JANY HALTED BY NOTES OF PEE
WAR ENDED.
Protocol Sigmed by the Representatives of the United
States and Spain— President McKinley Issues s
Proclamation — Suspended Fostilities.
Spain has accepted the terms for
peace, demanded by the United States,
and hostilities have ceased. The prot-
ocol, the preliminary document for the
basis of peace, was signed by Spain’s
French representative, M. Cambon,
and by the United States Secretary of
State, William Day.
The papers were
o'clock last Friday afternoon
President McKinley immediately
sued the following proclamation:
“Whereas. By a protocol concluded
and signed August 12, 1898, by William
R. Day, secretary of state of the Unit-
ed States, and his excellency, Jules
Cambon, ambassador extraordinary
and plenipotentiary of the republic of
France, at Washington, respectively
representing for this purpose the gov-
ernment of the United States and the
government of Spain, the United
States and Spain have formally agreed
upon the terms on which negotiations
for the establishment of peace between
the two countries shall be undertaken;
and
*Wher wo oissin
agreed that upon its conclusion and
signature hostilities between ‘the
cauntri shall be suspended and that
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signed at
said protocol
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SECRETARY OF STATE DAY.
notice to that effect shall be given as
Soon as possible by each government
to the commanders of its military and
naval forces;
“Now, therefore. I, William McKin-
ley, President of the United States, do
in accordance with the stipulations of
the protocol declare and proclaim on
the part of the United States a sus-
pension of hostilities, and do hereby
command that orders be immediately
given through the proper channels to
the cbmmanders of the military and
naval forces of the United States to
abstain from acts inconsistent with
this proclamation.
“In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
“Done at the city of Washington,
this 12th day of August, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-eight, and of the indépen-
dence of the United States the one
hundred and twenty-third.
“WILLIAM McKINLEY.
“By the President.
“WILLIAM R. DAY,
Secretary of State.”
The following are the terms of the
protocol agreed upon by the United
States and M. Cambon:
The cession of Porto Rico the
United States, together with other
Spanish West Indian islands, not in-
cluding Cuba. The relinquishment of
sovereignty over Cuba. The cession
of an island in the Ladrones. Recog-
nition that the United States shall
temporarily occupy the city and har-
bor of Manila until the final decision
as to the disposition of the Philippines
is reached. The appointment of a
commission to determine, the final dis-
position of the Philippines. The con-
stitution of a peace commission to ar-
range the future of the Philippines,
the same to meet at Paris not
than October 1. The suspension
to
of
hostilities to follow the formal signing |
of the protocol. The evacuation of
Cuba and Porto Rico to be arranged
by a military commission, to be ap-
pointed within 10 days and
within 80 days at Havana
Jvan to arrange details.
lockade against Cuba. Spanish sol-
diers remaining in Cuba until the end
of the rainy season to perform police |
duty and preserve order. A special
commissioner is to be appointed to co-
operate with Captain General Blanco
in the direction of affairs. Spanish
officials to be permitted to collect re-
venues, with the
imposed upon the importation of food
products. Arrangements to be made
for feeding, if not compensating, such
Spanish soldiers as shall be employed
in police duty.
In accordance with the above pro-
clamation orders were issued Friday
evening to the naval commanders at
the several stations in the
rying into effect the directions of the
proclamation. The navy department
not only transmitted the President's
proclamation in full to the several
commanders-in-chief, but also direc-
tions as to the dispcsition of their ves-
sels.
A Tug With a Fighting Record.
The tug Uncas, Commander
RR. Brainerd, reached Key West Wed-
nesday. after an exciting fortnight of
blockade duty on the North Cuban
coast. The Uncas holds the record of
the three smaller boats for continuous
blockade service, and
periences. She carries Cuban expedi-
tions and lands them almost under the
enemy's guns; she chases almost ev-
erything from a raft to a battleship,
and occupies spare moments by knock-
ing over Spanish block houses and
capturing prizes.
On this, her last trip, the Uncas put
ashore all her expedition for Gomez,
and had a dangerous fire in her hold,
just above the magazine. In spite of
all this she looked none the worse when
she steamed into Key West harbor for
more coal and provisions.
Japan Willing to Help the Insur=ents.
