R 01F RTO RCD. Ah Fh pa MORE MEN ENROUTE. @es. Wiles Huy Net ESvet » Landing Until the Mex Fim Lighters May Add te the Delay. Gey. Miles with a portion of the in. vading army arrived at Porte Rice Sunday. Last Sunday the German “stearner Croatia, arrived at St. Thom- ag, and reported that she was fired "upon by one of the American ships > oer miles from San Juan de Porto Last Monday the American 18Gops : began Innding on the isiand of Porte Rico, near Ponce, on the south coast. The general hap with him sufficient artillery 16 hoid any position he may | ahoos to cecupy, supplemented, as this artillery will be by the guns of Bie tava! convoy, Meanwhile the deo po inert in making every sort to ry along the remainder of the ex : {Yn Sate troops are now on their way from Tampon and ( “harieston snd : should resch Porto Bion in a few days Navn! officials are axsinting actively in | a geting the troops off, and are engaged samiAing he pecessary orders to : that end to the commanders of the navel auxiliary vessels whith have ha pinced at the service nf the war fees it th department, Tuesday the ———— G35 ¥ MIR Sh Fp a oe t trom Ch kamanga “by Gen. Jailed fren Hampton Roads ie 8 probability t Jand pg operations for lack of Hghters, Nt several of These Are now on freveniing A al Cardenas Clit ish that Gen Miles : be delayed for several duys In bis | after the war, their | and others will be» hurried for: | (RE rapidly as possibie However | Be as to his speedy landing on | t Rico soil, | ds the middle of next werk be the mctive lind campaign can be ah iri Porte Rico Ant Toesduy three troops of the payivania volunteer cavalry; City wt Philadelphia: Governors of Harrisburg, and Sheridans of Harrisburg, and Sheridan's for Perio Rico. pliteries A ami been crdered to Porto Rien. Get. Fred Grant's brigade will short. Jeave for Porte Rico. ft will be well along | AN ANE RS of Pennsyivan in | po OUR WAR WITH SPAIN. Gen, Wood has been created military commander at Santiago. The second expedition for the relief of Dewey has reached Manila. Blanco says the surrender of Santi- ago iz of no significant importance, The fifth military expedition for Manila will leave Ban Francisco in a few days f3reat Britain has just appropriated $75.000 006 for battleships and die provers, Brain has spat 350.000 to Admiral A nrapolts. Porto Rico is to be held by this coun. fry ax a permanent possession, the price of war, Camara’ Spanish fleet #t Cartagena, Spain's stronghoid the Mediterrarivan. lars Barton in her Hed Cross He. Het work fod 15 0G persons a day dur far the past week. Brain is devoting ail reval guarding the dynasty Harry Kintard an Ohio soldisr at Camp Alger, did a fow Adaya ago from tie effeots of drinking wood alcohol. The Spanish Trans Atiantic steain- has arrived on ner attention to and i 3 Cwihip corapany, in fone of Watson's fled? ii datributing ite vessels among foreign PEris, Havana will not be attacked until all danger ta Gur troops from yellow fever hos hoon rege This will be in the fisil The apd prayed, rifles Piss found ELFEN diff tug Uncas lamded Bing for the Cuban in last wis without There * ers three deaths at the Span Kes : Partementh, NH, EN opyen are on the sk ~ Eo J 5 nae Mon Het Two thous abans have signed a petition to Prespdent MoKinley, asking thst they be permitiad to govern then wives, Ir ix rumarsd that Admiral Cervera will net return to Spain, bot that alter thie war is over wil take residence in Tipton Bpain hme for aid pad 1° has now turned to Maxine and ashe helleves that i the Cyhang will soon espouse the Span- sh oRuse, About 1.000 American troops ars suf fering from fever at Santiago. Only 14 per cent of those are down with yilloow fever, After severe fighting, the insurgents compelled the evacuation of Gibara, ot the north roast of the province of Santiags ds Cuba. Prominent Spaniards predict that the Cubans will wage admins: the Yankees the same war they waged against Spain, The sarong expedition, which Bas jut arzived at Manila, look possessiin of on “ion: fet Wake Island in the rene of the United States, ren. Shatter's wen may be brought to the United Rates to recuperate thar strength. The men will then take part in the campaign against Havana, usar. the island in the Ladrone group. which was recently captured, will be permanently retained by the ite] States as a coaling siation he Americans at Santiage are buy- Dime swords, medals and buttons from i thelr Guvernment has profited by the taught by the Santiago expedi. Aside from # of life | She astudl loss of life C Yiek World has opened & fund | Bt be extiested to result from ortho start, tur relations with some of it is realized : the | powers would be Impalesd | adverse moral offect created by | & approaching s defout for the | mre at this stage of the t ean prevent, Gan. food sor of tents to protect theo Be tropical rains, nor of the | ® of transjriation. that were #0 | t at the bewinning of the Santi- | BYenent, Miles reported that hs had | him 1 transports, which, : have aheard several thou. are filled with equ nt. board ship are suffering from precisely an did the soldiers who | {ii Tumpa bay before the departure het BEafter expedition. As the came ois to be 8 principally a land move the na val nficers do not believe mmo or WAR. 1 Wh WIE toe 0 Th Ws Be Cos will pay the cost of the war! in Jetritory or cash, and state officials are £ up fil They have ound that the te aahey } on record, §1.000 - and two provinces, was paid by to Germany in 1878. Turkey ) to pay Russia $725,000 000 months war. China gave acces gave ¢ the United States BPPrii 100,000,000 and | those cases the victor was Just reimbursed. Turkey was only from | i was discovered, Spanish troops at Ban Luis and Pal. | test. This war with Spain ix ot the tile of F500.000.900 per i Hawaii, The it is | peedend i dunn, : : to the Spanish coast, _ en will pot run short inte foes, and all wik whenever an interpreter can Iw tained, With a subméription of $1000 the Naw | he sriciion of a memorial to New yvalunierrs who have or may fail in the wir it is Simely that sorre of the ships in- tended for Watson's cruise may be in the bombardment of San Thia will delay the expedition Heng Kong newspapers are making fun of the equipments of American frowpa at Manila. They claim the Trois have sveryvihing they 46 not want, and pond everviling that is wanted, The Spanish transport Valdez arriv- wf #f Algeciras and landed guns and wir material Admiral Camera's flag although at least two of in wad now 1a he at Cartagena walling | Bantiage. he ort, and 1 in calcu- f ! reporting Spanish barbarity which oe for overhauling the largest bat tine With such improvements, the : Islands a» a mid-ocean sta- al Tt inestimable value r children of Elmer Wallman, a Neb, near Hei trice, were ate, it the Firglien consul at Seoul The consul refused. f tury in the case against Senator of Wilmington, Del, charged dding to loot a bank, disagreed, : were drowned in the , ein last Sunday: was instantly killed in the same city. ina Mr. Borger, aged 107, has just re a pension of $12 a month from ‘government, She resides near She logt her husband dur- xionn war, and two sons killed and one Sisauied in Thomas | Rantiags had surrendered. EE at be a pava. Estimates srs be. #314 surrendered last Friday. th» for Watson's American squadron. From Germany comes the report thik! ail of the Powers, sxcepting Great Britain have agreed not to sliow un } shore. American annexation of the Philip pines ar an Anglo-American protector ate aver the lands ‘Washington officials are greatly in- consed at the conduct of the Cubans at stip to supplying the rebels with food and are, and this would have a wholesome effect on them. frig. Gen. Chas Kink will command of the next expedition to Mani. He estimates that 0.000 trpop will be needed In the Philippines twfoare tha [nited States get through with Spain and the insurgents lea. Shafter, in complimenting his be Ini msm oa few days ago said that they | had endored hacdabips heretofore un- Ktivwn to American armiss, and that