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10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1898—24 PAGES, Mcknew’s DAILY LETTER. 933 Penn. Ave. Dr. Jaeger’s Dr. J ISANTIAGO REFUGEES] | The Long -Procession That Came From the Doomed City. Abdominal Health| Fie) 10 SAVE ‘THEIR LIVES Bands, Popular sizes for 70 and 75c. E have sold hundreds of the, Dr. eger Abdominal Health s theScoudier, boss who are now in nd they will do much to- them from yellow fever they are ery British wear a Dr. nd—anl it janteers who have adop Ivico of their pb: effect. ¥ ieee ius wil Le sure to gecure the W.H. McKnew, 933 PaAve. Washington Depot for Dr. Jaeger Under- wear. VERSIONS TOLD AT HAVANA Spaaish Accounts of the American Attacks on Santiago. Yroops in Water Up to Their Waists« in the Trenches Around the City. {Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press. } HAVANA, July 15 (delayed in transmis sion).—The following are Spanish versions of events which have recently transpired in Cuba: “On Tuesda tinued the at Gay, but with less ac before, owing to the atout the neighborhood, whica flooded som of the trench Sut the weather did not prevent the brave Spanish soldiers from re- maining in their positions, full vf animation and resolution. “It fs reported that 18,000 additional troops under General Coppinger recenuy landed in the province of Santiago de Cuba. They came on twenty-two transatlantic stea which were lately seen before B. the Arser: ntiago de ivity than the day heavy rain falli ns ¢ Cuba all July 12. ck on S: ers uiri. Before Santiago at the time there-were eight battl ips and twenty -fc fury carg in front of Hav: were eight warships did bloc two men-of-war before Cien.u2g Water Up to Their Waists. “Official reports received from Santiago de Cuba on July 13 he same state of affairs pre then as on the day pre- vio It was reported that heavy rein- forcements of Ame: under Gen. Miles, were landed lately and have been pushed ich said have in- is to render: lifficult. the report co: shown up in a be conduct of the of th are in Ww. to defend e very last. the different there were t blockaded same ship; as day previous orni J aing nred perts anas Fortress the ayed the Austrian h was answered from an vessel by the band royal the assembled ting war: en- uted the Spanish answered from the from the guns of X11. After the on was and her moorings and saluted it, returned by the French staing. Rumors of Capitulation. “It is reported here that the Americans, since the night of July 14, have ceased at- king Santiago and have made Propositions to the garrison to capitula that the be- re treating in re- capitulation. the former insurgent to the f Cu- e continual ru sh and who r known as the no.a Br gade, for the service of the Spanish government, has written a letter to Captain General Blanco, in which he says AS a result of the los: Vera's fleet, and other things, much as at the of Admiral Cer- I write to say that I have nev present time understood how dearly I love Spain, the country of herves, of whica I am proud of being ‘ever as now 36 a. have I felt as sorry for having fought against her and I also regret, in view of the great events whi are developing, among them being conflict going on arcund us, that I have not ten lives to lose for Spain instead of only one. I am g to sacrifice the latter for the coun- ho bas been always great, and at times unfortunate, always tri- nt at the last moment, even when have looked the blackest.’ clusion the for Insurgent brig. adier general says he will be one of those who will take revenge on the ‘perfidious WeThe commander of the Austrian cruiser Maria Theresa and some Russian army and avy representatives who arrived here on board of ner to join the Spanish army for purpose of studying the war visited today. The Russian party is Lieutenant Pekhinsnff of the val attache, A. L. Am- sian legation at Madrid, wil try wi though umph: borne of the Ru Captain George Bendz of the Sweden-Nor- way ice and Colonel J. De an army. artillery Rusi “After having a long conversation with ‘aptain General Blanco the party of visi- tors ealled upon the members of the colon- fal government, but, no to see Dr. eral of the 1 and the bishop of Havana, and then had another Jong conference with Captain Gen- Blanco. Dr. taken ot Falcke, the German consul here, has provisional charge of the consulate Officers Resign. following named volunteer officers resigned: Lteutendnt Charles H. 3ist Michigan; Lieutenant, J. H. Glynn, ist New Hampshire; Lieutenant W. M. Kemerer, 14th Minnesota; Lieutenant W. A. Rolfe, Massachusetts Heavy Artil- | lery; Lieutenant Ezekiel Palmer, Sth Mis- souri; Lieutenant Hugo Brandt, 21st Kan- sas; Lieutenant C. W. Hamilton, 21st Kan- sas; Lieutenant Alexander Stevens, New York. eae District Soldiers Discharged. Privates Sam Marshall, Company M, and Wiliam Lynch, Company D, Ist District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, have been discharged. —_—__--____ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. | | 8th } | that these people were now homeicss w They Were All Homeless and Des- perately Hungry. : SOME SAD INSTANCES ———__+—__—_. (Copsright by Chas. M. Pepper, 1898.) Special Correspoadence of The Evening Star. SIBONEY, ‘Cuba, July 8, 1998, Along the roads leading out from San- tiago for three days a procession of old men, women and children has been mov- irg. They are the refugees, and they pre- sent another phase of war. Coming in from the earthworks of the besieged town 1 have passed several thousand of them. As soon as the village of Caney was in pos- session of the American troops they began pouring into it. The priest who came cut with them, the French consul and@ some of the foreign residents organized a camp for them, but the village is small. When its normal population of 1,200 grew to 5,000 there was no room for more. Then the refugees overflowed into the surrcunding country. Many have plodded wearily over the fifteen miles to Siboney, and some ure going to villages further on, where they have friends. Their appearance is a chap- ter on the innocent sufferers of war, whose suffering is not on the battlefield or in the hospitals. Stories of the Refugees. I have taiked to many of