daily and probably will be In position to meet any emergency. General Wade's reinforcements for General Miles are going forward re gardless of the progress of peace nego tiations. The ugteement to negotiate a treaty of peace does not necessarily carry with It a cessation of hostilities. In the case of the Mexican war it was a month after the peace negotiations began before hostilities were declared to be closed and If it is desirable these rclnfotcemcnts may be intercepted and retuined to the United States, after they sail. The ptesent plans of Secre tary Alger all contemplate that they shall leave the United States especial ly as It is felt that with the practical field experience they will acquire In Porto Rico under favorable climate conditions they w 111 make good mater ial to use both there and In Cuba in carrying out the government's tecon structlon policies. MOVING THE TROOPS-. Secretary Alger Is apprehensive that the small wharfage resources of San tiago will seriously retard the execu tion of the derailment's orders for the spesdy return to the United States of Shifter's army corps. With the Span ish steamers coming in to take away th" surrendeted army of General Toral which must be first removed befote it will bo safe to withdraw the whole of the American force, it is going to be difficult to embark the latter without Incurring danger of a sevt re congss tion in the unhealthy tow n. General Shafter has been called upon by cable to desctlbe the state of affairs. and he will bo ghen all the help in the power of the war department, but still It is believed that the whole of Shof ter's soldiers cannot be embaiked be fote the fltst of September. Mean while the big hospital and camp at Montauk Point Is being tapldly put In readiness for their teceptlon As there Is a doubt as to the ability of he transports to come alongside the whaif in Fort Pond harbor, provision will bo made for a number of light draft side wheels steamets, possibly New York fetryboats, to take the men ashore ftom the big steamers. An or der has been Issued by Adjutant Gen i il Corbln lor the One Hundied and Mty-flrst Indiana, United States Vol unteer infantry, now at Camy Mount, Indianapolis, Ind , to proceed to Jack sonville, Fla.. for dul with the Sev. enth army corps. DUFFIELD'S DESPATCH. The following tclegtain was tecelved today ftom Brlgad.er General DuX fleid, who has returned to the United States ftomb Santiago, where he was stricken with jellow fever. The offi cers named in the dispatch hae been furloughed by the wnr depattment and ordered to their homes; Port Tampa, Fla , Aug. C. 1S?S General II. C. Corbln, adjutant genual, Washington: Thank jou very much for jour dispatch. Dr. Gcddlngs In charge ot qu irdiitlnc- will fucilltatu cur departure In cverj wn in his power. Time of qmtan tine up Tuesday afternoon. Please ex press to tho secretary my appreciations of his rcnumbiauci The names ot the ofllcers affected by jour telegtam aie. Brigadier General Ifenrv M Diiilleld V. S. V., Detroit. Mich.; Colonel ch irlcs I. Boynton Thirtv-third Michigan, Port Huron, Mich ; Lieutenant Colonel I I Logan, Ninth Massachusetts Boston, Mais.; Major llonrj- Jl. We.seN, Thirl I tilted Stutcs cavalry, Jefferson Bat tacks Mo., Major Victor C. Vauglian, surgeon, Ann Arbor, Mich ; Major Mer lin E Webb. Thirtv-thlrd Michigan ; Monroe, Mich., Major D. B. WIKon, com mlssarj, Noith Ablngton, Mass ; Captiln ri.nrles A. Norc'cn. Seventh United States lnfantrj', Tort Logan. Colo ; Captain 1) E. Wilcox, assistant adjutant general, Washington, Captain John II. Dunn Ninth Massachusetts, Boston, JIni ! First Lieutenant H E. Wllklne, Second United States Irfantrs ; First Lieutenant I, V Smllcj. Fifteenth United Stitcs ui fantiy. Brldgeton, N. J., I'lrst !.! utru- art Mark l. Jiorsej, Twcinn I iiite-l States Infantij, East Corinth, Maine. First I leutenatit James II. Beeves, Mth United Stntes cavalry, Center, Ala . First Lieutenant J. W Barker, Third t'ntlel States Infantry, Syracuse, N. V ; Second I.ltdtetiant Rudolph Haas, Thlity fuuilh Michigan, Houghton, Mich.; Second L'e1' tinnrt C. Orell Atkinson Thlrty-tlihd Mlclt'gnn, Detroit, Mich ; Second Lieu tenant Thomas F. Sullivan, Ninth Mas rnchunetts, Boston, Mass.; noting Assist ant Surgeon Frank Donaldnon, New Yotk city. (Signed) Henry M Duilleld, ungauier ucntrai vomnieus. Wealthy Brewer Dead, Buffalo, N. V., Aug 7. Christian Wej and, president of llio Christian WoyanJ Brewing company, and one of the wealth iest and best known brewers of the state, died tcnlght. WAR HISTORY OF A DAY. ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS cm bark on the transports Miami and Mattewan for the North. SPANISH CABINET COUNCIL, with the approval of the queen, accepts Amer ican peace conditions. A GENERAL ADVANCE of American forces begins at Porto Rico. STRAINED RELATIONS with Russia causes English navy to be placed on war footing. HER MAJESTY APPROVES. The Queen Regent Satisfied with American Peace Conditions. Madrid, Aug. 7. Her majesty ap proves the genet al lines of tho reply of Spain to America's pence terms, which lienor Sagasta has explained to her. The reason for postponing the cabinet council this evening was that the note had not been fully drawn up. The gov ernment believes that the United States will accept Spain's answer, which will cottalnly retell the White house by Tuesday. Aa a consequence of tho United States accepting the replj', hos tilities vvolll Immediately afterwards be suspended. As the reply to tho Ametlcan terms was only submitted to the queen regent today, nil the reports of her approval yesterday of the American demands arc nccessarllj" without foun dation. From a well-informed source It is lent nod that while Spain's answer to tho Ametlcan peace terms does not discuss tho four bases which the Unlt"d States makes an essential pre liminary to peace and which Spain ac cepts without reset vatlon, it points out that In older to avoid the initiative ne gotiations being In nnj- way complicat ed by Incidents of the war, It is expedi ent to agree beforehand to a suspen sion of hostilities. It is reported that Duke Almodovar, the Minister of foreign affalts, nnd Monsignor Betty del Vnl., Spanish em- nassaclors to tlie intlcnn will be se lected to represent Spain in the negotiations. Tho newspapers make no comments on the situation owing to the strict ness of the censorship. FLEET ON WAR FOOTING. The English Admiralty Prepares to Sustain Salisbury's Stand With Regard to Russia. London, Aug. 7. That extreme dip lomatic tension exists between St. Petersburg and London is generally a 1 mttted, though the officials deprecate the alarmist reports which wete cur rent yestetdaj'. It Is hoped that th- firmer stand adopted by th" Marquis of Salisbury in tho last few days.whlch seems to have already cieated s0ie misgiving at St. Peteisburg, will haw the desired effect of an ostitis; Russian aggressiveness. It Is felt both here and on the continent that the outcome of the dispute in tegard to the New Chwnng railroad extension Is the ct ti dal point of the success or fallute of Great Bi Haiti's policy of the "open door." As evidence of the fact that Gteit Britain appreciates tho gravity of the situation, the admiralty Is preparing lor nil emergencies, nnd w'll soon bo ready to mobilize the entire fleet nt the shortest notice. Everj' officer and man on furlough or on hnl'-paj has been assigned to n ship, and instittcted to be in readiness to join It nt the e.itllest moment possible after lielr.? oideted to do so. Therefotc, pinetle ally every ship in the British navy, whether in or out of commission at the ptesent moment, has Its full war com plement of officers and men teidv to take her out to sea when the time nr . Ives. According to Pat Is advices, Admiral Bedollletf, commanding the Fieuch Chlna squadton, lias cabled a demand for relnfot cements and for a huge credit to be applied to erecting forti fications. The reason given for these demands is that tho natives of the Kwang-Chou-Wang teglon are show