A delegation from the Philippine
junta has informed United States Con-
sul Wildman that certain officers of the
Japanese cruisers Matshushina and
Takasaga which have since gone from
Manila, had a conference with the
junta last Saturday, in the course of
which they asserted that they were
authorized by the Japanese govern-
ment to offer toc supply Gen. Aguinaldo’
with arms and ammunition gratis in
the event of America abandoning the
Philippines and the insurgents wishing
to fight for independence. The junta
did not reply to the offer, and the Ja-
panese will repeat it to Gen. Aguinaldo
on their arrival at Manila.
two.
later |
meet |
and San |
Raising the :
iPorto
exception of those | 1
{ a few
United |
States, Cuba and the Philippines car-
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. three
: | vessels without warning and shot a big
Lieut. !
| last Tuesday.
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"Schley.
“Peace Reigns and the Government at Washington Still Lives.”
—JAMES G. BLAINE.
OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.
Gen. Garcia has disbanded his army
of (‘uban insurgents.
New York is arranging for a big re-
ception to the returning soldiers.
Sixty tons of supplies left - Philadel-
phia the other day for Porto Rico.
Italy is the first country to congratu-
late America on the termination of the
war,
Col.
have
Santiago.
The paymaster
out $1,040,000 to
there, last weck.
Fifty thousand
our force in the
ment of Havana.
One hundred and fifty cases of dys-
entery exist among the American
troops at Cavite.
Gensaral Polavieja may succeed Sa-
gasta as premier of Spain after peace
has been declared.
Spanish officers at Santiago are re-
luctant to go home, fearing trouble
when they get there.
Forty thousand troops were review-
ed by Gen. Breckenridge at Chicka-
mauga last Tuesday.
From July 30 to August 13, $58,445.24
was taken in as custom duty at San-
tiago by Gen. Shafter.
Light hundred Spanish prisoners
cailed from Santiago for Madrid on the
Alicante last Tuesday.
Ros, the Spanish civil
Santiago has been deposed
satisfaction of Cubans.
The London Times praises President
McKinley for his statesmanship ex-
hibited during the war.
Seven thousand troops will leave
San Francisco for Manila as soon as
transports can be obtained.
There were a larger percentage of
ough Riders killed by Spanish bullets
at Santiago than by disease.
Three thousand of Shafter’s men left
Santiago on five transports for Mon-
tauk Point, L. 1., last Monday.
President McKinley is the recipient
of many congratulations on the ending
of the American-Spanish war.
The merchant vessels of the world
are now free to enter and leave all
Cuban and Porto Rican ports.
Paris has been selected as the mect-
ing place for the peace commissioners
of Spain and the United States.
By the latter part of the week all of
Gen. Shafter's troops will have left
Santiago for Montauk Point, L. 1.
A surviving Spanish officer says the
American soldiers fought like demons
at the battle of El Caney on July 1.
The administration purposes to
sup ply with rations the Cuban soldiers
who served under Generals Gomez and
Garcia.
Spain hopes that the United States
will govern Cuba and not allow the is-
land to fall into the hands of the in-
surgents.
General Shafter expects all the mov-
able troops to be out of Santiago in a
few days and encamped at Montauk
Point, L.-1.
Ambassador Hay may succeed Judge
Day as Sccretary of State as soon as
the latter assumes his position on the
peace commission.
Sampson's fleet will be welcomed at
New York by a great public demon-
stration as soon as the vessels can
leave southern waters.
‘ol. Hulings and Lieut. Col. Biddle
of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania troops
have been praised for their bravery at
Rico by Gen. Miles.
Five thousand tons of food will be
shipped to Gen. Merritt at Manila in
days. All these stores will be
purchased on the Pacific coast.
The army Will now be reduced to
100,000 men, which will be of sufficient
Roosevelt and his Rough Riders
arrived at Montauk Point from
6
at Chickamauga paid
the troops assembled
wiil constitute
military depart-
men
new
of
the
governor
to
| number to garrison the various places
occupied by the United States.
The Navy Department has sent out
orders to stop further recruiting for
the navy. The enlisted force is 27,076,
and the authorized war strength is
27,000.
All the American and Spanish com-
manders in Cuba and Porto Rico have
acknowledged the receipt to their re-
spective governments, of news
claiming peace.
Battcries of Havana opened fire on
of the blockading American
hole into Commodore Howell's
ship San Francisco.