their work had only been rivaled npon | & few occasions in the world's history. A box containing an infernal mach- ine which was intended to blow up the refrigerator ship Victor, was dis- | and thrown | ayerhorrd. The Victor had Just heft veivered by the captain New York when the deadly machine mae, Cubs, would not surrender unléss they could see tow themselves that Cer. vira's fleet was destroyed and that They were perrasittedl to do this by Gen Bhalter flowd Cross workers at clurred during the recent battle. Sev. siral men were shot dead as they lay in A | pounds, The insurgents are so active in the | Hed Cross litters Commissions Cthiorizing this dastardly work were i found on the bodies of some of these : guerrillas. Bantisge merchants are only allie } i of the newspapers of Havana is an ac {count of a woman arrested for cooking the fleah of her own horse, which she | ¢ ing Americans 3 cents on their dollar Ii has been suggested that any trades- man who refuses to accept United | States money at 1% cents on the dad- | fxr should be removed from any fler- | ritory over which the American fag floats, The British steamer Regulus, \ ne | ghout 1.500 tons, was captured by the 1’nited States auxiliary gunboat Hawk, 1% miles from Sagua la Grande, Pro- vince of Santa Clara, and was brought | {0 Key West a few days ago. She Bnd landed a cargo at [agua la Grande and was coming out when taken. A French squadron is reported to be rulsing hetween the Canary islands id the "adia coast. The British rleship liustrious will satl from G > raltar for Taugier on Tuesday nent supposedly to represent England at the gathering of warshis occasioned by the expectad coming of the Amepi. can squadron under Commodore Wit. son, The town of Nipe, on the north coast of Cuba. opposits Santiago, tured July I1 by the cruiser Topei gunboat Annapolis, converted yaoht Wasp and tug Leyden, after a sharp fight lasting an hour and seven min- The Rpanish eraiser Jurgs Ju mn President. Pianding from the St he went io ale C day | the rec we will use alr pumps The government may put a pond: rice, 15 C15: lard 239: ofl 35. codfish, 13: peas. 10 | condensed milk. 31 a can: salt, J centa, Rantiago are | ions. 35 corned beef, | Mak. 60 a half gan: sweet potatoes, | 2% was cape | TSH GOLN MAY B SED, HOBSON" s EFFORTS. The Bors of the Merrimlh Now is ¥ow Tork Arvang. ing With « Wresking Company He Bapleine Pifruities Whish atv to de Overeeme. Liext, Hobson, the hers of the Merrie mac, arrived in Washington last Fri. day He wan cordially greeted by the His mission now is to re. port and arrange for saving the Span- iah ships Iyving on Cuoban shores Ideyr., Rishmond Pierson Hobson me- turned to New York Monday alter the second wisit to Washington sinre his Paul on Friday morning White in Washington he conferred with Recretary Leng oon cerning the saving of the Cristobal Colon. Upon his retarn to New York the office of the Merritt & Chapman Wrecking and Derrick Come. pany lo complete the preparations for righting and preserving the Colon, Lirut Hobson announced ater in the that the Merrick & Chapman pany had consented to undertake overy of the Cristobal Colon and was making K avery fort tn begin the AR 3 A RH Bonbon dp ss CAPTAIN BENRBAL ATATHTL Madrid bas recsived pews from Gen FAugugtt of Manila, who says the Amerivans are about to attack the city and that grave event's are m- pending. Work as soon as possible “The diffouity of saving the Ualon™ snid Be “lies In the complete sub mergence, upon her beam end. of a steamer of T0068 tons, Only a shart por. tion of her stem is clesr of water, which fs her whales interior. Iler sea valves ares open and her sides are in & few places perforated by shelin The bench upon which slie Hes io excsading- iy shelving, forming & part In fact, of the mountain whivh there rises out of the sea. In short, &i the conditions are present whivh render the righting and raising of the ship an engineering feat of large progortions. Af the same time {1 is simple and quite feasible. No new