ing signs of hostility. But theiu is some suspicion hete that the action of the French admit al mny be connected with a desire to back up Russian de signs. Tho cot respondent of the Dally News at Odessa gives, under teserve, n re port that the Russian charge d'affaires nt Pekln, M Pnvloff, will soon be te moved, and he legards It as Indicating a Russian backdown. The Shanghai conespondent of the Daily Mall savs: "Russia Is now practically In posses sion of New-Chwang, nnd 'the open door' In North China is alieady shut." THE BLUE AND GRAY. Pickett Encampment Will Take Place at Philadelphia. PhilPdelphln, Aug. 7 -Confedetate veterans, btitvivois of Pickett's divi sion and invited guests, being In all one hundied and nine, arrived in this city eatly todaj to attend an encamp ment of Union and Confederate sol diets which is to take place this week nt a resort on the New Jetsej- side of the Delaware liver. Mrs Pickett, the widow of General Pickett, accompan ied the southern soldleis The entire party accompanied by a delegation of Union vetetans attend ed the morning soi vices at th- tnthe dtal of St. Peter nnd St. Paul, and in the afternoon visited the scene of the ent ampmenl. STRIKE SETTLED. Syracuse, N. V.. Aug 7 Tho strike of the cmploves ot the Sjracuse Rapid Transit Railway company was settled to duj. The ccmpi'ny has revoked tho tulo requiting old employes to make a deposit of $23 as suretj, end has agreed to re ecivo at nny time a gnevauco commit iiiltteo of Its employes. The sttlkers waive recognition of tho Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Emplojts of America. Drowned in the Piscataqua. Portsmouth, N. H.. Aug 7.-As a patty consisting of Alexander Green, wife and two children, nnd VVolsang GelBcr, vvlro nnd two children, were coming down the Piscataqua liver from Great Bay In a row beat torlght, tho boat capsized and Mrs. Gclcer und the four children were diowntd, Two Million Bushels of Coal. Pittsburg, Aug, 7. Two millions bushels of coal was shipped to Louisville and Cin cinnati today by river, making nearly eight million bushels In two days. This is the heaviest shipment in so tshott a tlmo made ftom ihls port In years. The river is row falling and the bargo static Is ended. ENGLAND'S HOPE FOR PHILIPPINES DESIBE TO HAVE AMEBICANS HOLS THE ISLAND. They Aro Not Interested in Any Other Feature of tho Settlement. Tho Beal Source o: Danger In Peace Negotiations Will Bo Gor man Intrigue Aguinnldo a Nat ural Ally for Meddlesome Diplo macy. London, Aug. 7. The attitude of the English press nnd people toward the armistice and peace which the McKln ley government is ui ranging is char ade! istlc and admirable. They have made no sectct of their eager desire to have the Americans hold the Philip pines, nnd they are not Interested In any other detail of the settlement. Having cleat ly defined their position, thby make no attempt to meddle with tho pre cesses of peace negotiation or to Inlluence the decision of President McKlnley. Genet al Grosvenor, In a manly Interview published here, lays emphasis on the fact that no European counliy must say what Americans will or will not do at the close of the war. This is the plain ttuth, which Eng land has nlreadj' discerned nnd acted upon. England i chains ftom Intel fcr ence with peace negotiations, and leaves America ftee to settle tho Philip pine question In their own nny, The example Is n salutnrj' one, which ought not to be neglected In Berlin. Tho German emperor would hardly lie human if ho were not in bad tem per at the publication of the text of Blsmaick's letter of resignation. The tefusal of the famllv to accept honors similar to those paid to Gladstone's ashes nnd the coolness nnd reserve of Prince Her .'rt have been cumulative li oofs of dlsttust and tesentment sttonger thnn death- Only the Man ot It on could have administered such a tebuff to the haughtiest monarch in Europe, nnd then only when cold In death. Whatever may be said of the emperor's action In forcing Bismarck to leave his