Two members of Company A, Texas
volunteers quarreled at Dallas, Tex.,
flag-
M. Bryan plunged a bayonet into the
body of J. M. Appling Killing him in-
tantly.
The United States may for a time
be obliged to feed the Spanish soldiers
in Cuba and Yorto Rico. The Spanish
government, in that case, will be ex-
pected to reimburse the United States
for its outlay.
If peace negotiations are nbdt quickly
concluded the government may parole
the Spanish prisoners now at Ports-
mouth, N. H. The government is de-
sirous of getting rid of these men as
their maintenance is proving very ex-
pensive.
Unknown to the troops on board, fire
raged for several days in the hold of
the transport Morgan City bound for
Manila. The crew battled unsuccess-
fully with the flames, and not until
Manila was reached was the fire ex-
tinguished.
General Fitzhugh Lee is to head the
Cuban commission, having for his
associates Gen. Wade and Admiral
Gen. Brooke is slated to pre-
=ide over the Porto Rican commission
and Secretary of State Day over the
peace commission.
Sergt. Koeffler of the Thirteenth U.
S. Infantry was found hanging in a
vacated . regimental canteen Sunday
morning at Tampa, Fla.
pro- |
The result was that J. |
COAMO TAKEN.
Americans Pursue the Fleeing Spaniards But Are
Checked by a Ruined Bridge—Enemy’s For-
: tifications Are Formidable.
Rico, was
after a
Thre town of Coamo, Porto
captured Tuesday morning
fight.
General Ernst’'s brigade was ordered
to move at daylight. The main body
went along the military road, while
Colonel Biddle, of Gen. Wilson's staff,
with the Sixteenth Fennsylvania,
made a detour to enter the town from
the north.
They met the Spanish forces outside
the town and a fight took place, which
lasted half an hour. The fire was hot.
The Spanish in the trenches were driv-
en out. The Spanish losses are un-
known. Our loss was six wounded,
one seriously. The names of the
wecunded are not known yet.
Troop C, of New York, pursued the
party of fleeing Spanish engineers, af-
ter the capture of Coamo a distance of
four miles along the road to Aibonito.
The Americans were checked at the
Cuyon river, where the Spaniards had
blown up the bridge, and were shelled
from a Spanish battery on the crest of
Asoninte mountain. The dismounted
cavalry returned the fire, receiving no
damage and holding the position. A
battalion of the Third Wisconsin Vol-
unteers came to their support.
All the men of the Sixteenth Penn-
sylvania wounded in Tuesday's fight-
ing will. recover.
The war department Thursday
ceived the following:
PONCE, VIA BERMUDA, Aug. 11.
Secretary of War, Washington.—The
following message received from Gen.
Schwan: Camp near Hormigueros,
10th.—Advance guard, including caval-
ry of this command, while reconnoiter-
ing northwest of Rosario river, near
Hormigueros, developed strong Span-
ish force, which lay concealed in hiils
north of Mayaguez. ;
In general engagement that followed
T.ieut. Byron, Eighth cavalry, my aide-
de-camp, was wounded in the foot, and
Private Fernberger, Company D, Elev-
enth infantry, and one other private
were killed, and fourteen enlisted men
were wounded. It is reported that the
most, if not the entire Spanish garri-
son of Mayaguez and surrounding
country, consisting of 1,000 regulars
and 200 volunteers, took part in the
engagement. We drove the enemy from
their position, and, it is believed, in-
flicted heavy loss. A wounded Spanish
licutenant was captured in field and
brought in our lines. Conduct of of-
ficers and men beyond all praise. I
propose to continue my march on
Mayaguez at an early hour to-morrow.
SCHWAN.
re-
SCHLEY FEELS GRATEFUL,
He Stands Ever Ready to Make Any Bacrifice for the
American People.
W. W. Baldwin, of Burlington, Ia., a
classmate of Commodore Schley, has
received the following letter from him.
“Guantanamo, August 4.
“I am much touched by the universai
expressions reaching me by every mail.
I think I am fairly well balanced, but 1
shall have to keep my ‘lifts and braces’
pretty square or I'll run some risk of
being spoiled by these general accla-
mations of praise.
“I felt honored by any place in the
line, that morning, where I could best
serve my people and my country, for I
have loved them with purity and in-
tensity all my life, and God bless them.
As long as I am given strength to act
{for them, anyhow or anywhere, no
matter at what sacrifice, I stand ready
for their service or defense.