appliances are needed teahing has to be invented: i is sinply 8 gues tan of getting to the spat in tins with Suid the acorpied fizenns and methods on a 3 uf 3 sufficient scale, As to the plan for raising the Calon, Lieut. Hobaon said “Waa will ron the poantions sungaide of the Calon. submerge them, and after chaise under the bhattom of the ship have been fastensd the pontoans will be pumped and tightened the pamioans will be pumped out. Al the sane time pe in trying to force the water out of ber air chambors and water-{fght compartments. If many af these compiuriments are found 16 be in goad condition thie comune farce from tne outside and (he Inmide will be sufficient to raise the Colon several feet. If they are not suflieiont, then air bags will be put in Ber held sind In fated by compressed air. Fvary time the ship in raised 8 few fret from the bottom she will be towed farther In #25 that, after several easy stages, she will Be high encugh out of the waler to make il the necessnry re- pairs. It is thought that her hall is not in a leaky condition, but that it wis the opsalng of the sea valves hy the Spanisrds which sank the ship af- toy they saw it Impasible to 8) away If that is found to be the case the Col- {on may be quickly towed Ww a dry dock in this cogatry for permanent over hauling. “4 think 1t will be fully two weeks before the work of raising the Calon can begin. Ax to when if can be fin. mhed will depend largely nn the gmenithnens of the water Punthons can not be worked in rough witer Fortunately been propitious thos far and 8 is our spe that ft will continue until. the Colon is high and safe on the beach” DISTRESS AT HAVANA A amas Arrested for Beating the Flash of Her Own Bores - Nertality Among the Working Classes The mortality in Havana anuwng the working classes because of starvation is 58 per cont. It is comments] upon in an sditovial in La Idario de ia Marina and a price list of articles a» fixed by the government is given by the same paper. Flour = 14 cents a cornmeal, = Pot ioen, 8 x Balf can; Hetors the blockade sweet potatos vould be purchased at NM cents for I Havana province that the plight of the city is dally growing worse and few fresh vegetablss reach the city. In one had kiiled. Reny Nsstisg Corpoes The British tank steamer Oliflelds, whivh arrived at Chester, Pa. last week from Shields England reports having a large number of bad. jes of persons while off the Newfound jand barks a few days ag. Capt Shawyer stated that there were fully Cubans Obey President WaKialey Lisut. Charles Fritot of the army. who recentiy Cuba, states that the Florida expedi- tion was met by Gen, al. tn the course the American peopls! “1 have only to say.” sald Comex. “that the only man gnything ta say in the matters is Mr. MeKinley, do whatever he says, structions to all my forces to co-oper- ron, direction ate with the Americans to whom we i surrendered. are much indebled.” tor wa the weather hes | E vour sguaddron wi 200 and he supposes they were some of | oy the victims of the Bourgogne disaster | i Hrookiyn fought | RSpanish squadron in turn, and tarda sho ils as i ard as uban ! returned from Gomes, and that | TA8Y a3 ad he had a personal talk with the gener. | of which he =aid wher asked what message he had {or ithe pope has : OA ers peace propasala who has of i am! we shail | I have given in- HISTORY MADE BY THE U STATES THUS FAR IN| HER WAR WITH SPAIN. - : SPAIN. THE OPPRESSOR. Feb 1% Maine in the Barbor of Havana is Blows op Two hundred and sixty-six fost, April 21 ~Spain severs diplomatic tions with the United States act is conmidersd a war April 38. from the Cape Verde [sinnds, Aprit 26. Powers against the the Havans blockade and dalous sggreoesion of the States” May I -Martiai law Madrid May 8 Spain threatens to court tind Monten, the Spanish admiral for suffering defent at the Dewy. May 18-4 farmed. July 2 --Hpain Cervera and his sauadron to leave Bantiage harbor and make a dash for jiherty, wiv Adora turns ta Rpain procind eed new Spanish cabinet geri Camigera’s Meet ree through the Huerr ou ving psid beary ol 0 Snaninrds killed at ta Algere by Tuban saldisrs une 13-0 Spaniards willed Americans at Gaantanamo sal after ha ure 14 Pan. tmrea RLF Rg aar Semin der # Shank ed tee dng any of ihe vile making hi iy xX § arya Bao woes prisaviers brought to : arngged aval y enfant con. American CATE sd wen taught fo hate fails to HER res the whom hey Jane 13 from 1H ~The goavsrement petitioned by ¥ Ppoards of fra ie i £ to sue for dea qty Rng tigl Gen Toral for sur tiago To Phe Americans, ciaiming that she had ordered him to Sght ail food and smmuniBon was sxhausted June 3 Admiral Camaras Spanish sanadron sails to Attack Dewey buat in dented coal at the Suez canal July Eo The Hpanish cruiser, Mercedes, ix sunk in Santiago Bay Jaly & -Rpanish crolser Alphonsa Xi sunk by the Bleckading squadron of Havanu July 25 Omders to strengthen Cities, Aagninst th — Estimatad I ow x ®pain the pow pcre A ¥ia “ eae sug Rout thvregtong fo PONT Maer. rendering vt sent theosughant Spain dufonaes in KI Conant Watson's sgoadron fives lost By the Spaniards raoonzss AT SANTIAGO The Postefioe Bogins Opprations With 390 Ssks of Wail Rowsivnd from the Yerth The postofMes al Rantiagoe was open od Sstorday. 2d bags of mail of the steamer lLampasks. Draught by tamail. being distributed by Kempner the postmaster The cargoes of supplies in the ves. pein at Rantiags are being snd the prevaliing distress is being re Heved rapidly. (waders have Len in sued with 8 view lo enforcing cheanii- poss throughou! the city. are sublest (0 inspection ged fren will he imposed fir pagligense in somiplying with the saniiary measures © stammer, Riate of Togas has anioaded her cargo The Red Cross Society's and returned north, Miss Clara Bar tom and her staf remain doing «Moient wark in the ciiy, General Shafter and hin sta sxtabiishod hBeadauariers a the palace General Wien will remain as guilitary governor Many of smiploay rent pes raed fieneral Rhafter’s report to the srmy was published last week. In it ihe Cieneral thanks he officers and men for their otis eney, nn va eafugves Are seeing cusnnaeres in being the wag AN arn ms erxsruzscs Starving Cubans Ieper Sampesn te Come te Their Aid Quiskiy The following pitiful appeal has heen addressed by the starving people of ienfgegns to Bear Admiral Sampson “Hagorable Sie. The Cubans od men, aomen and children, resident in the tawn of Clenfusgon and this heleh- Borhood are xi dying of hunger The young men are all in the fleld with thee ubass and have aot shoes neither foot. All the provisions in this town are in the hands of the as iT (x necessary te send everything to the fleld, The Weyler system in In his way This situation fe terrible. I you, Eonorable sir. do nal cone gute k with 13g air Belp amd take possession of his tewn we aiail bee jowt We hex you to precipitate pour peri. tions Aboot 5008 ald men women and shildren shall die of hunger in this town Some of these old men Rave Soup and Ave sons Sghting for his freedom, This ix our situstion, horrible situation, 17 the great people of the United Stites do pot come guivk te our Relp we are fost, For God's sake come gaiek, SOME CUBAN Nathing can be done for “the pen ysie af (MenTuegos until that piace is cage tured This wilt not be far soine ime War Shige Setiering st Maails A special dispatch from says four Russian men.of loft Port Arthur amd © i= their destination i» the islands Another special dispatch Japanese warships Woshine, Chin-Yen, fraukushima and Sal-Yen have been hastily dispatched to Ratseho To rein. forces the Japaness squadron thers, making it the strosgest in those wal ars. with the British and American admis. als in the event of international com. plications. Sekley's Graiser . Destroyer. In the destructinn of Cervera's fleas the cruiser Brooklyn placed 20 X.ineh shells in the vitals of the different ves. of the snemy. prefty equally Ji vided except that the Vizcaya vaneht one exIra. ~war have Philippine Bi ye thse * 3 the every ship of pearly twice