these wayfar- ers. They all tell the same story. When General Shafter sent word to the military authorities to remove the women and chil- dren because he intended to bombard the sity, General Linares replied that for all he cared the bombardment could begin right away. But the consuls interfered and a notice was posted up, saying that all who wanted to leave could do so. They had n enough of the fighting of previous "s and heard enough of bursting shells to want to be away before the shells began falling into the city. So they packed up a few of their belongings and came away as quickly as they could, those who had homes leaving them without care. They all expected to return to a city in ruins, for after they had been told to go away in order to save their lives they did not think atything could prevent the destruction of the city. The people wanted the Ameri- cans to come in and occupy it and end the frightful conditions, and the merchants were pleading for an honorable capitula- tion, but the generais were stubborn and would not have it so, while the soldiers did not seem to care what happened. These people said there was nothing in the place to eat except rice and a kind of hard bread which was given to the garrisons, though it was not good. Most of them had rice enough to keep them from starvation, yet many were as hungry as a colony of re- concentrados, which they were far from being. Of Two Classes. refugees were of two distinct classes. were Cubans, mostly blacks, and Is, The latter were clear in their ents, and did not want their nation- mistaken. To the question, kan they would invariatly reply, ‘‘No, senor; Espanol.” Santiago’ it must be re- membered, is a Spanish town, and many well-to-do families were among the gees. They did not want to show evidence of hostility to A ans, and they thought their own authorities were putting a cruel hardship upon ther in not yielding the town, but their pride would not permit that they should be mistaken for Cubans. The refugees of the latter clas: The They Span stater ity aid from the Cuban troops ountered at various siages of the journ All Were Homeless. ntions, however, could blot ft wut No at I ¢ into this village. Some w2re so weary that they sank cown derers. Last evening at nightfall hed them siragei and made no effort to go further. A young man and his sweetheart trudged along, supporting one another and looking plein- tively for a restir uncanscious of the picture ol! > and trustful- ‘s that they he pair were a Spanish Herman and Dorothea. A family of a dozen three hearty goa in the leash, and tcok turns in holding those wil- ful animals,-who led the march at will. A sturdy little girl of five cr six years, bare- foot, and with curly hair, trudged by her mother’s side, hi ing kid. The wom ried it ali the w ging in her arms a bleat- said the child had car- and had rested little. It was her only pet. A gray-bearded and in- firm man, who leaned heavily on his cane, told how he didn’t mind for himself, yet the Journey very hard on his daughter and h ly child. But they had friends in the hamiet of Juyaricite, a li:tle farther up the mountain side, and could rest there until the troubles in’ Santiago were over. Two black women halted in the roadway. One vy moaning and hysterically em- bracing her companion, who explained that both were very hungry, but all the after- noon had been told to “move on,” and they would find somethin, to eat when they reached their stopping place. Where that was they did not know. A Cuban soldier brought the women some coffee und rice, and after eating it they were lost in = the throng. The refugees» oroke up into groups Campfires were built for them, where they cooked their food, and then ihey settled themselves for the ‘night, with the ground for a bed and the sky ‘for a covering. Gen. Shafter has ordered rations issued for these people, and Clara Barton has arranged to ‘iistribute some of the Red Cross supplies from the Staie of Texas. ‘This is a temporary relief, whica, while ft lasts, will avert a famine among the 1 gees. CHARLES M. PEPP > “R TO RETURN TO THE FIGHT. g BA Senator Cannon Speaks of the En- thusiasm Among the Wounded. Senator Cannon of Utah has returned from a visit of inspection at Fort Mc- Pherson, Ga., and to Lee’s army corps at Jacksonville, where he has a brother, Lieu- tenant Colonel Cannon, of Torrey'’s Riders. Senator Cannon says: “I have never seen unything like the patriotic enthusiasm of the wounded soldiers at Fort McPherson. The wounded of the 24th Infantry, which came from Fort Douglass, Utah, and who participated in the battle of San Juan, are there, and the officers and men almost to a man are anxious to get released from the sick list dnd eager to get back in the fray. While there I saw the effects of the Mauser bullets. In one wound inflicted in the foot by these bullets, the orifice of emergence Was eight times as large as the orifice of entrance, and it was moreover rough and jagged. It showed the terrible explosive effect and Spain's flagrant violation of in- ternational principles.”” a ocal Enterprise. Messrs. W. B. Moses & Sons have again entered into competition with the leading manufacturers and retailers of the coun- try, and received the contract for the desks, tables and office chairs to he used by the weather bureau and Agricultural Department at all points in the United States, as far northwest as Alaska and also the special stations to be fitted out fa Cuba. This is one of the large yearly contracts of the government. and fs therefore much sought after by all who have the facilities for handling such large orders, Rise ‘Ten Dollars or Thirty Days. Samuel Turner, Julius Latney and Ed- ward Beckett, all colored, were today con- victed before Judge Scott of stealing $3 worth of stockings from Mandel Slimes, and ten cents from John B. Allen, and each was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or to be imprisoned for thirty days. THE FEVER SITUATION. Senn and Guiteras Say Heroic Measures Must Pre Special Cable Dispatch to The Evering Star. (Copyright, 1898.) SIBONEY, July 14, via Port Antonio, July 15.