WwW, 8. SCHLEY.”
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Promotion for Schley.
The president has determined to re-
commend to Congress that Acting Rear
Admiral Sampson be advanced eight
numbers and Commodore Schley six
rumbers. This will result in making
cach a Rear Admiral, but with Com-
modore Schley ranking immediately
below Admiral Sampson.
Captain Clark of the Oregon will be
recommended for an advance of six
rrumbers in the Captains’ grade, and
Lieutenant Commander Wainright will
go up eight numbers.
Carried Heavy Insurance.
Isaac Newton Vaughn, who dropped
dead in his tobaccp factory at Rich-
mond, Va., a few days ago, had $233,-
660 tnsurance on his life all taken out
in the last four or five years, as fol-
lows: Mutual Life, $100,000; Equitable,
$100,000; Fidelity Mutual, $50,000; New
York Life, $20,000; Northwestern, of
Milwaukee, $10,000: Massachusetts
Mutnal, $10,000; Royal Arcanum, $3,000.
TERSELY TOLD TELEGRAMS.
Andrew
Pittsburg,
library.
President McKinley announces that
if it is at all possible he will attend the
Knights’ Templars conclave in Pitts-
burg on October 11 and 12,
Sheriff Fisher made a raid on ‘negro
gamblers near Moultrie, Ga., the other
night. Five negroes were killed and
many more seriously wounded.
Harry Fisher, an 18-year-old prisoner
at the Morganza reform scheol near
Pittsburg, murdered his Keeper, John
W. Stuckrath, last Saturday. His es-
rape was prevented, that being the ob-
ject of the murder.
The Beach Creek district, about three
miles from Knoxville, Tenn., was visit-
ed by a cloudburst last Saturday night.
In addition to the family of William
¥Figon having been drowned and 17
other victims whose names are not
known, John Arnold and Samuel Henry
and wife also perished.
Carnegie has presented
Tex., with a $5,000 free
.
- sidered, is
FUTURE OF OUR NEW POSSESSIONS |
NUMEROUS SUGGESTIONS.
Porte Rico Will Be Annexed Cuba to be Bo Governed
That She May Desire to Become Part
of he United Btates.
The disposal of the Philippines and
the proper governing of Cuba and Por-
to Rico are the questions which now
confront the government at Washing-
ton.
The president believes that the most
serious problem which the peace com-
mission will be called upon to deal with
is the Philippines. > Before the commis~
sion assembles it is hoped the affairs
of Cuba and Porto Rico will be found
in such process of adjustment as to
leave little for the commission to con-
stder under that head. The absolute
relinquishment by Spain of all sover-
eignty over the islands in the West
Indies will allow only the property
questions to be settled between the
governments—that is, what Spain shall
take away and what shall remain as
captures of war, and the protection of
Spanish subjects and their property in
the islands. The greater questions
growing out of the war as relating to
Cuba and Porto Rico will have to be
dealt with by the United States alone. !
The fact that the Philippines will
present the difficult problem in the |
peace megotiations has caused the ad-
ministration to give it a great deal of
careful attention. Several suggestions
have been made, one being the retan-
tion of the bay, city and harbor of
Mantla, ‘just what ‘the protocol gives
temporarily. Another is that Subig
bay and a sufficient amount of terri-
tory for a naval and coaling station be
secured and the building up of an
American city at that piace begun.
Still another idea, which is being con-
the retention of the island
cf Luzon, the advocates of that plan
believing that there would be trouble
between the governments which oc-
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BATTLE AT MANILA.
Nine Americans Killed in an Encounter With a
Superior Number of the Enemy.
The first fighting in the Philippines
between the American and Spanish
troops occurred August 1, at Malate, Ww
fierce battle ensuing: R =
In the midst of a raging typhoon and
a tremendous downpour of rain-the
enemy's foree, estimated at 3,000 men,’
attempted to surprise our camp. Our
pickets were driven in and the trenches
assaulted.
The troops engaged in the struggle
were the Tenth Pennsylvania, First
Battalion, Seventh California Batta-
lion, Third Artillery Regulars-and. Bat-
tery A, Utah:
The attack was directed at the Amer-
ican right flank, held by the Tenth
Pennsylvania troops. The dead are:
Walter E. Brown, Company D, Tenth
Pennsylvania; William Purton, Tenth
Pennsylvania; William Stillwagon,
Company E, Tenth Pennsylvania; Jac.