service, his conduct In hastening to Fiiedilchsruh nnd offer ing unexplained builal honors to his greatest subject was bej-ond criticism; yet ho was thwarted by the legacy of Implacable enmity bequeathed to the mourning famllv when he himself was seeking to appear most magnani mous. THE EMPEROR EMBITTERED. The events of the week must have tended to harden the empetoi's heart, and may haw tmbltteted him townid America in her hour of triumph. The closest obsetvers hete do not hesitate to say that the real source of danger In and after the peace negotiations will be Get man intrigue. They may lie tin dttlj' suspicious and unjust, but they believe that Geimanv has been Inttlg ulng both at Madild and at M tnlln, and that the empetor will not be re conciled to peace ttnlc-s he can get something out of It They are convinc ed that the Americans w III be men aced in the Philippines with Get man hostllltj, and that, with a treacherous leader like Agulneido as a natural ally lor meddlesome diplomacy, thcie Is much ttoubl" ahead for President Mc Kinlcv. OthoiKe the i ourse is smooth foi the peacemakers. If the Sa gasta ministry bolus together, and the satisfactoty adjustment of all the is sues of the war is onlj- a matter of time and patience. These apptc-enslons aie entertained In diplomatic cltcles, although nothing Is ci'id about them In the piess. The fipipim empetor is, however, preoccu pied alieady with preparations for his Jottiney to Palestine and Egypt and his duties ns the champion of "Piotestan- ism, and may be less deeply Interest ed in the Philippines than anxious ob serve! s suppose. DA. M'COOK'S SERMON. The Chaplain of tne Second Penn sylvania Pleaches on War. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. Rev. Dr. Henry C. MeCook, chaplain of the Second legi ment, Penusj Ivanki volunteeis, and one of the famous lamlly of "Fighting MeCooks," pleached a sermon to his congiegatlon today In Tabernacle Pres bytia Ian e hutch in which he touched on the condition of the armv at Sin tlago, fiom which place he has Just letuined, having been sent there as special commissioner of the National Relief commission, Touching upon the "tound robin" signed b the Ameilean genet als cull ing for the temoval of the armv, he said: "So fat ns It t elates to the sick and convalescent, It expresses pieclse ly the feeling that I everywhere saw throughout that camp. Time was Un feeling that unless these men could be removed to the- home land, lesults would be vety bad Indeed. .So far I concur In that letter." Continuing, he said the situation is a sad one to tho people, but we tiust the administration. Wo will trust that kind-hearted crcat man who sets In the seat ot government and believe he is doing the utmost. Soldiers Killed by Train. FrederlckslHitg, Vu , Aug. 7. Private L Forsythe and Charles Dunn, of Com panies B and A icspectlvclj, Fourth reg iment of Immune s, vero stuick by u t.iln nt Potomac Run, six miles Horn this low n, lust nlifht and killed, h is sup posed the men went to sleep beside tho Hack. Beth wero reglsteied ns belonging in Washington. They wcro bulled luduy with military honois In Iho National ce-m-elcry. Shnfter'a Sanitary Report. Washington, Auk 7. -General Shatter's daily teport to tho war department ot tne health of his command Ht Santlatio as bulletined by AdJuUnt General Corbln tunleht follows: Sanit.uy icport tor Aug 6 Total number slek, 30sl; totl number fever cases, 2.63S; total number now cases fover, 411: total number fover cases returned to dutj-, 477; deaths, Aug 4, i; dcuths Aug. C, 7. Bicycle Race. Philadelphia, Aug, 7,-The twenty-live mile paced race between Kddle McDuf. fee and Jimmy Michael, which wua rodo yesterday at Willow Orovo bicycle tr,.ck, was tonight awirded to MeDuffee by Iteferee Uhlcr, AT CAMP ALQEK. Tho Hospital Contains 375 Patients. Beds in Good Condition. Washington, Aug 7. Secretary Alger visited Fort Mycr this afternoon with a view of ascertaining personally whether everything possible was being done for the