Sftemops
1 taata Am u4 ttnlata, bat that H no
.asjwaptlbto awvaaea. thqaga than to
HIrl gatopwi't Fleet
Off Santiago. .
W VISITS 8AMPS0N.
Veteran Cuban Leader Inter-
views the Admiral.
ARMY WEARING SANTIAGO.
Tbiaki the War Win Be Over la
OBtlU.
..tan. Jamaica, June SI. A dls-
tmet lust arrived from the fleet off
Lgo brings the Intelligence that
Ll Shafter's army of 15,700 men,
i transports, baa arrived. There
L no wild rush to get aahore until
ooatant trine which la for the moat
part laetecttvn. Nothing Is visible
aawng tbe tree. ' The . taforganU,
lilac aporlagiy, draw abundant Bpan
lah ' volleys, especially at night The
Bpanlards incessantly squander ton of
ammunition into the ehadowa of a
thicket, apparently In the hope of
quickly exhauatlng their atock and
being In a poaltlon to surrender hon
orably after a hopeleaa fight
In the meantime the Spanish com
mandera have been ordered to burn
the vlllagera' huta outalde the town,
ao aa to deprive the enemy of ahelter,
and hundred of peaceful natlvea are
homeless.
. There waa a great feast at Cavlte
on June 12, when a declaration of In
dependence waa formally made by
Agutnaldo. He had Invited the Ameri
can officers to be present, but none
accepted. Agutnaldo la reported to
have advocated autonomy under Araer
lean protection, almllar to tbe Brltlah
HOBSOMHAM
To Be Made a Lieutenant Com
mander of the line. .
Ga(CU Dedans Bis Men Are la
I Condition, Xxcept For Ue Slight
Uef the Long March From Banes,
Cra They Were Furnished With Arms
. .m h oar uovtrnmeni. i)iuicviw
""" The Insurgents, it is believed, out
of deference to Admiral Dewey, have
resolved never to bombard,
Captain General Augustl has wired
Madrid that he has retired within the
walla of Manila, and will be unable to
communicate further with the govern
ment. '
mind of Philippines Invaders.
San Francisco, June 21. The third
expedition to ' Manila will sail next
Thursday, or Friday at the latest. This
announcement was made at General
Merrltt's headquarters yesterday. As
yet General Merritt , has not made
public the time of his own departure.
but It Is known among his officers that
he Is exceedingly anxious to get away
on the next expedition, and will do so
unless the authorities at Washington
interfere with his present plans.
An additional army corps, to be
known aa the Eighth, Is to be created.
It will be composed of the troops i
THIRD IWNLA EXPEDITION.
t shafter has a conference with , . ... ,, w. ..
Iral Sampson ana me suunuuu u
ughly discussed.
Cubans are extremely active ana
kion has been drawn around 8an-
de Cuba. General Garcia, with
troops, coming by forced marches
Banes, is wow neartng Santiago.
Iroops are within 40 miles of the
He left 3,000 men at Hoiguin to
nt the Spaniards there effecting
Icture with General Toral at San-
Tbe 'Spanish troops at uuan-
U, under General Masso, are also
S from General Toral, ana are
nlncbed for food. They wildly
tied for provisions and reinforce
i, but the only reply they got
that both were impossible. Qen-
Masso said his men were even
at halt rations, and that the
y was only sufficient to last dur-
he present month,
Ural Garcia and his personal staff
picked np at General Rabl s
i, 18 miles west of Santiago, and
kht to the flagship Sunday after
by the gunboat vixen. There the
lied and wounded patriot had a
consultation with Admiral Saxnp-
regardlng the operations for the
ktment of Santiago and the co-
ktlon of the American and Cuban
General Garcia Is very en'
lastlc. He says the Spaniards are
ling and cannot bold out long,
that the war in the Island will end
few months.
Hoiguin General Garcia said there
10,000 Spanish troops, but he be
ll the 3,000 men he left there will
kuallr prevent the enemy from
Ling Santiago from the Hoiguin
Mt of General Garcla'a staff Mf-
from sea sickness, General Qar-
amorously saying: "As bad as
he roads In Cuba, your roads,
tin Chadwlck, are worse."
neral Garcia and his staff were put
w later In the day, after the p re
try details of co-operation be-
b the Cuban and American troops
been fully discussed.
ho reel ment a nf trnnna will t
fed at Guantanamo bay, which will
leld at the base of the hill until
Bago falls. There has been no
of Spanish troops In the neigh-
kod of Camp McCalla for several
It Is estimated that over 300
bees killed or wounded aince the
ling. Fifty-eight bodies were
id. The Spaniards seem satisfied
they cannot dislodge tbe Amerl-
and have withdrawn.
te upper bay is to be occupied lra
lately. Lieutenant Delehanty, with
ixpeditlon, is nightly at work re-
log mines from the river connect
the upper and lower bays. When
la clear the ships will move up
channel and take the town of
banera, whose forts were demol-
p last Friday
fe auxiliary cruiser flt Louts cut
Kingston cable Saturday - night
BPAII REFUSES EI8 BELSA8E.
MAJOR GENERAL OTIS.
signed to the Philippine Islands, and
will be In command of General Mer
rltt. Authority Is conferred upon Gen
eral Merritt to transfer: the command
of the corps to the next pffloer la rank
at such time .as he may deem it ex
pedlent to do So In order that he may
be left free to devote his attention to
Important matters of the government
connected with the Philippine Islands,
Upon hie arrival General Merritt will
transfer the active command of the
Eighth corps to Major General E. S,
Otis, now his second In command
General Merritt will be, of coarse, the
supreme military authority In the
Philippines, but the direct command of
the United States forces there will
devolve upon General Otis.
Blanco Will 8nab Klssr T Trove.
Key West, June 21. The Maple, un
der charge of Captain Ludlow, of the
monitor Terror, waa sent on Sunday to
open negotiations for the exttiange of
Lieutenant Hobson and other Merrl
mac prisoners. In response General
Blanco sent a letter addressed to the
monitor's captain.. After refusing to
negotiate for the exchange 'f. the
prisoners he delivered an ultimatum as
to boats with flags of truce, declaring
that hereafter he will recogajse ao flag
of truce, adding that every weasel
wttfiln six miles'- range will he fired
upon whether - flying the Stars and
Stripes or a while flag.
Will Yield Oaly to Uncle tan.
London, June 21. The Hong Kong
correspondent of The Dally Mall says:
United States Consul Wlldman has re
reived no Information from his nnm.
in a mile of El Morro. Saturday ' ment with regard to the future of the
It the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius ; Philippines. General Agulnaldo desires
parged three more sheila. A ter-
uproar followed the second ex-
Ion, and It was thought a tnaaa-
was blown up.
that the Islands become an Americas
colony. He declares that If he cannot
be connected with the United States be
will Insist upon a republic being form
ed. If any other country than , the
United States wishes to secure control
of the Philippines that country will
have to fight for It. Agulnaldo Is faith
fully keeping . his pledge to Admiral
Dewey.
. Attempt to PnUon Agutnaldo.
London, June 21. The Hong Kong
correspondent of The Dally Telegraph
says: According to the report of the
United States transport Zaflro, which
has just arrived here from Manila, a
dastardly attempt was made last week
to poison General Agulnaldo. He was
taken suddenly and violently III' after
partaking of a meal, and the symptoms
w ere sui h as clearly Indicated that
(He Spanish Brigands May Be Hold-
Ins the Herd" of the Merrtmao and
His Brave Companions aa Hostages,
expecting to Receive a Hansom. '
Washington, June 11. Lieutenant
flobeon. the hero of the Merrimac, will
be transferred from the construction
corps to the line of the navy and raised
to the grade of lieutenant commander,
probably this week. This action was
definitely decided by the administra
tion yesterday, and legislation empow
ering this action will be pressed In both
houses, and Its execution will almost
Immediately follow the affixing of the
executive approval of the measure.
It had been proposed to watt Hobsoft's
personal expression as to hla, choice
between the transfer to the line or pro
motion within the corps, where future
advancement is limited. The final de
cision to give substantial recognition
without further delay, save for legis
lative authority, which Is to be Imme
diately granted, follows the formal re
fusal of exchange by the Spanish gov
ernment. This determination ' was
reached after a short and Informal con
sultation as to the Spanish attitude as
to the exchange of prisoners, and the
likelihood that there will be no early
release of the gallant lieutenant and
his crew.