—Dr. Senn was present at the San- tlago conference between Gen. Miles and Gen. Torai today. He was informed by the Spanish doctors and the archbishop that a Sreat amount of sickness prevailed in the city. The majority favored surrender at any price. Dr. Senn is discouraged at the situation with regard to the fever. Heroic measures must prevail. Should the army move to Porto Rico, he fears that the fever may be imported there. Dr. Guiteras, when arked for his opinion, replied that the question was impossible of solution. The doctors are hurrying nurses to the hospitals, but the El Caney situation is grave. There are many cases of fever and Sreat mortality among the people, who are dying from exposure and privation. Refugees are flocking here with gold in one hand and paper in the other, begging for food. There are 200 fever cases here and three deaths. The majority of the cases are from the trenches, where men sleep night after night in water. Provisions are short, and the trail is al- most impassable. Dr. Senn’s opinion is that in a fortnight hence 25 per cent of the men will be hors de combat. The sanitary conditions ere werse than any I ever saw. ————— NAVAL ORDERS. Lieut. J. C. Porter has been ordered to command the Catskill. Lieut. E. M. Harmon has been detached from the Jason and ordered to command the Mahan, relieving Lieut. C. S. Rich- man, who is ordered to Wasnington, D. C. Lieut. W. S. Benson pas been detached from the Naval Academy and Lieut. U. George from the navy yard at New York and ordered to the Vermont for duty in connection with the crew of the Chicago. Commander G. E. [ve, now at the naval hospital, Norfolk, has been ordered to the hospita t New York for treatment. Lieut. It. G. Peck has been detached from command of the Lehigh and ordered to the navy yard at New Y Lieut. W. A. Marshal has been ordered to the torpedo station st Newnort. Lieut. M. H. Hall been detached from command of the to ordnance duty at Ly Lieut. A. F. Denny command the Lehigh. Lieut. F. 8. Boyce, the Rainbow. Lieut. G. V. Eiswald, from the Jason to the Manhattan. —_—_-—-e —_____ SEVEN TIMES SUBSCKIBED. Officials Still Figuring on the Bids for War Bonds. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip said this afternoon that it will be several days be- fore the total amount of the subscriptions to the bond issue will be known. It is probable that the total will be close to $1,400.000,000, exceeding the expectations of a few days ago. It is now settled that all those who sub- scribed for amounts up to $1,980 will be awarded bonds. Those who subscribed for $5,000 will be awarded a portion of their subscription, just how much will not be de- termined for several days. The_ total amount of $5,000 subscriptions was $60,000,- 00), subscribed for by 12,000 people. These subscribers may get anywhere from $1,000 to $1,000 of the amounts asked for. Proofs of the new bonds have been sent to Secretary Gage by the bureau of en- graying and printing. —_—_-_--e THE WAR ROOM. The Inner Chamber the White House a Great Center. From Collier's Weekly. and ordered nm ordered to from the Saturn to On the walls of the war room are all the latest maps from the coast and geodetic survey, the hydrographic office and the land office, and some that were made es- pecially for the President's convenience. There are military maps of Cuba, the Phil- ippines, Porto Rico, and all other points, arranged in sections on the wail in such a manner as to place before the eyes of the President at one glance the entire expanse of the globe. On these maps are marked the distances from one point to another; the cable lines, the sailing routes, the time needed to cover them, the places where the ships of the enemy and of the blockad- ing squadron are located from time to time, and every possible sort of information that could be needed during a consultation on the war problem. The most unique of the series of charts are those showing the lo- cation of the Spanish and American war- Sips, 80 arranged that they can be changed each hour or minute of the day as the tele- graph may report the movements on the chessboard of the war. Among other con- veniences designed for the President there are two boards covered with sheets of paper on which are written alphabetically the name of every ship in both navies. Stuck into a little hole in the space con- taining the name there is a pin, on the end of which there is a flag bearing the cor- responding name of the ship. These flag- pins are used for indicating on the map the places where the ships may be from time to time; the American flags being blue and those of Spain red. There is an inter- esting little corner on one of the boards, separated by a broad black line, inside of which there is a group of red flags huddled together. This corner is labeled “the dead ne," and the flags are those that, before the Ist of May, represented the Spanish ships which on that day: were destroyed by the fleet of Admiral Dewey. In the left-hand corner of the room, near the entrance from the corridor, is Secretary Porter's desk, where he 1s at work during many hours of the day and night; and be- yond him, nearer the middle of the room, is the desk of Captain Benjamin F. Mont- gomery, of the signal corps, United States army, who, for several years, has acted as telegraphic manager of the White House. At the left of his desk, In the corner, there is a wooden case through which pass fifteen special, long-distance telephone wires, and in the opposite corner a cable containing twenty special telegraphic wires, .all of which come together at the desk and make it possible for him, without moving outside a radius of ten feet, to have direct com- munication through the telephone with every department of the government at Washington, Including the Capitol, on wires which are connected with the White House alone, and over the telegraph and cable lines to every point in the United States and elsewhere, that it may be important for the President or the members of the cabinet to reach at any time in order to give or receive information with regard to the war movements. Into this war room, over these special telegraph and telephone wires, comes, every hour and every minute of the day and night, information from a great many sources, official and otherwise, on every conceivable phase of the war problem