soldiers of Camp Alger who are In the hospital at tho fort. Hu found tho sick men as comfort able as could be expected In tho cir cumstances. Each one has a good bed which is kept immaculately clean and fresh nnd nil are receiving excellent medical attention nnd nursing. At present there are about 375 men In tho hospital. Some of them are very se riously 111 and a few are not expected to recover. Thus far, the fatalities to tho troops at Camp Alger have num bered 39. This is not considered a great loss In an army of nearly 30,000 men during tho three months tho men have been In the service. The army authorities deplore the death of every one of the 39 whose lives have gone out, but some losses are to be expected In an army so lnrgo ns General Gra ham's In view of the changed condi tions encountered by the men when they entered the service. ADVANCE ON SAN JUAN. General Movement of American Forces at Porto Rico Various Bri gades on the March. Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 7 (morning), via St. Thomas, D. W, I, A general advance of the American force began this morning. Tho remainder of Gen et al Ernst's brigade constituting the advance center, supported by two bat terles, moved out at 6 o'clock, and a patt of the Eleventh Infantry of Gen eral Henri's division started to tho left towatd Adjuntas. Troop A, of New York, the Philadelphia City troop and Ttoop II, ot the Sixth regu lcis, ate convoying Geneial Brooke's tinnsportutlon column along the coast road tlitough Salinas to Arroj'o. Wlte communication with General Brooke, on the right, has not yet been established, Colonel Rice, of General Miles' staff, will probablj be assigned to the com mand of tho Sixth Massachusetts. Sunday evening, Aug. 7, via St, Thomas, V. W. I. General Wilson has moved the headquarters of his divi sion from Ponce to Juana Diaz. Gen eral Schwan, with the One Hundred and Seventeenth regular infantry and two batteries, moved today through Ynuco towatd Mayagueb. General Brooke is moving noith from Guaj-ama with ten thousand men. THE BAY STATE SAILS. Departure of the Massachusetts Hos pital Ship for the Front. Boston, Aug. 7. The hospital ship Ray State, fitted out by the Massa chusetts Volunteer Aid association, sailed from 1'ast Hoston at I o'clock yestetday afternoon. As there wasn't time today to adjust her compasses she anchoied In the outet harbor and ulll continue her voyage In the mo'ti Irp. Dr. C. A. Siegfried, who was des ignated bj- the ptesldent to Inspect the vessel as to her fllcess to sail with a Ited Cities commission, performed his duty this morning, and ptonounted the Bay State one of the finest vessels of the kind ever iltted out and superior in seme respects to the government hos pital ships. She has on boaid Just double the amount of hospital supnlles, fcod and clothing th-t It was tltst in tended to carrj, and is 1 ic rally loaded to her utmost capacity with all that is necessaty for the relief and noinish ntent of the sick sold-frr. The medical staff numbers thlitj in cluding sl female nurses, all under the dltectlon of Dr. Herbett L. Btit- oil. The destination of the vessel Is not given, but It is geneiall- under stood that she will touch at some southern port and receive Insttuctlons as to her woik. NEW YORKERS GO TO HAWAII Sailed With United States Engineers on Two Badly Crowded Steamers. San Francisco, Aug. 7. Neatly 1,000 men of the First New York infantry and the Second United States englneets sailed for Hawaii on the steamers Nel son und Laiime Both boats wete badly ctowded and It is feared that the soldleis will not fate very well, as :i private corporation took the contract to transport them nt $30 a head. The meat was not up to the standard, and othet articles wete bought at low price?. Ocnernl Meirlam Is busy prepatlng ordets lor th" departure of troops for Vanlla on the Scandla and Atlzona. Tho can j Ins? capacity of the vessels his not yet been determined and more may he accommodated than was at llrst expected. The Seventh California