Hull, Jr., Company E, Tenth Pennsyl-
vania: Jesse Noss. Company E, Tenth
Pennsylvania; John Brady, Company
1, Tenth Fennsylvania; Morris Just,
First Coloradc; L. Dawson, Battery K,
Third Artillery, U. 8, A.: J. A. M'1l-
raith, Battery H, Third Artillery, U.
S.A.
Seriously wounded: Tenth Pennsyl-
vania: Sergeant Alva Walter, Private
Lee Snyder, Victor Holmes, C. S. Car-
ter, Arthur Johnson. First California:
Captain Richter, Private C. J. Ed-
wards. Third Artillery: Private Chas.
Winrneld.
The brave Pennsylvania men never
flinched, but stood their ground under
a withering fire. The alarm spread,
and the First California Regiment,
with two companies of the Third Ar-
tillery, who fight with rifles, were sent
up to reinforce the Pennsylvanians.
The enemy was on top of the trenches
when these reinforcements arrived.
Flag of Truce Not Recognized.
General Wilson Sunday sent a party
with «4 flag of truce to notify the Span-
iards at Porto Rico of the suspension
of hostilities, but the flag was not re-
The Monitor which Gen. Merritt reports as having safely arrived at Manila
accompanied by her consort, the collier Brutus.
cupied a portion of the island with a
line of demarcation such as would ex-
ist in case Manila and the bay only
was retained. The island of Luzon is
the largest of the group and contains
about 3,000,000 people, which are said
to be the better class in the Philip-
pines. It is believed, however, that
the administration and the commis-
sion will be greatly influenced by the
reports which Admiral Dewey and
(ten. Merritt will make out on the sub-
ject.
The final determination as to the
government of Porto Rico and the set-
tlement of the government of Cuba are
problems for settlement, but the im-
pression prevails that these islands
will become quite rapidly american-
ized, and every encouragement for
them to do so will be given. Porto
Rico will be under military control for
the present.
cuba also will be similarly governed,
put it is probable that American re-
forms in the matter of government
will be such that the people of Cuba
will see the advantage of becoming an-
nexed to the United States. It is
thought the sanitary improvement
Havana and other cities,
ment of the municipalities and liber-
alty offerdd the country people will be |
of such a character as soon to con-
vince the people that the changed con-
ditions are for their good.
There has been little doubt
soon settling the transfer of Porto
Kico, and the reception which the
American troops have received in that
icland is a justification for the belief.
Porto Rico will be treated at. once as
an American possession. The first
movement in this direction will be the
sending of a delegation of officials
from the postoftice department to in-
vestigate and report upon the mail
facilities there now and to make such
recommendations as they determine
upon.
about
COST OF THE WAR.
Navy Department Has Expended $32,700,000 and the
War Department $65,300,000.
Although the war with Spain lasted
only 114 days, It is estimated that it
has cost the government so far 150,000, -
000, of which $98,000,000 has been actu-
ally paid out of the Treasury. Be-
ginning with March 1, when the first
increase in the expenditures in antiei-
pation of war became apparent in the
daily expenditures of the Treasury, the
actual disbursements on this account
have been approximately as follows:
March—Army, $600,000; navy, $2,400,-
000: total, $3,000,000. April—Army, $1,-
200,000; navy, $9,800,000; total, $11,000,-
000. May—Army, $12,000,000; navy, $7,-
600,000; total, $19,000,000. June-—Ariny,
$16,500,000; navy, $6,500,000; total, $25,-
000,000. July—Army, $29,500,000; navy,
$5,500,000; total, $35,000,000. To August
13—Army, $5,500,000; navy, $1,500,000,
total, $7,000.000.
Total charged to War Department,
$65,300,000; total charged to Navy e-
partment. $32,700,000; grand total, $98,-
000,000: The appropriations made by
Congress on acount of the war aggre-
gated about $360,000,000, and cover the
time to January 1, 1899.
Removing Spaniards From Santiago.
The “Spanish transport Luzon sailed
Sunday from Santiago for Spain with
2,056 Spanish soldiers, four priests, six-
teen women, thirty-four children and
137 officers total, 2,237.
The Spanigh transport Isla de Luzon,
P. De Satrustegui and Isla de Panay,
are in port embarking the Spanish
troops. It is expected that they wiil
carry over 4,000.
An Innocent Driver Killed.
of |
the manag=- |
| shortly be
| frel, too, is exhausted, and the bakers
| are burning doors and window frames.
| It is impossible to eat uncooked ric
| ¢crsular
Frank Kante was shot and killed by
officers—~at St. Louis the other night
near Lafayette park. Two policemen !
in citiens clothes were watching for
robbers and Kante, with a fellow em-
ploye, drove past in a delivery wagon.
The officers ordered them to halt, but |
Kante, thinking he was about to be
held up, urged his horses to a run. The
policemen opened fire with fatal effect.
! arrived from Skaguay,
spected. This was by order to Gover-
nor General Macias. As General Mac-
ias has no communication with Madrid
he may thus cut himself off from offi-
cial notification of the situation, -al-
though natives have been sent through
the Spanish lines to spread the news
that a cessation of hostilities has been
ordered.
FAMINE AT MANILA.
The Richest Classes Are Now Suffering for Food.
Rains Cause an Epidemic.
The scarcity of food now affects even
the richest class in Manila. There is
ne meat, bread or flour, except very
small reserves, chiefly laid under re-
quisition for the Spanish troops.
The newspapers, though rigidly cen-
sored, admit that the famine and the
unprecedented rains are causing an
epidemic. They pretend that the dis-
orders are trivial intestinal ailments,
but it is believed most of them ave
dysentery due to wretched food and
the dangerous character of the water.
An abattoir has been established for
slaughtering horses and dogs. The
newspapers admit that the military
bakers are reduced to the necessity of
using rice, -the stock of which will
exhausted. The stock of
A decree has been issued authoriz-
ing the entry of private premises and
the seizure of cattle and horses there,
for a nominal payment, made ‘in
worthless drafts. Several animals be-
longing to British owners have been
seized, though there were plenty he-
lorging to Spanish owners that had
not been taken. An attempt was made
to seize the indispensable pony of the
physician and considerable
ircignation has been expresscd.
Jeweler Mrrisred in Guatemala,
Recent arrivals from Guatemala
state that Emanuel Meyer, a German
jeweler, well known in San Francisco,
was murdered ir a ghastly manner in
a hotel in Guatemala City on July 15
for 331,000 and other valuables. Three
natives, one of whom was recently in
prison for murder, did the deed. Goods
worth : $15,000 have since : been . re-
covered. :
Exports Exceed Imports.
The monthly statement of the im-
ports and exports of the United States
shows that during July the imports of
merchandise amounted to $50,674,366, of
which $19,571,265 was free of duty. As
compared with July, 1897, a decrease is
shown of about $3,000,000. The exports
of domestic merchandise amounted to
$71,189,741, an increase of over $1,000,000.
Soldier Court-Martialed and Shot.
Word has been received at Marinette,
Wis.; from Ponce, ‘Porto. Rico, that
Private La Duke, of the Second Wis-
consin regiment, who shot and killed
Private Stafford, of the regular army,
during a quarrel in a saloon at Ponce,
was court-martialed July 31, found
guilty and shot on the morning of
August 4.
“The Department of Bantiago.
The war oflice has created
partment of Santiago. It embraces ali
the territory now controlled by the
United States in Cuba. Major General
A. R. Chaffee has been assigned to
command the department. His forces
will consist of six immune regi-
ments, all colored.
Tons of Mail for Porto Riso.
W. F. Sopp, assistant postmaster at
Toledo. O., and Paul Boisaneau, of
New Orleans, both experienced postal
clerks; will leave on the next transport
for Porto Rico. Two tons of mail for
Porto Rico is waiting to be forwarded
at the first opportunity.
New Co'd Btrike.
The steamer Cottage City, which has
brings a report
has been made
the De-
that a rich gold strike
' 70 miles belew Lake Tagish.
i had
| co uld
I United States
i'gcvernment
SPAIN NOW RERLIZES HER LOSSES.
GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED. *
Havana Ts Grestly Agitated by tiie- News Bysnish
Newspaper Speaks Bitterly Concerning
the Result of the War.
The comments of the Spanish oress
on the protocol are a veritable funer-
al hymn. on the destruction of the
Spanish colonial empire. Some days
ago the desire for peace made the p:o-
ple close their eyes to the price, but
now, upon reading the protocol, they
realize that the cost. is the loss of that
empire Which Spain had conquéred
with so much glory, and. that Spain
now fails to thes second tank -among
nations, The public mind jis stunned
and there is general mourning. ;
Gen. Blanco telegraphs Madrid that
Havana is greatly agitated by the
news of the signing of the protocol,
and that much anxiety is manifested
to learn the conditions, which have
not yet been published. Some uneasi-
ness is felt regarding the effect that
the text of the protocol may have on
the Spanish volunteers in Havana.
Many newspapers express grief and
despair that the men wh brought dis-
aster on Spain by lack of foresight,
organization and ability. should con-
tinue to govern the country.
121 Pais prints the text of the proto-
col signed by the United States and
Spain with mourning borders, and
says: “Spain, without colonies, is re-
duced to the role “of a third rate
power.” ,
121
bring
much
half of war.”
1 Nacion says bitterly: “If Spain
at least been vanquished only af-
ter a furious and heroic struggle she
resign herselt. | with the
will momen-
tary respite from misfortune.”
11 Liberal says article in : the
proteeol relating th: Philippines
does not indicate anything good
for Spain will be upon, and the
question will not be settled favorably
for her.
1 Globo
Imparcial says:
to ‘Spain even
after
“Peace
the rest
three years
will not
she so
needs and a
ace
only be a
our
the
to
that
fixed
(Ministerial) pines for
peace hetween Spain and the [United
States and says the communications
on eastern questions which Day and
Catnbon have signed begin the first
chapter in a new history of Europe.
El Tiempo (Conservative) says,
“Feace. is an accomplished fact. The
biterness of defeat does not prevent us
from seeing with satisfaction the end
of the war.”
El Epoca says:
saddest imposed
litrecht:” and
“The peace is the
since the (t{reaty of
expresses doubt if a
which has allowed itself
to be dragged into war will anquit
itself well by negotiating peace.”
CUBA'S FUTURE.
General Palma Belisves That In Tim2 the Inhabi-
tants May Desire Annexation.
General Tomas Estrada Palma, the
(Cuban delegate to this country,'said:
“What the plan of the United States
is, I do not know; but I do net believe
there will be any attempt to force an-
nexation. I, with most Cubans, be-
lieve that the American government
will fulfill its promise to give inde-
pendence to (‘uba, establishing at first
a sort of military government of its
own until the island forms its own
government.
“After the Cubans shall have estab-
lished a firm and independent govern=
TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA.
(Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republle of
Cuba.)
ment, it may be that the Cubans them-
selves will some time voluntarily ask
the United States for annexation.
“There are now two objects for Cub-
ans i this country to work for—the
+¢ndiing of food and clothing to the re-
concentrados, and the liberation of po-
litical prisoners in tjie Spanish penal
settlements. We shall urge this upon
the government at Washington.”
Hobson's Father Honored.
The president last week appointed
Judge J. M. Hobson, father of Lieut.
Hobson of Merrimac fame, postmaster
at Greensboro, Ala. Mr. Hobson is a
Democrat, and the nomination was
made at the earnest request of his Re-
publican fellow townsmen as a mark
of good feeling.
CABLE FLASHES.
Germany 1s said to have for
the annexation of Samoa.
It is reported that Mulai-Ab-El-Aziz,
Sultan of Morocco, is dead.
The fate of the monastic orders of
the Philippines is causing much unrest
among the clergy at Madrid.
The English warship Mohawk <has
seized the Santa Cruz and Duff Islands
in the Southern Pacitic ocean.
The Queen of Spain fears anarchists
and extraordinary precautions have
been taken to guard the palace.
Russia will introduce the
gun on her naval vessels.
close observer of recent
cperations.
The night train on the railway to
T.isiux, thirty-four miles east of Caon,
Paris, was derailed sunday night near
Bonvillers. Seven persons were Killed
and forty-one injured.
Now that has been declared
the erstwhile hostile German pre-ss has
greatly- toned dew nd is attempting
to show that it always entertained the
kindliest feelings for the United
States. z
‘fhe German municipal and provine-
jal authorities along the Rhine have
decreed the removal of glaring adver-
tisements of an American cereal prep-
aration, which had been placed at the
most conspicucus and loveliest spots
along the river.
plans
dynamite
She was a
American
peaca