as many binch all five vessels did S-inch anes ther kinds combined, Panes Fraposain Foon ‘ae Pope A special dispateh from Rome says the i that he consid- | tha communicated to ers acceptable to Goth Spain and United States, samely, Amuicican pexition of Cuba seed Porto Rico, restitution of the Philippines to Spain and 8 commercial treaty exceptional advantages in the coluniad are. ~The inited Riaten battleship | | while on a peaceful missing liyes eo i which | declaration of | Spanish squadron sails west | BE in we - oy ®t toy thyal i a “1 April 7 inefoctivensas of | ETL the scan. | United al} mars . May hands of ces. © dnb Fs Below | Mar uly es = the § Tati | unloaded. | The Bouses | Beay 3 ¥ Have | Spaniards | Cubans cannot cbhinin a pleve of bread, § Rhanghal | SU DEed | It Ras been ordered to co-operate | This demonstrated that tha | ter the requirements of ihe P parently it the i : t {ju the harbar, giving Spain NITED STATES, THE LIBERATOR. March 5 Emergency bill passed. ap- propristing $6 88 for defense pur. poses April Mqaban intervention esau. tions passed hy Congress aod pigned by the Prepident April 2F-. Wires ghet of the war fired when the gunboat Nashville captur- ad the Rpanish const trader, Huepsa Ventura April 23 Presiddnt voduntecrs Batisrien af Mantanias si Ienped by United States cruises April IS Forts 81 Cabanas demdidishiod by the New York Mav I Hpapish fleet at Manila de feated by waaay Eirven Starfish warships destroyed and na Ameri cape Killed Naval Mi for 15 new warships signed by the President May 1} Ensign Ragley and four men or gunboat Winslow Riles all ap enaw Fuogr anfongae cailhk for 13.008 May 3! Rarpeon snelis San Sian May = for Manila Ine wo EE emery Hive Jane Bo. XK oierdy WRTIe Hal Agudpdopes ease i WEE ay rial 2 ne ans IE wx pedit bog 3 th Merriman, ses ind at air: and gents take “Gh, wwoirk Say isla attark > i% Th rs PUR 0 HE Lh Pee entire arm ahoniure | The Lapdpone taken field oxpiniition Tpvgipm yy ‘aplture nsf Ihe monEnish sailors Hobson exvhanged ai vet als en Wogtsann TIN eRe st RED 3 Bre Admiral Crrvera gnnngnred Biy 2 aprdered fo hoembard Spain uly 12 «General Miss arvives at Ban gs with reinforverhanis 3% 35 Piag of france suspends hosts iter at Rantiage, allowing Gow, Toral nainicatlsy Wilh te anrrandes July 8 Santiago surrenders Io Sha Rpwin, one of the render July 17 thas July MH Tr Porta Mal pes ian fF ravedit ion asians Tes 04 (yen snditions of sur ATHerio any fog raised #i Nun Eun are wat foo fen. Mien arrives at Porto Biren Eatinted ives [ust By the Americans GARCIA DISGUSTED. The Rete! Loads Ormpisins that He Was Not/ Invited 1 de Present ot the Burvendsr of Sestinge The candiect oF the Cubans at Baw heen such that den Shafler threatens tia ent off their food supplies, They dre accgesd of mdoletios, refs wi to assist sur soldiers in the work of aring camps and making roads. nl ar LTT AARCIA They are : conts RINE Dien rely od with Tinited Rtatew »alions. omaling cigars stew and grumbling becauwe they were net privileged fo Gel Santingh al Tw tire of surrender A Rantingo speaind trol has written = Khater declaring thas 4% nis treatmeat at the hands Amertcane and 2 therefore withdraw Rin forces to the Billi Among 1h things which Gen, smplaine in the failures of the can vamimander fo oMotally marily af the surrender ol the under Gen Tora! amd Be ix eral at the ailegeid ivr hme mit invited ta Bae pre mony attending he tian at San Lag: PR ITEeY IH a save that Gen, tie to Camis, Be de dlmpuasted PT 4 iHareia mers Shs at the Foiweryyen ¥ REIS swt pA pr yf Bay ® 3 Fp oute Tes sions nh dan BAVANA STRONG IN DETENSES The People Have Dsnldenrs in Their Army wad Sai- ¢ disre—Are Willing to Meet American In mecardance with deforming flog of the inhal te to defend Hae VANE against the atta Kaoof the Arr. van forces the cite Has lately ans entasd inte a Sehasiop § Koff, sirear animation iY Med the most Intense ta dimpig ved and the volunteers asd drills wre being All the farves aXpriss arms with the invaders, termination th sell