will surely ! go on the Scandla and possibly a de tachment from the hospital corps. The Atlzona will be General King's flag ship und will take the recruits now at Parar Mertltt and possibly some arlll lei y from tho Piesldlo, The abandonment of Camp Meirltt was accomplished eatly this tnonilns, when the Tennesseans left foi tljo Pie sidio, SICK AND WOUNDED. One Hundred and Seven Soldiers at Fort Monroe. Fort Monroe, Va Aug. 7. One hundred and seven sick und wounded soldiers who nnlved here from San tiago yesterdiiy on the transport No. SO, the Lampassns, wete taken to the post hospital this afternoon. It Is un derstood that but few of tho men ate In n serlouH condition. There were no suspicious fever cases aboard About one hundied nnd twenty-five men who have been In tho hospital here left tonight on tho Washington steamer for Washington barracks. These men are convalescent, SPAIN ACCEPTS TERMS OF PEACE Cabinet Council Approves of Reply Agreeing to All Conditions. The Reply Will Be Telegraphed to Castillo, the Spanish Ambassador to France Sojhat M, Canibon Will Receive It at Washington Today A Suspension of Hostilities Will Probably Take Place, Madrid, Aug. 7 (10 p. m.) The cabinet council ter minated this evening after having completely approved the reply to the United States, which, it is said, accepts the American conditions. The reply will be telegraphed to Senor Leon y Castillo, the Spanish ambassador to France, tonight, so that M. Cam bon, the French ambassador at Washington will receive it tomorrow. The government is fully convinced that the note will be satisfactory to the Washington government and that a suspen sion of hostilities will be its immediate consequence. According to the most reliable sources of information the Spanish note is couched in dignified language. It asserts that Spain bows to the force of circumstances, having done nothing to provoke the war, into which she has been unwill ingly led in the defense of her rights and territories. ROUGH RIDERS COMING NORTH FIVE OF THEIR NUMBER RE MAIN AT SANTIAGO. The Sick Soldieis Will Probably Sail a Week Hence Roosevelt's Troop ers Are Overjoyed at the Prospect of Returning Home, But Aie Anx ious to Get Back to the Front in Time for Havana Campaign. Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 7 (11 20 a. m ) The Hist tegular cavalry and the Hist volunteer cavalty "rouh t.ders" will sail todaj on the transport Miami and Mattewan. Of the louglt rldeis, the following lematn lieie skk Stc nd Lieutenant William Tiffany, Troop K, C'oiporal Edgar A. Schwa z, Tioop O, Privates William Iloyle, Tiuop :, F. O. Whalen. Tionp A, and T. D. Steadmnn, Ttoop D Thev piob.ibly will leave In ten davs In care of D Oonzalez. dimming"!' battel y will sail today on the Vlgllancla. 4 a. m. The tough rldeis came to town by Kill from their camp at 1 o'clock this afternoon. At the station they fell Into line, each company lieliv pteceded by a red and white banner beating the number of the tegiment and the company lettei. Colonel Roose velt tode nt the head of the teglmeat as It matched down the Alameda sklit Ing the watei front to the dock, where the Miami was moored. All tho men looked worn out. They presented a picturesque nppeatance. Some wnte new Khaki unlfoims, while otheis wete attired In heavy blue llann-M shhts with their old equipment. All x piessed t egret at leaving their live companions behind, but weie wild with Joy at the prospect of so soon letutu ing home. They take no tents or bag gage with them. The work of embatk atlon was vety easy and was quickly perfoimed. The men are tendy an I engei to tetutn for the Havana cam paign In the fall. Lieutenant Stedbeiger, of the Fourth cavalry, nnd Lieutenant Itlveis, of tho Third cavalrj-, members of Oeneial Young's staff, who, since Genet al Young left Slboney sick, have been on General Woods' staff, have been ot deied to teport to Geneial Young, at Montauk Point, at once and will leave on the Miami. ( ( A meeting of olllters of the military society at Santiago wits held todav at the palace and an election of olllcers took place. Genet al Shnftet was elect ed president; General Wheeler, llrst vice-president, and Major Shaipe, sec retary. Ships Await Orders. Plaja del lti Ciiiantnn.tmo Bay, Ant. 7 (2 p. m.) The tlett Is still heio Jntti-'t awaiting word fiom Washington. Tho THE SEWS THIS 3I0KNIXU Weather IndUatiuns loiliy. Threatening 1 General Spain Aerccs to Our Peace Proposals. Wat News us Issued from Washing ton. Bough Blders on tho Way North. 