that could possibly be of interest to the Presi- dent and the officials of the government. The press associations send all their im- portant news bulletins directly from their office to Mr. Montgomery's desk, and from there they are at once placed before the President at any time during his waking hours. Much of the information that comes is duplicated from various sources, but it fs all of the greatest interest, and the Presi- gent feels that already the war room has been of incalculable service. Here the cab- inet consultations take place, and there is hardly an hour that some of the officials of the government are not studying the maps or reading the official and unofficial news bulletins that pour in over the num- erous special wires. Nothing can take plate in any quarter of the globe that af- fects in any way the situation without the President knowing it instantly. The war room is thus becoming a most important adjunct to the military administration. ———_+ e+ No Boodlers in Dornstettin. From the Atlanta Constitution. The funds of the town of Dornstettin, in ‘Wurtemberg, are so well invested that the citizens, instead of paying taxes, ‘receive an annual bonus of $25, besides free fire- ce and free use of land for raising vege- tables, THE HITCH» AN- TERMS Minmnderstanding bout, Notification to| — Ge Toral’s Evasive ‘Worda—Span- fards Hypersensitive About Their , Hey (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.] At General Wheeler's Headquarters, Be- fore Santiago de Cuba, July 15 (0 a.m.), via Kingston, Jamafea, July 16 (7:25 a.m.). —The preliminary basis for the capttula- tion of the Spanish forces in eastern Cuba was agreed to and signed under a pictur- esque cleba tree, half way between the lines, shortly after midnight. Our com- missioners were invited to enter the city by those representing General Toral, but the invitation was declined and the conference was held under the spreading cleba, just such a tree as that under which Columbus asisted at the celebration of mass on his first landing in Cuba, near Havana. At the very outset a hitch occurred, ow- ing to a misunderstanding of what was sald at the personal interview between General Shafter and General Toral at noon. At that time our interpreter, translating the language of General Toral, had given Gen- erals Shafter, Miles and Wheeler distinctly to understand that Captain General Blanco had consented that the commissioners should have plenary powers to negotiate the terms of surrender, such terms as they agreed upon to be binding upon both par- ties. Something was said about a notification to the Madrid government, but General Shafter insisted that the capitulation had been actually agreed tq and that no further consent of the Madrid government was re- quired. When the commissioners met, shortly after 2 o'clock in the afternoon, those in behalf of General Toral, General Escario, Lieutenant Colonel Fortan and Robert Ma- son, the British vice consul, combated at once the idea that the capitulation had in fact actually taken place. The consent of Madrid, they insisted, was still necessary; but, at the same time, they claimed strong- ly that it would be forthcoming, as Captain General Blanco had authorized it and the home government would do the same. Toral’s Evasion, Gen. Toral, who was personally present, and who, in fact, directed the negotiations on his own behalf, said he had never been overruled by the captain general. Still, he added, until Madrid had sanctioned it, San- tiago had rot capitulated. All this was extremely unsatisfactory to our commissioners, who clung tenaciously to the understanding General Shafter had received earlier in the day. Finally, with the question of whether or not the Spanish forces had actually surren- dered still open, the commissioners proceed- ed to the consideration of the preliminaries. Capt. Miley had drawh up thirteen ar- ticles of a general nature, and these were submitted to Gen. ;Torak personally. He made a strong appeal that the word “capit- ulation” be used fhstead of the harsher term “surrender,” and that his army be allowed to march out, the officers with their side arms and the: men >with their small arms. He sald the arms could afterward be sent to Spain, either’on the same ships with the troops or on some other ships. Gen. Toral further remarked that he ex- pected our commissioners, as representa- tives of a brave and chivalrous people, would not seek to humfliate his army or make it appear that he was vanquished. As brave men, his soldiers desired to go home with honor. They had simply yield- ed to superior force, and they would prefer dying to going home without their honor. Our commissioners could not resist this appeal, but they said it lay beyond the terms laid down by our government, and they could only recommend the mattcr to Washington. At 4 o'clock Gen. Toral returned to the eity to consult with Gen. Linares, who had been erroneously reported dead. Sensitive Spanish Honor. Gen. Toral and the Spanish commission- ers returned at 6:30, saying they desired a still further change in the phraseology of the articles, and suggested a postponement of the negotiations until morning. This Gen. Wheeler firmly declined. Thereupon 2 recess was taken until 9:30. The commissioners returned at that hour, and the articles were again gone over fa detail. Various changes of verbiage, which tended only to soften the sound of the terms without affecting the sense, w proposed by the Spaniards, and our com- mission*rs accepted practically all of them. Sht#tly after midnight Gen. Wheeler sug- gested that the good faith of the Spanisn commissioners be tested. All the articles were reread and each commissioner in turn was asked tf they were satisfactory. When they replied in the affirmative Gen. Wheeler asked them to affix their signa- tures. This they appeared reluctant to do, but they could not well refuse. When all had signed the commissioners separated, to meet again ut 9:30. in the morning. The present nunicipal authorities are to continue in control of the city until the Spanish troops are embarked. The Spanish troops from other points are to be embarked at the nearest ports. Refugees are to return to their homes, but not until the sanction of Madrid 1s re- celved, and the same applies to the removal of the obstructions at the mouth of the barbor. Pending this, however, Miss Clara Bar- ton and the Red Cross agents, with sup- plies, are to be allowed to enter the city cver the line of the Juragua railroad. The water which was cut is to be re- paired today. No Cvbans are to be allowed to enter the city. . All the artillery and the batteries at the harbor entrarce are to be left intact, and we are to obtain possession of the gunboat in the harbor. Pending the sanction of Madrid, every- thing is at a standstill, and as a result the troops on both sides'remaim in the trenches. However, our plaris até being perfected as though the campaigh’ were over. Gen- eral Shafter's headquarters are to be mov- ed, probably todayg to the high ground north of the city, where. the whole of our army will be encamped after Santiago is evacuated pending the possibility of tts em- barkation for the Island ef Porto Rico. The troops which were landed at Siboney, but which were not brought up, are to be sent back on board the transports imme- diately. ace Which American froops will remain here as a garrison or théir number has not yet been decided on. Fhere is some talk of garrisoning Santiago wIth several regi- ments from the southern. states, which are understood to be at sea at present. The condition of the clty of Santiago.is said to be dreadful, with filth and stench everywhere. There is much sitkness among the Spanish soldiers, due to bad and in- sufficient food, and there are many yellow fever cases In the hospitals. Our commissioners have just gone in to get the Spanish commissioners, . —— More Room for Clerks. The large building at the corner of 17th and G streets, occupied during the civil war by General Grant as his headquarters, and more recently used by the Red Cross Society, has been leased by the War De- partment to accommodate the large extra force of clerks in the quartermaster gen- eral’s department employed to meet the ex- igencies of the war with Spain, DEATH OF ERBEN BREWER. Postal Agent of the United States in Cuba. The Postmaster General has received a cablegram from Santiago announcing the death of Mr. Eben Brewer, the postal agent of the United States for Cuba. Mr. Brewer, it will be recalied, was appointed soon after hostilities between this country and Spain began. He was given charge of all postal arrangements in Cuba and person- ally organized the first post office on the island. His serious illness was mentioned in The Star yesterday, together with the detail of his assistant, Mr. Louis Kemp- ner, as the officer in charge. The death of Mr. Brewer is regarded as a serious loss to thé service, znd Postmaster General Smith spoke in the highest terms of the good work he had done in Cuba. eg neg eee eS RAIDED BY SHEEP HERDERS. Government Parks Invaded When the Military Guard Left. Shortly after war was declared and the CUMMINGS IN CUBA His Experience Narrated in the Con- gressional Record. A STORY OF CAPTAIN EULATE Scenes of Suffering Among the Reconcentrados. AN AMUSING INCIDENT Representative Amos Cummings of New troops of the regular army began to move! York has published in the Congressional the Secretary of the Interior received in- formation that the sheep herders of Cali- fornia were driving their sheep into the government reservations. The Yosemite, Sequoir and General Grant parks in Call- fornia were the ones entered. Before this the government always had several troops of cavalry to keep out these herders, but when the call to arms was sounded these guardians of the reservations were hurried to the front, and the big parks left prac- tically unprotected. Secretary Bliss dis- patched Superintendent Zeévely to the state, with instructions to employ assistants and drive out the sheep raisers. With only a Mmited amount of money on hand to do this, the government has succeeded in oust- ing 85,000 sheep. At first it was said the sheep raisers would resist, but no conflict has been reported. The Secretary has found it necessary to call upon the govern- ment for troops to assist the government agents, and a detail has been made from the Utah troop of cavalry to guard the parks. CAMPS IN FLORIDA. Troops Will Be Moved if Found Ad- visable to Do So. The officials of the War Department have instituted inquiries into the sanitary condi- tion of the various military camps in Flori- da, with a view to the removal of the troops to more salubrious places in case ia is found advisable to do so. In view of the reported appearance of suspicious cases of fever among the troops at Tampa, the Sec- retary of War has telegraphed General Coppinger, in command of that military district, to make a full report of the sani- tary conditions there. In case of necessity the troops ut that place will be immediate- ly transterred to the camp at Chickamauga or to some other camp in a more northern latitude. According to a report just re- ceived at the War Department from Major General Lee, commanding the troops at Jacksonville, there is no occasion for any change in that camp from a sanitary stand- point. He says that the camp at Jackson- ville is in excellent condition, with plenty of water and all the requisites for a camp. —_—_—_-e~-—_______ WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS. The Second Expedition With Supplics for Gomez. Official information has been received here of the complete success of the second expedition which recently left Tampa, Fila. with stores and supplies of arms for the army of General Gomez. This expedition landed on the southern coast of Cuba and was the first in which our troops have been able to get communication with Gomez's army, the first, in which the transport Gussie was dispatched, having failed en- tirely to reach him. This second expedition was carried out under the direction of Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, who from this end supervised all the arrangements for carrying it into effect, and consequently he feels very much elated over its successful consummation. Two vessels were employed, the Florida and the Fanita, and they had on board supplies for Gomez and arms and ammuni- tion to equip his soldiers for the campaign ahead. They also carried two troops of United States cavalry, in command of Lieu- tenant Johnson of the 10th Regiment, and a special representative of the military in- formation division of the War Department, who was instructed to obtain all tue in- formation possible regarding Gomez's troops and the country in which they are operating. southern coast, Mr. Meiklejohn is informed, the officer in charge was given an im- portant message from General Gomez to the Secretary of War. In view of its im- portance, the assistant secretary has di- rected that it be forwarded by express to the department here. Qos IMPORTANT TAX DECISION U.S. Commissioner in Iowa Holds That Express Companies Must Pay OTTUMWA, Iowa, July 16. — United States Commissioner Hunter today decided for the first time in any court, criminal or civil, the question whether express com- panies or shippers must pay the one-cent tax to be attached to an express receipt. He held that the company must pay the tax under the laws. He holds the cashier of the local office of the Adams Express Company arrested on a charge of violating the revenue law, to the federal grand jury. United States District Attorney Miles rep- resented the United States in the hear- ing. Attorneys for the express company will apply for a writ of habeas corpus before United States Judge Woolson, who will be asked to pass judgment on the commissioner's decision early next week. >_— BLACK APPOINTS McCULLAGH. State Superintendent of New York Elections—Extra Session Ends. ALBANY, N. Y., July 16.—The extraordi- nary session of the state legislature ad- journed finally today. Its work was the passage of four bills: One appropriating $500,000 for a war fund; 2. Providing for the polling of votes of sol- diers in camp and in the field, at general election; 3. Taking from the chief of police of New York city the power of appointing judges and clerks of elections and vesting the power In a state bi-partisan commis- sion, acting through a superintendent of elections, and 4, appropriating $18,000 for the expenses of the special session. Governor Black has igned the metropol- {tan district election bili, and John McCul- lagh, late chief of police of New York, has been appointed as state superintendent of elections under its provisions. —_——.. CAR BUILDINGS BURNED, Central R. R. of New Jersey Suffers $25,000 Damage at Elizabeth. NEW YORK, July 16.—Five frame build- ings, a part of the car shops of the Central railroad of New Jersey, at Elizabeth, were burned today, causing a loss of $25,000. James Robbins, a workman, jumped from a tecond-story of the pattern shop and sus- tained serious injuries. eos wesc eee THE ELCHO CHALLENGE SHIELD. England's Team Wins From Scotland end Ireland. LONDON, July 16.—At the competition at Bisley today for the Elcho Challenge shield, open to one team of eight from England, Scotland and Ireland, fifteen shots at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, England won, with a score of 1,595; Scotland scored 1,540 and Ireland, 1,505. es One Executive is Enough. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 16, via Gal- veston, Tex.—The committee on congress which has formulated the federal constitu- tion recommends a change in the plan put forth by the diet of the Greater Republic from three to one executive, and, instead of a changeable headquarters, a federal dis- trict having a capital at Amathala, on the Bay of Fonseca. —_+—__ Indian Inspectors Appointed. The President today appointed the follow- ing Indian inspectors: Arthur M. Tinker of North Adams, Mass.; Cyrus Bede of Oskaloosa, Iowa; Walter H. Graces of Den- | ceased whimpering and gazed at ver, Col Upon their departure from the | bone of a gigantic negro, entirely nude. Record an account of his visit last spring to Cuba with a party of congressmen. The narrative occupies several pages of the Record, and includes some interesting fea- tures, of which the following are extracts: The Commander of the Vizcaya. “A story fully as romantic and interest- ing is told of Captain Eulate, the com- mander of the cruiser Vizcaya, the late visitor to the harbor of New York. The incident occurred in La Guayra, on the Spanish main, in 1891. The American con- sul there was Mr. Hanna, a relative of Mr. Jerry Rusk of Wisconsin. The city was raided by one of Dictator Mendoza’s generals. He imprisoned all of the foreign merchants and seventeen consuls, repre- senting different nations, demanding a large ransom for their release. Hanna was out of tcwn when the raid began. On his return he sensed the situation and took immediate steps for the rescue of his col- leagues. “The only war vessel in the harbor was the Jorge Juan, a little Spanish ship with three small guns, detailed for coast-guard duty. Her commanding ofiicer w then a sublieutenant in tne Spanish navy. Hanna tried to communicate by cable with the United States government, but failed. He next tried to-reach the American min- ister at Caracas, and was again shut off. Finally, as a last resort, he took a boat and boarded the Jorge Juan. Lieutenant Eulate received him with marked courtesy en from the church before any of the party could contribyte to relieve ner distress. “Another characteristic scene occurred on the Punta, opposite Morro Castle. When the heat became insufferadie, two of the congressmen were in the habit of driving to this spot to enjoy the cvol sea brerze. It was flanked by an old forvisica a a lumber yard, with a bulkhead and a small pier near by. A negro, naked to the waist and barefooted, frequented the place. His right leg was swollen size. The driver called at man by arking that he phant's le; He was s phantiasis. The foot and le as those of an eleph threw him a handful Within a miny dos appeared. They tween the piles of lumber. fcus to parti in the dis nt Three or four wretc ting beneath the pier bulkhead. The tid what was going 0 the black mud Punta. One fell ; regain his feet when ih by the distressing sight, dre poor beings had left Los Fo: ing pen into which they h by Weyler’s orders, and were w about the city in search of susienan d sufferers wer > shade an effor nd was vainly pariy > aw a steams driven An Amusing incident. “Such scenes of horror we meny an amusing in ly printed of # cor umbrella In an engages peny of Spanish tion in fact. One representative invit down the Prado. A A s wide who osed his com> with a hal no diers a car called, and an interpreter was to stract the driver to move siowly aloag the curd, giv- ing the visitors an opportu: ty to tiste the music near the fa magnii statue of Que scene seemed one of Hundreds of ladies coquet with veiis drawn partly a tures, were parading t the music. As soon as the carrigae the driver set off at full “Go slow! shouted one of the men. ‘We want to hear the music at the ladies.” ~‘Quiere que vaya mas ligero? asked the peed ngresy- and look . si, senor,’ replied the western con- man, using the only Spanizh words in vocabulary “The drive the alr, 8 whip whistled in and the horse redoubled his speed. The equipage dashed a antly light- ed street, and the c looked at €ach other in astonishment “ “Slower, siower,” they shouted. and listened graciously to his story. “Hanna detailed the startling events that had occurred, and asked the aid of the Spanish gunboat in rescuing the imprisoned consuls. Eulate listened with much in- terest. He replied that Spain was one of the first nations to recognize the indepe: ence of the American colonies when t were struggling with Great Britain for their freedom, and she would not decline to assist the United States at a timé like th> present. He said his ship was at Mr. } Hanna's disposal, and asked him what he intended to do. ‘I propose to demand the release of the imprisoned consuls,’ was the reply. “Lieut. Eulate then placed thirty Spanish marines at ‘he disposal of Consul Hanna. He ordered bis crew to prepare for action. The marines were emlarked in the launch which displayed the American flag. Consul Hanna landed them and demanded tie re- lease of the imrriscned consuls within twenty minates, saying that if this was not done the gunboat wovld open fire upon the city. A single shot was fired at the Span- ish vessel from the shore. It struck her in the bow, and Lieut. Eviate responded with a blank broadside. The consuls were re Icased under Hanna’s ultimatum. He tnen demanded the release of the imprisoned foreien merchants. Gen. Pepper, represent- senting the dictator, Mendoza, promptly complied with the demand, and his troops evacuated the city. The American flag was then hauled down from the Jorge Juan and the Spanish ensign arpeared at her stern. "fhe marines were returfed to the ship, ant Capt. Hanna and the released consuls warmly thanked Lieut. Eulate for Fis serv- ices, “This, howsver, was not the end of the matter. The Spanish government was in- dignant at the action of its lieutenant. Was orcered back to Havana. depriv | bis command and sent to Morro Castie. court-martial was orcered, the lieuten bemg charzed with piratical acts at Guaz Befor2 a verdict was rendered the Spanish government had officially re- ceived the thanks of nincteen foreizn gov- \errments, ranging from the gigantic em- [pire of Russia to the Queen of Hawaii. | This opened the eyes of Spain. She recog- | nized the injustice done to Bulate. He was released fron custody, was awarded one of the highest naval decorations and placed jon waiting irders. Witkin a short time he made « captain in the Spanish navy appoint:d chief of the arsenal in Ha na. “When it was determined to send the Vizcaya to New York, Ca was placed in command. It wa bis action at La Guayra commend him to the American in thougat it cou’d not offer act of courtesy. Unfortunately of Bulate at La Guayra had ne ed the attention of the Americ pers. The public were in igaorince of the facts. They remembered o: had presided over the court the Competitor prisoners the court-martial from Madrid, C: action. He ind: absence and went into rm Rico. Starving Not Allowed to Fish. “There were very few negroes among the reconcentrados. Indeed, but one black in the throes cf death from starvation was seen. This was at Matanzas. The party was returning to the city from a visit to a hospital in its outskirts. While crossing «a stone bridge over the river, something like an overturned iron statue lay below, on the sward of the bank. It was the skin and Hie was in the last agonies of starvation. He Jay partly upon his side in the hot sun, with knees crooked and head upon his left urm. When we leaned over the parapet aud addressed him, he made no reply and show- ed no signs of life. A moment afterwards a buzzard swooped over him, fanning his shrunken shank with its wings. And still no sign of life was shown. Again we shout- ed from the parapet, but the figure re- mained motionless. Suddenly the head was raised and the long, bony right arm moved in a feeble effort to scratch the naked thigh. “Gazing steadily at the water, in which young mullet were swarming and jumping, ne faintly moaned and again assumed a re- cumbent position. Possibly he was deaf, for he seemed to be utterly unaware of our presence. Nor did he evince any interest when a peseta was thrown within his reaci Not far away an immense net, with thou- sands of meshes and hundreds of corks, was stretched upon the grass to dry. It had evidently been recently used, for sil- very scales were still glistening in its meshes. When the civil guard, who pilot- ed the party, was asked why the recon- centrados did not sustain life by catching fish, he shrugged his shoulders and replied: “'Phey are not allowed to do so.” ‘Why not?’ was the next inquiry. ‘Because they have no license. it costs money to get a license, and they have nu money.” ‘It was afterward learned that the gi- gantic negro died as the sun went down— died of starvation, while the jumping mul- let within ten feet of him were sprinkling his wasted frame with water. ‘The Suffering in Havana. “Similar agonizing scenes turned up un- expectedly and in out-of-the-way places. There was a pitiful spectacle in the ca- thedral where the bones of Columbus are said to repose. The base of a statue was being built in one of the naves of the church, under which the remains are to be buried anew. A starving woman with an emaciated infant came through the door- way used by workmen and followed the congressional party, mournfully appealing for alms. “A verger drove her into the street. Within three minutes she entered the ca- thedral by another door and again be- scught assistance. The verger was show- ing the party the magnificent vestments of the archbishop of Havana, worn on fete days. They were sprinkled with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and other precious stones, valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Across these robes the suffering creature stretched her hand, while the babe 2 gut- tering jewels as though jarranced s- See- John H. Knight of Portland, Me., to be a | ond verger rushed from beneath a-statue special agent to allot lands in severalty to | of the Madonna, seized the poor creature, ~ turned her around and she was again driv- cy ‘Mas ligero?’ inguired the driver, with the sibilan: . sf in respor The lash was again appi. and the d increased until the attention of promenaders was fastened upon th riage. The congressmen had lost all inter- est in the ladies, although the ladies were evincing a deep interest in the congre As a last resort the wesiern member arose from his seat, clasped the driver around the waist and reached for the r Un- fortunateiy he secured the right re.n alone, and the veh wung in a circie two wheeis, bringing the horse over the curb. *“That will do for me,’ said the eastern representative, as he sprang from the car- e. ‘I never did care much for a ride, now. iis companion followed him and settled with the driver, with the remark that he ‘guessed he had enough.’ They walked alt three-quarters of a mile back to the Hotel Pesaje and upbraided the interpreter in un- sured terms. It turned out Jiat he had told the driver to take the party to some piace of amusemen they wanted to hear music. It was after # o'c and tae river was anxious to arriv« a music hall before it closed for the night. Of he understood not a word of EB: When told to go slower he asked if he should go r. The ‘Si, of the ern congressman confirmed him in hie ef, and he was utterly dumfounded when the reins were seized and the visitors disembarked “Another amusing incident occurred while these two congressmen were dining in @ restaurant At an adjoining table sat two Spanish officers. They glared savagely at the two strangers, jabbering mez vigurous Spanish. The congr ing that they were the subj sation, became indignan ‘I beiieve,’ said one these fellows are calling and using other insuttin, half a mind to waik over to them 4 mand an explanation.” He was about to do somethiag rash, when a sat at the table, smiled and s ‘You make a mistake. ng to you in any n is damning hi , say ing that they pinch his feet give hint great pain. His friend ivising him to sell them and have a pair made by @ Hav- ana shoemaker.’ “Both had drawn their shoes from the ter’s department on the previous The small officer had exchanged his with a shopkeeper and was advising his comrade to follow his example.” chman, who GEN. TORAL’S DELAY. Still Quibbling Over the Terms of Sarrender. After an extended conference with President last night, at which three members of the cabinet were pre reta situation the other ards at Santiago are d to surrender, but they want to car- their arms. We have determine grant no such concession cession except the ernment to tran retary Alger was asked if it was not the expectation that wien it wes known that no other terms would be granted, the sur- render would take piace, and re} that such was the case. in any event, no other ccneession would be afforded by this gov~ ernment. Gen. Shafter has been instructed to carry out the determination of the President, with whom the matter has been thoroughly discussed. Secretary Alger did not say how much time would be allowed the ene- my to reach a conclusion. but it is known that the administration will make it very short and submit to no further parley with Gen. Toral. The next move is surrender upon the terms which the United States government proposes or immediate attack upon the Spanish forces by the army and navy In view cf Shafter’s last dispatch, no fear is felt that the negotiations for the surrender the forces in Santiago city will not be prosecuted to a successful con- clusion. Gen. Toral, it is known, at first insisted that nis men should be permitted to carry their arms with them to Spain. This concession Gen. Shafter dec.ined to grant. modified his demand re- garding the arms and has presented a pe- tition that the arms taken from bis men be returned to Spain with the troops. As indicated in Secretary Alger’s statement, above given, the petition has been denied by this government. * The unusual deiay which has puzzled the war cfiicials is accounted for by the diffi- culty which Gen. Toral is having in sur~ rendering that part of the force under his command which is not in the city of Santiago. Gen. Shafter estimates that there are from 12,000 to 15,00) men in Sa: tiago and nearly as many more in the province outside of the city. It is believed that the delay In the negotiations is made necessary in order to secure the surrender of the cutlying garrisons, some of which may question Toral’s authority. to sur- render them without definite instructions, to that effect from Madrid. —_—_—_—_—_-2—_____ THE NORTHAMPTON BURNED. Mysterious Fire Destroys Her at a Norfolk Dock. NORFOLK, Va., July 16.—The steamer Northampton was burned at 4:15 this mornirg at the Old Dominion pier. How the fire originated is a mystery, as the fires were carefully banked last night. There were a number of narrow escap: by employes asleep on board, Chas. Clark, @ negro deck-hand, being pulled from his berth and carried out bodily. A chamler- maid was suffocated from smoke, but re- vived. Everything cn board was lost. The Peekskill, anchored near, was sligh' ly damaged by the intense heat from the burning vessel. The Northamp:on was towed to Berkeley flais and beached. She was built in 1880, and valued at $65,000; pretiy well covered by insurance. ————_— Awarded Contract. The Southern Asphalt Paving Company of Baltimore, Md., has been informed by the District Commissioners that white 2s bid for paving 7th street between E and G and 14th-street southeast was lower than that of the Cranford Paving Company, the contract has been awarded to the latter company because it offered work in a shorter time. pth on Sa