fecessary in defense country. Judging and acts of the (raaps the an SET wr thspeiawn dmng he reguiar Mitttary netd constntiy, mule Hie af the hotpor of fram hae ward it would he 417. thelr Hives if they were of vigided In defetine give ap their os valde when their country fits Made No Differenee te Oar Boys. sre so ENGAGE SHAPERS TIME. Correrponbinte datiy of Bran Ba of Mikey Are Expeilot fom the Intends 11.000 Span- innle AY. Cy General Shafter reportsd by cable Sareiay thar the condition of the troops Americans Killed at 3 wile Manis aba pain in rogierd i%e SE mien to he returned ty} Ries oes rEg Bes | Santi. the | hin! Rpaniah foros ined § Hae was | TREE. : capital. | the retention of | ive bun tiie sade Popairy a fof Eresatm | axarredeg | to means | and a deo | their Hives deuriy 7 af + {at Santiago wax sapidly improving. - and sail he hoped In the course of & j | day or tw to have them all located In comfortable camps, where they may Crest and recuperste, and where the { wlok may recover He is feeding 11,000 of the spanish prisoners of war, and (although be has not been able to fare Lvl them tents yet, this deficiency in Deng made good. and meanwhile thelr [present condition iv po worse in this romgpect than was thelr condition before the surrender. The Geoeral makis no tention of the alleged lator from Gar Lela te Dimer! nor Aces he speak of any friction hetuesn them, whence the de- partment has cane to doobt the age thentieity of published stories on these : subiects i In Ais pepert to the war departinent relative fa conditions at Rantiage enoral Shafer hax thrown some [ight Cuter the ditflenlties in which cikriain af the pewdpaper correspondents there I pave invelved themselves From his report 1 wonbd appear that animated by ay ambition 1o teks a prominent Part in fee Smportant vette following spel other in rapid succession at Sen viage afer the initiation of the nepreth- pions for the surrender of they cy, 8 few of the vores HT galents Here ality Bray breégches of military AW, fie } pros Cartel ve aciion Bry Cetera Shufiey Thus, for ineranes one varrespond Cemt dim his affords to tele part in the Bag raving over the sity hail resisted Cake mary ofMcery in (he sxerution of i thelr duty. and sven attempts] § pore Lsenal asssualt upon the ooatmandiag ) deneral. This mm hime sublet fo I summary and severe punishment, aves Cdemth, yet General Shafter. probably Presiiging that lepnorance of military Pim was the explanation of the aaotian, {contented Bioaself with expelling that {correspondent oom Tuba, | A more serious cfenne, from the fact that it might casily have fed te rioting Cand loss of fife was that of three other Cvorrespandernts who i appears by neral Bhatter's report, by cironists ing inflanunatory posters stirred up the town They wer Hkewise drport- od, and as evidence that he has no fll f feniing tomrards the DRpST repressiated bY them, Hut desires aniy to swervise | meh control as 8 imperatively dee prisnded in the interyat of safely of our trace and protection of the people un- nader their care, General Shafter has Pdeclared that these correspondents | miay be replaced by others from the | mame newspaper wha will observe the f rules of pradencs. No menting is made of any other cases requiring atieniion, tard it is indicated that the rejations berwesn the newspaper men and the army offivers at Hantago ary generally smiegbie am nstisfaciory. In & very dignified manner General Shafter tak postive 08 woeme of the severely oritieal newspaper articles that have appearsd, touching the don. Sriom of the troops befors Santiago, while they ny in the trenches He ad pit that there wus a shortage of toe Baces for a time, but shows comiusive iy that thery war no lark of the aeces- saries of fe. and Bat the (fons were C mdenuataly supplied with band bresd, bacon, sugar and colfee Although this Bil of fare is not ax oxtensive as that afforded troops in garrison, it em. fundlon the min features of the army ration wikis an the field service and removed rium a bare of supplies As it has been alleged in some quarters that thers was a ack of purpes: in the Bartiea ineldent to the sdvance Ypon Santiago. 11 be (nterssting to aote that while General Rbafter admits that for two days Be was himself ving #1 owe ing to the great heat! and exposures, he nesmerty that the plars laid down in ad- vance for the movement wers carried sul with abassiute exactness Spas tira Aon With the week just clowed the Cuited States aw the end of the third month of the war with Spain. and the respon sible oMoiale feel nothing but satisfac- tion at tHe progress made An army of a guarter of a stilion men Bas Deen me. wiliged. armed and emipped, and mued af it has seen service, The battles proe podding the captures of Santiago have Bessy remarkable In many respects, arf 0 the pinion of military sxperts, have covered the United States army sngnaed with imperishable glory. Moudern narfare of a vps developed In these engagements wan abeolutely new and astried not apie to the United States army, but te the world. I No such charge is recorded bs history an That made upon the stone fort and Lthe bBioekhoauses crowning the hills af PEI Caney. Ther have Deen snguge- | ments Between trained (roope and save Domes rmces in the lungles of India and Fan the hills of South Africas of inate I years that conveyiad In a =tight mane ner the possibilities of musiern weaponn, Hat thes hatties fought by the Fifth army corps have besn the Efirst tn which large bodies of troops of | divitiged nations on both sides have nesn engaged with all the (implements moder warfare, and the result in i bound te be highly instrictive to the fo mulitary ftudent and te extort admira- tion for the apiemiid fighting qualities af he Updtesd States soldiers from the RET unwiiing iritics. Recommends American Shige. Lisutsnant V. Geelmayden, the naval . afficer sent by the Nao n Govern | mient to see how Uncle Sam fought at wea, sailed for heme jast Saturday. Hoult to find soldlvrs more witthngg than | these in Havana to suffer and even ta | Having seen the destruction of Cers vorg x leet and closely inspected the Cuipegon, he has decided to reconunend to his gUvernment that it place a cone tract with an American shipbuilding | firm for the construction of two badtie- { ships, A naval representative of the Turk. | ish government who witnessed the bat. | things | tie of wut lies said Santiago among “The rations furnished the men wore | not anywhere equal to those Turtiished by Turkey to Hts forces. We have no canned food We gee live cvatile Killed near encampment, with large amounts of vice and biscualy, It wens to rae the | font was neither sufficient aor siitabie Hmate praia bao Aifferenes (6 the fghting abiltivs of the American men Heavy Spezish Lapses An army afMeer arated thim murning shat the 10m Nalisaer rip ti Hen. Sh AR 3 Were wy shi hiy 5 5 the ships . which 3 Dedlevad ass the [panish Vessels 6 du. be ih, I hog 2h tha grand ! Atal hal fallen into he hands Srates at Fanliage no the af the nie siitigns. Ap- | es delivered | . bring | valus «ff peaperty which Hative Chisfs Want to Bale. | The Manila correspondentof the Lone {don Daily Mall under date of July I commenting on the “state of anareiy among the rebeln” says: Each | thief desires to become the ! ruler of his isfand. It is pitiful to think [that a nation like the Spanish has been heatsn by such miserable specimens of humanity. American inactivity in tell ing on the natives in the rebel districts Famd is plentiful but thers in DO money Cra purchase (1 and no wav to distribute Cstadrit newspapers ars filling their sodnpmns with serial stories. as they are put silowssd to print the news Po Regent's Birthday. Thi ur«iay was the gnesn's birthday fabio was hors July 21 15888), but “owing te the malions cliroamstances.” the use receptions and ban quets suppressed. The only ceremony wa 4 private mass held in the rr of the royal palace. The roval amily | & asd the court altendsd this service,
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