2 General Import and lxpott Trade, Financial and Commercial. ? Local-Sirmon by Dr. J. W. Williams. Figures About Iron and Steel. I IMItorlul. Proposed Change of Party Rule. f Local Clay Pipe Club's Outing. Killed by Kick of a Howe. 6 Local West Scranlon and Surburbau. 8 General New Camp Slto for the Thirteenth collier Lebanon towing a coal schooner nrtlved todaj. Tho schooner Admiral Sampson, with ntovlsions for sale also arrived. Both schooners aro from ICey West. Th converted vacht Vixen was sent to Santiago th's morning to get tho teglstered mall he'd there for the licet. Thu St. Louis Is still hero awaiting a de cision ot tho question of her entering Santiago harbor. HUDSON CAPTURES FISH. Tho Lltlle 'J?g Boat'Renders Effec tive Service. Key West, Aug. 7. The tug Hudson, which has been with the I'ncas on the noith coast blockade, sank a little Spanish sloop a few nights ago and captured another one off Catdcnas yes teidaj'. The captuied sloop was the C'hilsllna nnd was loaded with fish, a quantity of which was served up for btcakfast by the Hudson's men, who had been out for a month and had little left In the way of provisions. Thiee irfpanlaids who weie on tho Christina put off In their tender when thej" saw the Hudon approaching and gained a kej" just off shore. The- eonveitod jacht Oneida al-o came fiom the- bloeknde today. She repoi ts that the duy before yesterday a body of Spanish lnfantrj Hied about thirty tllle shots at her from a point on the beach sevetal miles east of Mono castle. The gunboat did not re turn the tire. MOVING THE TROOPS. Geneinl Shatter's Army Will Soon Be Miles Away from Santiago. Washington, Aug 7. The ttoops of Geneial Shaftoi's command at Santi ago have begun to leave Cuba for tho I'nlted States. A patt of two tegl ments of cavalry ate now en toute ftom Santiago to Montauk Point. L. L, as indicated in the following dispatch te celved tonight at the wat depaitment ftom Geneial Shafter: Santiago de Cuba, Aug 7, 1S9S Adjutant Geneial, Washington. Gate City with 5"0 men, Thlid and Sixth c avail y, has sailed for Montauk Point this morning (signed) Shaftei, Major General. Three-other tianspurts bearing Hoops will leave Santiago tuition ow and two are scheduled to leave Tuesday. All thiro of them will sail for Montauk Point. COMMODORE SCHLEY'S DENIAL. He Never Deslied to Enter Santiigo Harbor. Washington. Aug. 7. Navy depart ment cotiespondencv was given out tonight in which Commodoio Schley voltintatlly denies a statement pub lished on July lli that he had declared it was possible to enter the lutibor of Santiago notwithstanding tho mines and notwithstanding Admiral Samp son's refusal to permit tho licet to en ter the hatbor Commotion- Schley says he never made such statement and that he had nlv.uvs entliely ngieed with Admiral Sampson on tho tubjeet. Empress Eugenia 111. Paris A 7 - l.-Linprcss Lugcule is repotted seriously 111. -t- - - -f t WEATHER FORECAST. X -f Wushlngton, Aug. 7. Forecast -f for Mondaj For Bnstctn Penn- -f 4- sjlvanla threatening wtathcr; southerh winds. For Western -- Pennsylvania ihunler showers; - - cooler in southern portions; light - -f to ft (kit, varlablo winds, -t- New York, Aug. 7. Herald f weather- In tho middle states and 4- New Bngland today partly cloudy 4- und fair, sultry weather, cloiidv -4- -t- and southwesterly winds will pre - -f vail, followed by lo -l lain and -f thundci storms and bj a lit,ht fall 4- of temneratute. -4- tm l a
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers