Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1898, Page 2

2 ae. ' px BE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1898-24 PAGES. FEELER FOR PEACE nies From Madrid That America Has Made Proposals. DENIED AT STATE - DEPARTMENT All Such Offers Must Come From Spain, It is Said. EFFECTON PUBLIC SENTIMENT | gee MADRID, June 25.—The Correspondencia of this city today publishes a report to the effect that the peace conditions suggested by the government of ‘the United States include the possession by the United States of the Island of Porto Rico, the independence of the Isiand of Cuba under protectorate of the United States, the establishment of a naval sta- tion for United States warships in the Philippe Islands and the establishment of a coal depot for United States war- ships in the Canary Islands. Regarded With Interest Here. The snnouncement from Madrid that the United States has suggested peace condi- iens with Spain were received here with interest. This was because the re- set afloat h the distinct purpose ef developing the © of public fecling in America, as well n Europe. re is no basts of fact for the report, for when the report was exhibited at the State Department it met with a prompt and unqualified denial at every point. No over- tures have come to the department from ple diplomatic quarter as yet the consummation of peace. known that some of the repr port was regarded as a “feeler, * to se of the European powers here. realizing the sei inroads that are being mae upon Fir n commerce by the con- tinuance of hostilities, stand ready at any moment when the tie is auspicious to nd our government as toe what a basis of negot tions for _a brief period. These diplom watch the United would naturally closely upon the people of the h a rumor as this and if the general incline to the accept- ch conditions they would their governments, in receiving instructioris > government of the United on the subject. Terms May Tempt Negotiations. The terms suggested in the Madrid dis- patches seem calculated to tempt that el ment in the United States that, realizing the impotence of attempting to altogether restrain the popular desire for a terri- terial acquisition, desire to confina it with- in the reasonable limits. Also the conditions are such as might naturally sug- themselves to the Spanish element t inclined for peace as a proper basis negotiation, although it cannot be ex- ted that they will completely meet the lowest est demands of the United States at the out- set be set down as a fact that the States will make no suggestions for and that overtures in that direction must originate with Spain. ——— “DON'T SWEAR; FIGHT.” Col. Weod's Order to His Men in Yes- terday’s Engagement. Special Cable Dispateh to The Evening Star. Playa del Este, Jone 24, via Port An- tonio, June 25.—There was no opposition to the landing at Baiquiri.and none last even- ing or this morning at Altares to the army ashore. Gen. Wheeler was ordered to ad- Yance and take the town of Sevilla, seven miles away. At sunrise Roosevelt's Rough Riders were sent forward with a detach- ment of Gen. Castillo’s insurgents as a skirmish line. They climbed a steep hill by a high path. While the 7lst New York was being tanded in surf boats, the machine guns and siege guns were sent around the hill at night, no doubt with the intention of meeting the advance Party on the mesa I the main road narrows becomes a mere trail through thick The heai of the sun was soldiers lagged a and underbrush. everpowering, and the seed ceal, and many threw away their Diankets, some turning back to the hos- Plial lire. Many were prostrated. About § o'clock firing wa® heard by Law- ton’s division from Baiquiri. Suddenly 2” yards ahead the Mauser rifles cracked. The Cubans replied. Co. Wood commanded Fis men to deploy and lie down, and :hey €ropped flat in the chapparal. The enemy was in ambush, ard they made good uw: of their advantage. Immediately several rough riders were hit. The men cursed. “Don't swear; fight!” shouted Col. Wood. The invisible Spaniards kept on sending fr. voileys of bullets which seemed to ex- plode. The Americans tried to press for- ward, but fell back a hundred yards and then rallied, Lieut. Col. Roosevelt and jor Brady encouraging them. The unded were assisted to the rear. H. W. Whitney was shot in the ear and red from his cheek to his waist with Thomas Isabel, bleeding from three fought till his right hand was shattere@. Both these men belonged to Troop 2 of the Indian territory. A bullet struck one man’s rifle in the magazine, ex- ploding it When Wheeler came up the firing was loud on General Lawton's side, but there was no sign of machine guns. Reinforce- ments were sent for and tne cavalry and 22d Infantry hastened toward the front. The auxiliary warships in the harbor tried to shell the Spanish flank, but no powerful guns were available, the