The first dispatch, announcing that
Captain General Blanco had peremp
torily refused to exchange the Merri
mac heroes, caused some Indignation,
which was modified later by Madrid
advices quoting Sagasta as saying that
no decision had been reached. Should
Spain adopt the cruel and unusual
course of refusing an exchange the
regulations of the war department are
sufficient to meet the case. The fol
lowing Is laid down In Its regulations:
"Retaliation will never be resorted to
as a measure of revenge, but only as
a measure of protective retribution,
and, moreover, cautiously and unavoid
ably; that Is to say, retaliation shall
only be resorted to after careful In
quiry into the real occurrence, and the
character of the deeds that may de
mand retribution. Unjust or Inconsld
erate retaliation removes the belllger-
ents further and further from the mitt
gating rules of regular war, and by
rapid strides leads them to the in
terneclne wars of savages."
It was pointed out by a leading officer
of the army that the Spanish hud most
to lose by a course of cruelty which
would call for retaliation, ax the num
ber of Spanish prisoners in far greater
than that of American prisoners.
The authorities here are convinced
that the Spanish officials are taking
advantage of the distinction accorded
to Hobson In the United States. Un
der the rules of war a prisoner Is val
ued solely by his rank, and it la con
sidered dishonorable either to under
estimate a prisoner's rank in order to
cease a more advantageous .exchange
or to take a higher rank for the pur
pose ot obtaining better treatment.
In the case of Hobson, his rank as as
sistant constructor, which Is equlva
lent to lieutenant. Junior grade, should
be the sole basis for his exchange, yet
It In obvious to the anthorltles here
that the Bpanlards hold him not as a
lieutenant, but as a popular Idol of the
United States. In this respect his de
tention ceases to be that of a prisoner
of war. and hecomes one of hostage.
Tbe holding of hostages, usually for
ransom or other benefit, is a medieval
custom seldom If ever resorted to In
modern warfare. But even as a host
age Hobson would be entitled to an ex
change for prisoners of greater rank
or greater number.
ftaKReMta Faying a Ransom.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 21. Mr. F.
W. Bamsdcn, the British consul at San
tiago, who is acting for the United
States In the negotiations with tho
Spaniards for the exchange of Lieu
tenant Hobson and his comrades of the
Merrimac expedition, has suggested
to the authorities at Washington that
even a ransom might be paid to se
cure the prompt release of the Ameri
can prisoners.
Why Spain nolds Hobson.
Rondun, June 21. The Madrid cor
respondent of The Times says: "Spain's
refusal to exchange Lieutenant Hob
son and Ms companions of the Merri
mac is easily explained and Justified.
Without any Intention of acting as
spies, they must have seen roan? things
In and around Santiago about which
the American naval and military au
thorities would gladly have Information."
INSURGENT SUCCESSES.
tnnldo's Troops Force August! te
nee Behind Mantle's Walls.
ng Kong, June tl. According to
from Manila, dated June 17, It
reported there that General Nonet.
ht southward with 3,000 mixed
P from Balacan. -80 miles north
Manila, found tha railway line
f d and was taken by ambush by
Insurgents. Vlorra ftrhttn. ananal
as carried on for three days.
PK Which General Nonet wan
u . . .
me native troops Joined the nol..,n h:i- teen mixed with his food,
I'scuii, ana the Spanish troop General Asutnaldo was 111 for two
days.
Colonel llrysn to Serve Under Lee.
Washington, June 21. It Is regarded
as probable that Colonel William Jen
nings Bryan and the Nebraska regi
ment under his command will, be as
signed to the army corps commanded
by Major General Fltshugh Lee. War
department officials were reticent
about the matter when questioned, but
there is excellent authority for the
statement that the assignment will be
made. '
A Pension For Grldley's Widow. '
, Washington, Juas 21. Representative
Davenport, of Pennsylvania, has intro
duced a bill granting a pension of 1100
per month to Harriet V. Gridley. widow
u correspondent pays a dally visit commanded the flagship Olympla la the
vpaau at. To-do, Santa Tfat battle of Manila.
were left, about 600, surrender
battalion at Pamnane-a. of nitl-a
( supposed to be particularly
! rawui ii umcera ana
d five Whan tha, ln--n
Marabon. Tha Snanlah .
d la disarming and Imprisoning
rtton of them, but they escaped
Insurgents carried Marabon.
; "Dote also a. whola regiment
wd at a critical moment The an
still' use mixed forces, with
fwit that tha Insurgent riflemen
"vqueatiy found to have passed
--tries, ana to be creeping along
over and firing upon tha. Span-
muib oenin a.
TTAI K2WS OF THE WEX ,
tape Flee Utterly Dstrys t-e
R , . ; 1MIHM A.DOSI B nil 4
: Wa-htnaton, June M. On Tuesday at
lasti week a report received from
Admiral Sampson declared positively
that all of Cervera's ships are bottled
ap In Santiago harbor. The report was
made possible by the darter exploit of
Lieutenant Blue, of the b'-Vanee, who
landed on Saturday and proceeded to
the hills overlooking the harbor and
city. Had he been captured he would
have been Immediately executed as a
spy, under the recognised rules of war.
On Monday the Americana attacked the
Spanlah water .station on the ocean aide
of the harbor entrance. In the fight
two Americans were killed and four
wounded. The dead are: Sergeant Ma
jor Henry Goode, of the marines, shot
through the right breast: Private Tau
enan, wounded and fell off the cliff and
was Instantly killed. The Injured are:
Private Wallace, fell off the cliff and
sustained a fracture of the leg; Private
Martin, shot through the left leg;
Private Roxbury, shot through the
arm; Private Burke, shot through the
arm. .
. The Nebraska bulldlng'at the Omaha
exposition was opened on Tuesday, and
William J. Bryan waa the principal
speaker. He vigorously upheld the war
as a protest against Inhumanity, but
aa vigorously opposed any idea of con
quest in the Philippines or elsewhere.
Wednesday's dispatches brought the
cheering intelligence that the overtaxed
marines on Crest Hill, near Caiman
era, had been reinforced by a number
of Cuban Insurgents, who have proven
most valuable allies. The Insurgents
fight bravely, and seem to have su
preme contempt for Spanish marks
manship. Aided by their allies the ma
rines made their first aggressive move
on Tuesday, marching on and destroy
ing the Sparilsh guerillas' camp and
putting the Spaniards to flight, beside
rendering useless the only well within
six or seven miles, the Spaniards' water
supply. It Is believed that 40 Span
lards were killed In the short butte.
One American , marine was slightly
wounded, two Cubans killed and four
wounded. Orders have been sent to
Admiral Sampson giving substantial
promotions to the heroes of the Mer
rimac now confined In Morro Castle
with Lieutenant Hobson. The promo
tions take effect Immediately on their
return to the fleet by exchange. Lieu
tenant Hobson's promotion will lie de
layed until It can be learned whether
he would prefer a transfer to the line,
which would make It possible for him
to become a rear admiral.
On Thursday came reports of further
destruction of Spanish torts at San
tiago by Sampson's fleet. There Is but
one fort at Santiago now that Is capa
ble of Inflicting any damage on our
fleet, and that is the Morro, In which
are confined Lieutenant Hobson and
his seven heroes of the Merrimac. Our
shlpa were ordered not to fire on the
Morro. The other fortifications have
been reduced to dust and splintered by
the big guns of Sampson's fleet. Ther
is little doubt that Admiral Cervera has
made up his mind that his fleet Is lost,
for In the f.'ts that tried to reply to
our bombardment there were undoubt
edly some of the big guns of his ships.
That Will Be Sent to Reinforce
General Shatter's Army.
FfiOlC riYE TO TEN .TH0DSAID
Men Will Go to the Aid or the Roldlvrm
Who Will Conquer and Occupy San
tiagoThe Ulfflculty of etln Ves
sels to Carry Proper Food ttupplle.
Washington, June 21. It waa an
nounced at the war department today
that no additional transports for troops
other than the Newport, which has
been Impressed on the Pacific coast,
had been secured. The officials, how
ever, have 6een buatly engaged in con
ferring with the agenta of steamship
companies, as well as Individual own
ers, with a view to securing additional
vessels. The department Is decidedly
averse to resorting to Impressment, and
only does It when all other efforts to
VV1R BREVITIES.
Wedneaiay. Jaaa 18.
The government will establish a-s
smokeless powder depository at Bt -Louis.
' Regular army officers are displeased I
with their assignment upon the stalls
of newly appointed brlgadies generals
A detail from the Teh lb regiment. .
Pennsylvania volunteers, will recruit
the regiment to Its full strength belore
xolng to Manila.
Acting Rear Admiral Sssnpven' wit. '
become a commodore on July l and It"
successful off Santiago Is likely to be
further promoted. '
General Lee Is reported to have, re
ceived orders to prepare an army el
40.000 men to move against Han ana
It Is believed this army will be real;
in 30 days.
Thursday, June 10..
The third Manila expedition Is ex -peeled
to sail from San Francisco one
week from next Saturday. '
French customs officials have been
Instructed to prevent the landing ot
arms or other supplies for the: Carlisle.
Cartaln Harrington. Just detached
obtain the ships fail. Assistant Sec
retary Mslklejohn said that the Im- from command of the monitor Puritan,
pressment of vessels for transports ; Is In the hospital at Key West, having
Jfo Agreement to Exchange Hobson.
: , Madrid, June 21. Premier Sagasta,
when . questioned on the subject, said
nothing had been decided, "In spite of
the American reports," regarding the
exchange of Naval Constructor Hob
son and his companions who were cap
tured by the Spaniards after they sank
the collier Merrimac In the narrow
channel leading Into the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba. '
Tho Stricken Volunteers.
' Tampa; Fie., June 21. The hospital
train of 12 cars left here last night in
charge of Surgeon Charles Richard, as
sisted by Captain H. P. Stiles and 25
nurses. The train carried (2 sick sol
diers transferred from the provisional
division hospital - at this place to the
general hospital at Fort McPherson.
'All the sick soldiers save six are regu
lars. The sick volunteers are: A. W.
Safford, Second Georgia volunteers;
John Samsel, Fifth Maryland; John
Grlmmlns and John Eagan, Sixty-ninth
New Tork; Henry D. Savage, second
lieutenant. Fifth Ohio,- and John Allen,
First Florida. .
Oar Shlpa Fired a Thousand Shots.
Madrid, Juns 18. The governor of
Santiago de Cuba has sent a cable mes
aaga to the government describing the
bombardment of Thursday, In which
he says: "The Americans fired 1.000
shota Several Spanish shells hit the
enemy's vessels. Our losses are three
L killed and tl wounded, Inoladtag, two
officers. The Spanish squadron was not
damaged.'' .
would be the exception, and not the
rule, unless the latter were absolutely
necessary.
Of the 11 transports available by the
department In the oast arrangements
are being made to have half a dosen
or more rendeivous at Tampa for the
purpose, presumably, of carrying ad
ditional reinforcements to General
Shafter. The four shlpa which were at
Fernandlna Inst week have been given
orders to go to Tampa, and one from
Mobile Is already there. Just what
portion of General Shatter's reinforce
ments are to be taken from Tampa has
not yet been announced, but with a
half dozen eftliis at Its command the
department ought to be able to trans
port approxlmatily 2.000. with their
equipments, and subsistence stores. I
Most of the remainder. It Is expected,
will be taken from Camp Alger. Va., I
amounting, it Is said, to a brigade, ,
but this has not yet been definitely I
settled. The latter will leave the ,
country by the way of Newport News (
or Norfolk, going In the hlg vessels
Tale and Harvard, which have a ca
pacity for carrying a large number of
men. Secretary Alger was asked Just
how many reinforcements would be
sent to General Shafter, but he de
clined to state definitely the number,
saying, however. In a general way
there would be between 6.000 and 10.000
men.
The luck of suitable vessels for car
rying supplies of fresh refrlgerutor beef
for the army In Cuba, as well as for the
starving people there. Is proving very
embarrassing to the ofllclalH of the
commissary gener,'s office. Nearly
a week ago (icncral i.agan opened bids
for supplying this necessary urtlcle of
the soldiers' diet, nnd would hav
been stricken with paralysis.
The Cadis fleet Is now schcdult-d to.'
sail on Friday under sealed ordej-s.. U
Is believed that the squadron Is to In
gotten under way merely to satisfy tue
public clamor for action.
Duke Almodovar de Illo, Spain's min
ister of foreign afTalrs, has orilnred
Senor DuHosc. former Spanish charpe
d'affalres at Washington, and Lieuten
ant Carranxa. former Spanish naval ot
tache there, to leave Cjuiada.
At Lakeland, Fla.. a motion for n
new trial was denied In th case of
Johnson, the negro soldier convicted il
murder in the second degree and sen
tenced to Imprisonment for life. An .
appeal to the supreme court will t
made.
I'rldu.v. .Inno IT.
Over S.000 Spanish volunteers In Culm
are reported to have deserted to the in
surgents. The second expedition f'T Manila,
carrying 3.&40 men, sailed from Pun
Francisco.
The reports that Germany intend t
Interfere In the Philippines are pun
fabrication.
It will require between 40f00 and 5'),
CKH1 men to All the present regiment
In the field to their maxim strength.
The Madrid newspapers d-clare tha
Spain is resolved to continue the strug
gle, In the hope of bringing about in
ternational complications.
The Cuban Junta will send a ship ti
Cuba with supplies for the Insurgen
army. The vessel will be commanded
by Captain "Johnny" O'Brien.
The organization of the volunteer
army made necessary the appointment
from civil life of few less than GOO stai
ntlliers and second lieutenants.
awarded the contracts before this but, Hattirduv, .lime im.
for the reason that mere are no snips i if (hp war of ,he r(.bpl.
linn have been found by the soldiers
available to curry the supplies. The
ships, when secured, will have to be
fitted with refrigerator apparatus In
order to preserve the meat fresh, and
this will take some little time. The
now In camp at Chickamauga.
Thp official Spanish account of tbe
bombardment at Santiago on June
I i... . v ui Unan orrla trra lfllln
reneml lii rniilnuH that the work shall aumun wiav " -
They were struck time and time again b, .,. unU),r wa nt i,eCttU,e there i The Spaniards have 16.000 soldiers
Mt shells from the Texas and New Or
leans and fairly lifted from their no
sltlirffl and hurled yards away by the
explosions. Sampson's last bombard
ment was the heaviest snd most de
structive of all. It Is estimated that
over SWO.000 worth of ammunition and
shells wero used, and that the loss of
life by the Spaniards must have been
comparatively enormous. Not a man
was hurt In all our fleet.
Friday's dispatches told of renewed
successes for Agulnaldo' Insurgent
forces In the Philippines. He hss cap
tured the wife and daughters of Cap
tain General Augustl, and will hold
them until the formal surrender of
Manila. Admiral Dewey, In a report to
the navy department, confirms the re
ports of Insurgent successes. In an in
terview at Washington General Miles
told of his communications with Gar
cia, the Cuban Insurgent commander.
General Garcia Informed Miles that he
would regard his (Miles) wishes as
orders, and would see them obeyed.
Oa Saturday there won nothing of
Importance to add to the war news,
but on Sunday came advices from Ad
miral Sampson's fleet which told of
the desperate' and deplorable condition
of the people of Calmanera. Starving
and. famine stricken, the people have
saturated every house In the town with
oil and other Inflammable material,
and will set fire to the place In order to
prevent Its falling Into the hands of the
Americans. The gunboat at Calmanera
Is also prepared for destruction. The
people are eating horses and mules
and scouring the hills for fruits and
berries, while the Spanish troops are
terror stricken and hungry. At Jack
sonville, Fla., James T. Gatewood,
stenographer to General Lee, waa kill
ed by a lightning bolt. Three large car
goes of supplies have run the Havana
blockade, and supplies are reaching the
city from Ctenfuegos and other points.
1 , r. , ... oi....,AK
ia inoir iin lint fr.r tho fa,. aionc me coasi in nut" uc. -'
that American soldiers like their fresh' Ing for the landing of American troops.
Harrten the New French Premier.
Paris, June 21. A cabinet has been
formed with M. Ferdinand Sarrlen as
premier, M. De Freyclnet as minister
of foreign affairs, M. Theophlle Del
Casso as minister of marine, M. Gode
froy Cavalgnac as minister of war, and
M. Paul Delembre as minister of
finance.
BRIEF ITEMS OP NEWS.
Princeton college conferred the de
gree of LL. D. on Rear Admiral George
Dewey.
The national house passed the Ha
waiian annexation resolution by a vote
of 20 to f L
New Jersey Prohibitionists nominated
George M..Le Monte, of Bound Brook,
for governor.
A free fight among negro excursion
ists returning to Wynne, Ark., resulted
In five murders and numberless in
juries. " .
- The Populist committee conference at
Omaha, Neb., resulted In a complete
victory for the national chairman, Sen
ator Butler.'
The Individual .coal operators In the
anthracfte' region will consider alleged
excessive frleght charges at a conven
tion te be held at Scranton, Pa., June 28
Five negroes,' who murdered Mr. and
Mrs. Craden and an old man named
CaAea,; tor purpose of robbery, .were
taken from' a)l and lynched near
Wetumpka, Ala.
beef wherever they go, and the aim of
the officials Is to keep them supplied as
far as practical.
Leltnr') Lotting Wheat Gamble.
Chicago, June 21. More threatening
clouds are gathering for Joseph Lelter.
Since the announcement of Lelter
withdrawal from the deal the price of
cash wheat has declined 10 rents. That
means an additional loss of 11,000.000
within a week, which the elder Lelter
apparently will have to pay. Another
source of evil to the Lelter prospects
Is the persistent rumors from across
the water that foreigners nre refusing
the wheat Lelter Hold. Various rea
sons are assigned for the rejection, but
In each case there appears the possi
bility that Letter will find his wheat
coming back to him In great quanti
ties. , THE PRODUCE MARKETS.
Am Ifcnett by Urallngn in Philadel
phia and llaltlmnre.
Philadelphia. Juno 20. Flour slow; win
ter superfine. 3ifci3.25; Pennsylvania roller,
clear, I3.90ij74.10; city mills, extra. $3.40i'
3.66. Rye flour moved slowly at t3.Wr3.eo
per barrel for choice Pennsylvania.
Wheat slow; No. 2 red, spot, k(Xu No.
2 red, July, Utp't'c. Corn quiet and
steady; No. 2 mixed, spot, 3Gi StiSic. ; No.
2 yellow, for local trade. 37 37Hc Oats
Quiet and steady; No. 2 white and No. 2
white clipped, 33c. Hay in light demand;
choice timothy, 112 for large kales. Hw(
easy; family, lll.WWalJ; extra mess, $10M
11; beef hams, W.Wti. Pork dull; fam
ily, tl'iltU.W. Lard firmer; western
steamed, tt.lt). Mutter steady; western
creamery, 13iffl7c; do. factory, ll&12c;
Elglns, 17c; imitation creamery, lE14ttc;
New York dairy, 13HU16c.; do. creamery,
13Vfc$16c. ; fancy Pennsylvania prints
jobbing at KfB'ic; do. wholesale, 18c.
Cheese firm; lurge, white, 7o.; small,
white, 7&7c; large, colored, 7irTHo.;
small, colored, 7U((7Hc: light skims, 6b
C5c; part skims, 4Wi54e.; full skims,
Eggs steady; New York and
Pennsylvania, 12frl2Vic.; western, fresh,
11M12c.; southern, 10mc.
Baltimore, June 20. Flour weak and
lower; western superfine, f2.Mft3.16; do.
extra, $3.203.75; do. family, $464. 40; win
ter wheat, patent, t4.M34.7B; spring do.,
4.75ftS; spring wheat, straight, $4.60(34.75.
Wheat dull and lower; spot and month,
79'A(9Mc.; July, 74c.: August, 72V4c; Sep
tcmher, 73c.; steamer No. 2 red, 73c.;
southern, by sample, 76gfRlc.; do. on
grade, 734O80ttc Corn steadier; spot and
month, 2Ma36ttc; July, 36Hfc36Vtc; August.
tr.; September, JKHc; steamer mixtd, 34
ttMc; southern, white, 36Vic. ; do. yellow,
SSftc. Oats quiet; No. 2 white, 82flS3e:
No. 2, white, 8O03OHc. Rye dull and
lower; No. 2 nearby, 47c; No. 2 western,
494c Hay sttady; choice timothy, $12.60
613. Grain freights very dull; demand
small; steam to Liverpool, per bushel,
2d June; Cork, for orders, per quarter,
Is., July. Sugar strong; granulated, S.tfH.
