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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posals were withdrawn and to let it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.
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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-
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