Iowa, Oregon and New Orleans being outside down the coast watching the steel rail- Toad bridge over the Juragua river to pre- Yent its destruction, as 1t is wanted for Bhafter’s artillery. —Oerer—“« RHODE ISLAND AVENUE. Ddlood. ‘wounds, House District Committee Favor Its Extensio: j The report of ths House District commit- hee on Senate bill 4571, to extend. Rhode Is- land avenue, says that “the committee are of opinion that Rhode Island avenue should de openzd and extended. The Commission- trs of the District of Columbia submitted to the House District committee a favor- able report in a letter of June 7, in the fol- lowing werds: “Rhode Island avenue is now Dpen from its western end to “Le Droit Park, and from 4th street northeast to the District line. The portion covered by this bill is the only part of the entire avenue which it is necessary to acquire to open ths avenue through subdivided land. As this portion is over subdiyided land, held in mali parcels and by different owners, it is €vident that they can not afford to dedi- gate, since to do 89 would amount practical- to surrendering their property without ®ecetving =quivalent return. “ ‘Under these circumstances‘it would ap- "ar that condemnation proceedings offer of acquiring the land for @he opening of the street, and & is an @xceedingly important thorough! ® fa- Yorable recommendation Amapala Caught by the Vieksburg Trying to Run the Bleckade. She Had on Board a Number of Refa- gees, W Report Herd Times in Havana, KEY WEST, Fie., June 2.—A two-mast- ed vessel, the Amapala, of Trujillo, Hon- duras, was brought in here this morning flying the American flag and in charge of Ensign Zeen of the Vieksburg. She was eaptured yesterday afternoon at sunset while leaving Havana and attempting to run the blockade. She was quickly over- hauled by the Vicksburg and was found to have over thirty women and children and 3 number of men on board, crew and passen- gers, all refugees. There was no sickness en board the Amapata, but she is detained in quarantine. The Amapala belongs to Manuel Monte- sino Monteres of Trujillo, Honduras. She has been lying at Havana since before the blockade. Her crew numbers eleven men besides the captain, but almost all were male refugees. Gerome Baze, a French citizen, who three years ago was a leading exchange broker in Havana, chartered the vessel and got together over forty people eager to embrace any chance to escape from Ha- vana. He is in charge of an expediticn, made up of all nationalitles, including Spanish, French, Venezuelans, Cubans and Turks. They fully expected to be “cap- tured, but the conditions in Havana were so dreadful for the poorer classes that any risk was preferable to starvation. The Amapala came out of Havana openly and offered no resistance. All of the captives are confident of release. Hardly any pro- visions were on board at the time of the capture, and no cargo or contraband arti- cles were found, and she may not be held as a prize. They report everything quiet at Havana, which looks like.a leserted city since business and traffic are at a siand- still. The banking firms of H. Upmann & Co., J. M. Borjes & Co., Varciseo, Ruez & Co. and N. Gelats & Co. are the only ones do- ing any business. Al! other firms are eith- er closing up or dragging on, waiting for the end of the war. The Spanish prize steamers Guido, Buena Ventura, Miguel Jover and Catalina will be sent to New York next week with their Spanish crews on board. The Guido and her cargo will be sold. The Buena Ventura will be sold, but her cargo has been re- leased. The government has appealed from the decisions in the cases of the Miguel Jover and Catalina, The owners of the cargoes of these two steamers have fur- nished bonds. a NEXT MOVE AFTER SANTIAGO. Our Troops Will Either Attack H: vana of Porto Rico. Special From a Staff Correspondent. PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, June 25.—Our military movements on Cuban soi] seem Girected with a view to putting the insur- gents in control at Santiago, and after that city Is taken having the major part of the American forces available either for the Porto Rico expedition or for Havana. All of Shafter’s troops have landed on the east of Santiago. They have been pushing forward all day, and tonight the vanguard has covered half of the twelve miles between Baiquiri and Santiago. ‘The road is cleared up to the heights sur- rounding the city of Santiago, where the fortifications are strong. Castella’s regiment of insurgents from Bazamo formed a junction with the troops teday, and was pushed forward. The main help from the insurgents, however, wil! come from west of Santiago, where Calixto Garcia has 4,000 men. Today they had advanced to within twelve miles of San- tiago. A junction with the American forces will be made today. Our siege guns and heavy artillery are in good position. The Spanish troops destroyed everything in the surrounding country before retiring en Santiago. A desperate though not prolonged resistance is expected when that city is assaulted by sea and land. PEPPER. ns HOT WEATHER. The Mercury Rises to Ninety-Six De- grees Today. Washington has experienced today the hottest weather of the present summer. Th2 thermome-er this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the weather bureau registered 96 de- grees. At noon the mercury stood at 93 degrees. Only once or twice before this summ2r has the thermometer registered above 92 degrees. The prospects are that the weather will be cooler tomorrow, for thunder showers are predicted, and the re- fr2shing rain will temper the atmosphere to a large extent. A strong southerly breeze has relieved the oppression but little today, as it wafted only the hot air from asphalt pavements baked under th> rays of the sun. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION, A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation sworn to Is a bona fide one. It ts easily possible for a news- paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to decetve adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are rg- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by resclts, and bogus circula- tions don't give them. The family cireulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, June 16, 1998... MONDAY, June 20, 1808. TUESDAY, June 21, 1896. WEDNESDAY, June 22, 1998. ‘THURSDAY, June 23, 1893. FRIDAY, June 94, 1898... Total... Daily average... I solemnly swear that the above statement resents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the atx secular days ending Friday, June 2%, 190¢—that is, the num. ber of copies actually solé, delivered, fornish- edor mailed, for valuable considerstion, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of ‘the copies so counted are returnable to or remain In the office unseld. Private Nichols of 2d New . York Strusk by Lightning, SIITEEN OTHER MEN STUNNED They Were on Practice March, Encamped on Tampa Heights. NEWS OF DISTRICT TROOPS Special From a Staff Corrcspondent. TAMPA, Fla., June 25.—Again the bri- gade to which the District boys are at- tached has been visited with a fatality. This time it fell upon the 24 New York Regiment. Yesterday afternoon it was the turn of the New York regiment to go on the semi-weekly practice march, and they started out in the face of a tremendous thunder storm. Hardly had they gotten their day tents pitched on Tampa Heights befere the rain began to come down in tor- rents. Flashes of lightning rent the skies, and the peals of thunder sounded lke the roar of cannons. The New Yorkers hastily tcok shelter in their little tents so as to avofd the rain as much as possible. Sud- denly a blinding flash of lightning struck in the midst of the camp of Company C, from Troy. The bolt struek a tree and split it from branch to trunk. The shock instantly killed Private Nichols, whose tent was about ten feet from the tree. His tent mate was rencered unconscious, as were also about a dozen others. Seventeen Failed to Answer. As soon as quiet could be secured the assembly was’sounded, and the roll called. Seventeen failed to respond to their names, ard an inspection was made. Nichols was found dead in his tent. There was not a single bruise on his body, and he evidently met death without pain or knowing what struck him. His gun was lying by his side, the stock compietely wrenched from the barrel. Private McBride was the most seri- ously injured of the others, and it is feared that he will not live. All of the injured men belcng to Company C, commanded by Capt. John B. Teavor. The injured men were carried to the division hospital, where they received the best possible attention. Col. Harries personally inspected the camp this morning at 8 o'clock. He found everything in excellent shape. Rifles had been nicely cleaned, brasses wére polished up brightly. The quarters were clean and neat. On the whole Col. Harries is very much pleased with the result. Owing to the fact that the army regula- tions prohibit Sunday work, the District regiment will not go on the semi-weekly practice march this evening, but will go out tomorrow afternoon in order to have the drill Monday morning. The boys are getting so accustomed to these marches now that they don’t appear to-mind them in the least. They are becoming more and more seasoned every day, and the minor ailments that used to appear at the hos- pital every day are becoming less and less frequent. There were but twenty minor cases at the sick call this morning and only three of these were sent to the hospital. This is excellent for a regiment of nearly one thousand men. Recruits Mustered In. Lieut. Col. W. T. May of the 157th In- diaua Regiment, who is a Heutenant of the 15th United States Infantry, and is the division mustering officer, visited the Dis- trict camp yesterday afternoon and mmus- tered into the regiment J. D. Greeve, H. ©. Goldsbcrough, F. E. Barrows and Geo, T. Hilton. These men will be assigned to their companies at once Private Samuel Marshall of Company M has been ordered by the Secretary of War to report to Washington at once. It is un- derstood that he wili be given a commis- sion in the volunteer service. Corporal Ex- tri has been promoted to be sergeant, and Private F. H. Smith has been promoted to be corporal. The result of the court-martial of Private Everett Springer for being asleep on duty has not as yet been made known. The men are getting very tired of re- maining inactive. They are very anxious to get to the front and show the material of which they are made. The daily rou- tine while gone through with a will is be- coming irksome. No Iden When the Regiment Will Move. No one here has an idea when the regi- ment will be ordered to move or where they will go. Most of the news in regard to the movement of the army is read in the Washington and New York papers. One can learn more about Tampa by read- ing the outside papers than in Tampa, but the information is not all reliabie. Lieut. Robt. D. Layer, the new regimen- tal adjutant, arrived this morning. He will enter actively on his duties tomorrow morning. ———— INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CHANGES. Gficial Announcement of Appoint- ments and Promotions. The following official changes have been made in the department of the Interior: Patent office—Appointments: Frederic P. Warfield of New York, fourth assistant examiner, $1,200; Charles H. Dorsey and William Friess of the District of Columbia, J. M. Hausler of Michigan, Harry P. Lash- horn, Robert E. Lewis, Charles W. Shaver, and Charles B. Welsh of District of Co- lumbia, and Horace L. Wilcox of Pennsyi- vania, messenger boys, $360; Promotions— Dwight M. DeSilva of New York, model attendant, §800 to .copyist, $900; Cornelius W. Davis of the District of Columbia, as- sistant messenger, $720, to model attend- ant, $800; Thomas H. Stewart of the Dis- trict of Columbia, laborer, (classified) $600, to assistant messenger, §720. Resigna- tions—Mrs. Augusta C. Wickware of Michigan, ccopyist, $720. General land office—Promotions: Miss Carrie P. Church of Nebraska, copyist, $900 to clerk $1,000; Washington F. Gapen of Illinois, clerk, $1,000 to $1,200. Pension office—Promotions: Matthew A. Woodburn of Tennessee, copyist, $900, to special examiner, $1,300. Resignations: Joseph McDonald of California, clerk, §1,- 400; Gaillard 8. Fitasimons of South Caro- Geological survey—Appointments: Wil- Nam H. Holmes, jr., of Pennsylvania, en- graver’s apprentice, $1 per diem. The following proposals were opened at the District building today for the erection of ‘24 frame bath houses at the District General Shafter Wilt Attack the Outer De- _ Spee of Sastingo, Decisive Move on City Proper May Be ane oacy om Sunéay—Heow,- x z Special Diapatchite The Eventag Star. Near Santiago Ae Cuba, June 24, via Port Antonia, Jung’ ‘%.—The latest army esti- mate is that ug. troops will storm the out- side entrenchments east of Santiago tomor- row (Saturday); artd that we will be at the very gates of that city on Sunday. = ‘The Cubats are to be given the post of honor if they can hold it. A junction has been formed between Gatcia and Castillo, and about 6,000 Cubans are now ¢o-operat- ing with our forces. The need of horses is imperative. There are not enough horses to get the artillery along, to say nothing of the wagon trains and supplies. Light bat- teries of siege guns aTe now moving on Santiago. First Night on Shore. Near Santiago, June 23, via San Antonio, June 24.—The first night on shore was an anxious one for the troops. Gen. Lawton, with the 22d and 25th Regylar Infantry and @ part of the 2d Massachusetts Infantry, pushed the pickets far eastward. At dawn today the Spaniards began to burn their block houses and a dozen were in flames at once. Three. hundred Spaniards aban- doned Ensenada de Los Altares. Gen. Cas- tillo’s Cubans attacked and chased the Spaniards, and in turn were pursued. They rallied and defeated the Spaniards and took a dozen prisoners. Gen. Shafter still has his headquarters at Seguranca. He will meve to Altares tomorrow. As the boat leaves at 6 o'clock Thursday fighting is expected, and a general move- ment toward Santiago may begin any time tonight. All thé Cubans have been ordered forward. The Cubans are to hold the city after it js taken. Gen. Lawton is reported to have been en- gaged, and Roosevelt’s Rough Riders have been ordered to support him on foot. The men are all in splendid health. Our siege guns have been landed. How the Texas Was Hit. The shell which hit the Texas on Wed- nesday entered the gun deck compartment through the unarmored port bow and pass- ed under the anchor cradle, where fifteen men were working the three six-pounders, when it exploded, scattering death and wounds. Raymond Russell was wounded in fourteen places. Lieut. Bispham and Ca- dets Pressy and Morrison were struck by the fragments, but not harmed. The star- board plates of the Texas were bent out- ward. A hose was turned into the forward hatch, but when the cries of the wounded were heard the hose was withdrawn. Splendid discipline was preserved. Rus- sell, holding his hands over his mortal wounds, said, Jightiy: ‘‘Here’s a chance for first aid to the injuted."” The Texas carried no explosive shell, but she silenced the bat- tery. Schley signalgd, ““Well done.” FOR LONGER SESSIONS Advoostes of Hawaiian Annexation Make an Tinportaat Move. It. s expected that on Monday, efter a week consumed fh the consideration of the question, an effort ‘will be made in the Sen- ate to extend, the sessions of the Senate and to press fpr.4.vete-on the Hawatian resolutions. Up to this time the majority have’ been complacently waiting on the pleasure of the opposition, with a view of giving ample time for the expression of the anti-annexation arguments. The speeches have all been on one side and the con- venience of the senators making the speeches has been considered. It 1s expect- ed that on the opening of the new week Senator Davis and his associates in advo- cacy of the resolutions will begin to press for action, by asking that the Senate hold longer sessions each day and that the dis- cussion by the mirority be maintained more continuously, with the idea of bringing the matter to a close. The Senate today by a vote of 42 to 11 decided to meet at 11 o’clock Monday morn- ing, and on Monday a. resolution is expéct- ed to be adopted providing for meeting at 11 o'clock each morning pending the con- sideration of the resolutions. The proposi- tion is to meet at 11 o'clock and sit until 5:30 and then take a recess until 8 p.m., holding night sessions for two hours or two hours and a half. This will afford more time each day for the long speeches that are being made. Weakness of Opposition. The opposition to annexation are so weak that they are not willing that a test vote should be had. For instance, they mixed up the vots this morning on the proposi- tion to meet at 11 o'clock, both White and Pettigrew voting. with Mr. Davis for the early session. It is difficult to decide how determined the opposition senators are to delay action. They have thirty-on2 votes against an- nexation, but it is ‘understood that less than half that number will join in a fili- buster. Even Mr. Caffery is quoted as de- claring that he will not filibuster, and cev- eral of the strongest opponents of Hawali are quoted in tha same way. Seeking a Wenk Spot. ‘The leaders of the opposition are trying te work aroung underneath with the idea of discovering a weak spot in the organi- zation of the friends of annexation, but they can find none. The advocates of the resolution are getting their men back, and will have no difficulty in maintaining a quorum. Proctor ahd Wolcott have re- turned; Mason wfH be back Monday or Tuesday, and Chandler will come when- ever wanted. Fifty-six senators will stand for annexation certainly, and almost that number—more than a majority—can be re- lied on to remain here as long as necessary to secure a vote.” PEYTRAU’S CABINET FAILS. Several Members*'Decline to Serve With a Radical Socialist. PARIS, June 25.—In consequence of M. Peytral’s friends insisting that a radical socialist must be given one of the port- folios, M: Dupuy, fi, Leygues and M. De- Jombre~had declined go enter such a cabi- net, and M. Peytrakstherefore, has aban- doned the task-vf f6#hing a ministry. President invited M. Henri Bris: to form a st: M. Brissot pointed out that Qiiculties ‘hed boon | heated conservatory, and picturesque with locate our troops in ation, Topography of the Country Around Bautiago de Onba, MM SUFFER FROM THE HEAT Roads. Run Through Narrow Open- ings in Dense Jungles. @onference Report on the ary BH Adopted by the Senate— ‘ar Measures Passed, ‘The Senate met today at il o'clock, but it was pot until fifteen minutes iater that @ quorum secured and_proccedings be- gan. Mr.—Jo! (a@rk.) made the point of no quorum. A roll call disclosed the pres- ence of thirty-nine senators. The absentees DISPOSITION OF THE TROOPS were called, and, upon motion of Mr. Pur- —__+___ rows (Mich.) the sergeant-at-arms was directed to request the presence of sena- tors, Mr. Sewell (N. J.) called up and the Sen- ate passed the bill providing for a mililtary secretary to the Secrstary of War, The conference report upon the sundry civil appropriation bill was called up by Mr. Allison. The Seaate amendmenis pro- viding fer public buildings at. Annapoiis, M4., and Butte, Mont., to whica the Hovee insisted upon its disagreements, were ad- vocated further by Mr. Gorman ‘M7.) end Mr. Mantle (Mont.). Aside from the urgent necessity for the buildings, they said that objection had been made by the House on the ground that no bill for a public bu!ld- ing had been passed by this Congress, and, aside from previding for these build- ings being a discrimination against other deserving cities, it was not usual to ip- ccrporate such provisions in sandry civil bills. Mr. Gorman said should ihe House further insist upon disagreement, be would take occasion to go fully tuto the struction of the bill to show thac rules had been departed from in a numver of instances. Forest Reservations. Mr. Pettigrew (S. D.), speaking to the re- cession of the Senate conferees from the Senate’ amendment suspending the execu- live orders of February, 1897, making forest reservations in certain western states, criticised the action of the House for in- sisting upon striking out the amendment. He said the reservation contained one sec- tion of 1,000,000 acres upon which 15,000 people lived and upon which there re 127 post offices. Explaining the contention of the House Mr. Allison said the House conferees re- fused absolutely to go into the matter of suspending the orders because the proper modification of them was in the province of the executive department and could be secured by the representatives of the states affected without asking congressional ac- tion, In response to this Mr. Pettigrew said he and other representatives had been to the department, had pointed out the injustice of some features of the orders and the de- partment would do nothing to relieve tt. (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) On Board the Associated Press Dispatch Eoat Dauntless, off Juragua, Province of Santiago de Cuba, Thursday, June 23, via Kingston, Jamaica, Friday, June 24, 7 p.m. —Now that the American land forces are threatening th> city of Santiago de Cuba, | the topographic conditions prevailing in that victnity become interesting. Baiquiri, where the first landing was made, and Ju- ragua, where General Lawton’s headquar- ters were last night, are both small coast towns in the throat of narrow cuts through @ range of low hills fringing all the south- ern coast. Baiquiri is twelve miles east of Santiago, and Juragua is eight miles >ast by the coast line road, which runs behind the hills. It is called hers a wagon road, but it is only practicable for heavy two- wheeled carts, having six bullocks yoked to them tandem fashion, and drawing a very small load. Trail is Practicable. The pioneers report that the trail is prac- treable for artillery and pack trains, but it is unspeakably bad even for walking, though it is reasonably level. Our troops have now passed all the small hills intervening between here and San- tiago. The remaining twelve miles by road are over a practically levsl country, with more chance for open order. So far, how- ever, the road has been walled and in most places overarched with impregnable jungle growth, thorns and creepers, smell- ing like the interior of a fragrant, over- splashes of tropic color in oleanders and other flowers, but terrible for troops. For half a mile near Demajayaho a strall stream runs in the road and the men have been compelled to walk in water. Incidentally, the medical advice about wet feet, night winds or perspiration- soaked bodies and the necessity of boiling drinking water has already been thrown B; y ervati stion as to the winds. Easy as the advice sounds E fj gon cari tee: ee aa a at home, it is almost impossible to follow | \itzon (Wash.), Mr. Carter (Mont.), Mr. it here. Cannon (Utah), Mr. Mantle (Mont.) and Men Suffer From the Heat. Mr. Allison. The first three strenuously insisted that the amendment of the Senate providing for the abrogation of the order creating the reservation should be insist- ed upon. Mr. Wilson had assurances from the Secretary of the Interior that the whole question would be properly and fairly deait with to the satisfaction of all persons interested. In a criticism of the conference commtit- tee’s action upon the Paris exposition rep- resentation Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky said it was evident no such public sentiment existed in this country in favor of the Paris exposition appropriation as existed at the time the bill passed. He attacked the conference provision that twelve com- missioners, instead of experts, be ap- pointed. The report presented by Mr. Allison, was finally agreed to Mr. Turley Resum The Hawaiian annexation qvestion was laid befcre the Senate at 1:40 p.m. Mr. Davis, chairman of the committee on for- eign relations, offered a resolution that hereafter until further notice the Senate convene at 11 a.m. It went over under objection. Mr. Davis then promptly moved that when the Senate adjourn today it be until 11 a.m. Monday, and the motion was agreed to 42 to 11. A bill confering authority upon the Presi- dent to