Butter firm; fancy creamery, 1718c; do.
Imitation, 16c; do. ladle, 13814c.; good
ladle, 12c; store packed, 10Uc Eggs
firm and scarce; fresh, 12HQ13c. Cheese
steady; fancy New York, large, 4i14c.;
do. medium, &9c; do. small, 1010tte.
Lettuce, tl.2601.ao per basket. Whisky.
si.27tH.tl per gallon for finished goods in
carloads; S1.29&1.M per gallon for Job
bing lots.
East . Liberty, Pa.. i, June 20. Cattle
steady: extra, t4.KX3; prime, t4.804.M;
common, t4-S0. Hogs slow; best as
sortsd mediums and heavies,- S4.10tM.U;
heavy Yorkers, $4.ftet.l0; fair light York
ers, I3.K4H; Pigs, P.70OI-W; roughs, p.w
There are said to be now 60.000 Span
ish soldiers in Havana, and 200 more
guns have been mounted on the defen- -slvc.
The commander of the Spanish tor
pedo gunboat Tcnierarlo has been given .
one month to effect repairs in Para
guayan waters.
Monday, June 80.
It Is now asserted that the govern
ment will send 100,000 men to capture -Havana.
The government Is Impressing vessels
i to carry the third expedition to the
Philippines.
Private Ostercamp, of the Fifth Mary
land volunteers, was accidentally shot
and killed at Tampa.
The first Manila expedition arrtVerf
at Honolulu on June 1. The troop--were
given an enthusiastic ovation..
A Cuban pilot Just arrived at Key
West declares there are 15.000 Spanish
troops guarding the land approaches t
Santiago.
Tuexday, ,Tnn tfr..
There Is no fear of yellow fever mak
ing its appearance at Key West. .
Ex-Queen Natalie of Servla will send '
an expedition to nurse Americans' and
Spaniards.
The marine hospital at Key West le
ready to receive any number of wound
ed soldiers and marines.
One of the gunners of the auxiliary
cruiser Yankee was killed recently by .
the explosion of a gun.
Three Englishmen, employes of a
sugar firm, have been arrested at SaD
Juan, charged with being American
spies.
The gambling dens and saloons at
Lytle, outside of Chickamauga, were -raided
by the Georgia troops Sunday '
night.
It is believed that Admiral Camara
will land forces and stores at the -Canaries
and then return to Spain,, the
fleet meanwhile being used to deceive -the
Americans.
Charged With Ilobblng His Quest..
Shamokln, Pa., June 21. The home ot
John Lomerita was robbed of $1,100 im
cash Sunday evening while the- old'
gentleman and his wife were being
entertained at the residence of Charles -Zerber,
An Investigation resulted In the
arrest ' yesterday of Charles and Au
gust Zerber and Anthony Cleaver on -suspicion
of having committed the rob- -bery.
Four hundred dollars were re
covered hidden In old shoes at the "
homes of Zerber and Cleaver, and the.:.
prisoners were committed to Jail.
Three Drowned While Fishing.
Sogourney, la., June 21. Yesterday
afternoon, near What Cheer, this coun
ty, three persons were drowned by the -overturnlng
of the boat from wkicht
they were fishing. They were Jesse
Ford, druggist; Mrs. Swltier, known
on the stage as Lena Crow, and tbe
Rev. Parkinson, pastor of the Episcopal'
church of What Cheer. The bodies hava
been recovered.
' The District to Be a Territory.
Washington, June 21. Represents '
live Clark, of Missouri, has Introduced
a bill creating a territory ot the Dla
J.TR. Sheep firm: choice. $4.3564.40; oosa- I iffci 9 Columbia, and providing a ter ,
mon. $s.i6$.t; cholceclipped i lambs. RIO ' government for It. It fixes ttvw
if: common to good, . $4-4.S0; spring en-Br 1(l t.u. j- . ....
lambs. !t.toe; veal calves, $e3.TS. wange to take enect a an. l, ism.
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