appoint five additional cadets at large to the Naval Academy, which went over yesterday unger objection was called up and passed. Mr. Turley (Tenn.) then resumed his con- stitutional argument against the annexa- tion resolutions. HIS TERM EXTENDED. Some of the American officers who are fomiliar with Arizona say they have never seer. soldiers on the piains present such pictures of distress from the heat, and they add that the only wonder fs that there are so few prostrations at present. The American stature and apparent stamina are remarkable in comparison with the Cubans and Spenlards. The colored soldiers of the 25th and 10th Regiments are uriformly large, and they seem black giants in the jungle beside the tiny negro Cuban guides. Disposition of the Treops. (Gopyright, 1898, wy the Associated Press.) Off Santiago de Cuba, Thursday, June 23, by the Associated Press Dispatch Boat to Port Antonio, Jamaica, filed Friday, June 24, noon.—The situation as regards the dis- position and location of the American, Spenish and Cuban forces is as follows: General Shafter's army of 16,500 men 1s massed to the eastward of Santiago de Cuba, at Baiquiri and Juragua. General Castillo,’ with 1,200 men, is at Batquiri, and Colonel Aguiro, with 200, at Juragua. Th are to be joined by General Garcia, with 4,000 men. Three thousand of General Gar- cia’s men hold 12,000 Spaniards in Holguin, and General Rabi, with 1,000, threatens 2,000 Spanish troops at Manzanillo. In San- tlago there are believed to be 9,000 Spanish soldiers, with such reinforcements as are had by the concentration movement now in progress. ———————— DISCUSSION OF PLANS. Director Emory of the Bureau of American Republics. A meeting of the executive committee of the International Union of American Re- publics was held in the diplomatic room of the Department of State at 11 o'clock this morning. There were present: The Sec- retary of State, chairman; Mr. Andrade, the minister from Venezuela; Mr, Garcia Merou, the minister trom the Argentine Republic, and Mr. Calvo, the minister from Costa Rica. The director of the bureau of the American republics, Mr. Frederic Em- ory, was also present. The object of the meeting was to consider the question of the future management of the bureau, in view of the fact that the term of Mr. Emory, as provisional director, expires on the 30th of Investment of Havana and Attack on Spain. The proposition to attack the coast of Spain itself, while not having progressed to any definite stage, has not been aban- dored by the administration. On the con- trary, it has been the subject of some earn- est discussion in administration circles, though it has gained no serious attention in the deliberations of the cabinet as a body. The plan, as informally discussed, Tooks to taking a number of our first-class battle ships, with a sufficient flotilla of col- liers and supply vessels, and making war on the large cities along the Spanish coast. In this connection the statement of a cabinet cficial today that he favors an early ordering of about ten of our vessels of the first rating, with orders to carry what will be needed in the course of so long a journey, to be taken away from our fleet in Cuba and sent direct on this mis- sion, is significant. He said he believed that until some such work as that is done by our forces the government of Spain will fail to appreciate the resources of the gov- ernment with which she is at war. It shculd be distinctly understood, however, that there is no semblance of a conclusion as yet to take any such step in the future, and, while earnestly discussed, no project of this nature has been laid before the offi- cial family of the Presiient. This action, if it were taken at all, would involve the view that the vessels could easily be spared from the Cuban waters, and some members of the administration have ‘no hesitation in saying tbat they might be easily spared be- fere long without detriment to our cam- paign in Cuba. With reference to Havana, it has been Svggested that our troops surround the city and take possession of the highlands, 80 as to cover every point of approuch and conduct a peaceful siege. The plan is yet tentative. It would do away ordinarily with the large fatalities that must neces- sarily follow an attempted —— cap- Spanish citadel, also would Eotnones m healtaful regions, Probe ably not less than 75,000 men would. be needed should this plan be adopted. While the administration has not over-m con- fidence in getting great assistance from the Cuban forces, ‘hey could be counted on te some extent. —<—<——— RUMOR OF HEAVY FIGHTING. ‘Troops and Ships Both Engage the Santiago une. Resolutions extending the term of Mr. Emory’s appointment to October 1, offered by Mr. Andrade, the Venezuelan minister, were unanimously adopted. While acting as director of the bureau, Mr. Emory will, as heretofore, by direc- tion of the Secretary of State, continue to serve as chief of the bureau of foreign commerce, Department of State, in the work of editing the commercial reports of the diplomatic and consular officers. He was designated as acting director of the bureau of the American republics upon the death of the late director, Mr. Joseph P. Smith, on the Sth of February last, and was made director, with special powers, by action of the executive committee on the 28th of +ebruary last, to serve until June 30, ———-~-—____. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, June 25.—Plour dull, unc! Defenses. NEW YORK, June 25.—A dispatch tq the Journal from Cape Haytien, Hayti, today says: EXPECTED TODAY HOW THE LAND LIES|/TURLEY IN OPPOSITION|FINANCE AND TRADE Stocks Opened Steady Today, But Re- lapsed Into Dullness, WAR EWS HAS LITTLE EFFECT The General Tone of the Market is Toward Optimism. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, June 25.—Today's stock market opened steady around yesterday's final figures and subsequently relapsed into duliness. London reported a moderate short interest in the Reading and Erie is- sues, but was not disposed to trade in either account to the extent of influencing local prices. The telegraphic advices from Cuba, pre- dicting early action of extraordinary in- fluence upon the subsequent conduct of the war, were variously construed as specula- tive factors, The conservative clement was disposed to take profits over Sunday, whereas the experienced speculative cliques forced up the prices oftheir specialties. Brooklyn Rapid Transit was bought in liberal volume by brokers for inside inter- ests, the summer earnings of the company being sufficiently satisfactory to bring the property within range of dividends American Tobacco was bought in con- sicerable volume, and was singled out as the center of aggressive trading. The re- cent changes in management and the pre pects for a consolidation of tr ests are relied upon to develop t of value in the company’s franchise. The two stocks mentioned responded willingly » the demand, but there is a well-founced tief that orofits were taken elsewhere un- Ger cover of their strereth The liquidation of Chicago Ges and the coutious marketing of Sugar around 10 have beea frequently con.mented upon dur- ing the week, but 0 ability to recognizs two distinct movements in the market is arother proof of its logical basis. A few stccks may be entirely out of harmony with the genera’ situation, but the advance is not to be delayed, out of consideration for propertics suffering from specific per- sonal incon venier.ces. Hawaiian annexation and the small argu- ments originating in the fertile precincts of the board room may depress sugar, but these same factors produce a sentiment fa- vorable to prices in all neighboring depart- ment: The patriotism which sends multitudes to the front inspires optimism at home, ¢ the present speculative cra is founded on confidence in the stability of values in like Proportion to the confidence inspired in American institutions generally. The financing of the new government loan has failed to detract from the cash holdings of the local banks. Subtreasury business hes reflected a Ib- eral conversion of certified checks into cash, but the inward movement of* cur- rency from the interior has more than off- set this demand. The total gain In lawful a cney during the week has been $4, , mostly in legal tenders. The loans have in- ercased 2,000, and deposits have in- creased § 1,400, an increase of $2,933,450 in reserve following. The total reserve holdings in excess of the legal requirements are consequently increased to $2,280,250. The July interest disbursements are being prcvided for in the steady stream of in- flowing currency, and investors are already busily engaged in looking up a new outlet for their funds. The larger eastern cities alone are expected to pay out in the neigh- borhood of $120,000.000 during the next few days, the bulk of which will join with the daily government war disbursements in seeking immediate re-employment. Money is likely to be used and roused with such frequent change of employment as to preclude a material change in the rreva'Eng Interest rate. The security markets must reflect the benefits of such a condition sooner or later, end there have been few occasions in which a more competent organization for the werk ahead extsted than at present. —_. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury, No. 2 Wall st. American Spirits... American Spirits, pf American Sugar. American Sugai American Tobac: Atchison . Atchison, pf... Baiuimore & Unio cnicago, B. & Q.... | Chicagoa Noi tuwestern. Deisware & Hudson Den. & Ki tranue, pid Geuerai Zlectric. LUhnois Centra. Washingt Stock Exchange. vall—12 o'clock m.--Mergenthaler at 179; 10 at 178; 10 at T78%; 10 at 79; 10 at 17%%; 10 at 179. Ameri 100 at 13%. ff