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ss THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Now York Office, 49 Potter Building, The Evening Sthr ts served to subscribers in the city by carriers, cn their own account, at 10 cents per week. cr 44 cents per monsh. Coples at the counter, 2 cents each. By mail—angwhere in the United States or Canads—postage prepald—60 cents ber month. ae Ssturdiy Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, wit! foreign postage added, $3.08. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D.’C., as second-class mufl matter.) riptions must be paid in advance. ing made known on application. Che Evenin g Star. No 14,174, NO WORD FROM SPAIN Reply to Our Terms of Peace Not Yet Here. = FORMAL ANSWER SOON EXPECTED Preliminaries to Signing the Treaty of Peace. = MAY TAKE THEY MONTHS ‘The reports from Madrid, by way of Lon- don, stating that Spain had determined upon its reply to the demands of the Unit- ed States, and that the reply had been sent, or was on the way to Washington, had the effect of arousing the most lively interest in all offi While the reports are accepted as show- ing the undoubted tendency of the Spanish government toward peace, as Hkely to be out in the near future by the formal > of M . yet it can be stated that so far nefther the United ernment has received any answer from Spain, nor has the French embassy received an answer which will be com- municated to the authorities here. It is ap- parent from this that the reply could not have been sent from Madrid Monday, as stated in some of the foreign reports. The misapprehension doubtless arises from the fact that the Madrid cabinet, af- ter receiving the American note, desired more information upon some of the points involved. This led to a cable communica- sador Cambon. It was not a response to the American was in no sense conclusive ect matter of the negotiations. no need even of a call by M. the White House or at the ment. This continued to be 2 up to the present time, name- ion having been received American terms, but not one 1 character as to constitute r submission to the United ent. At the same time, a expected soon, and, © official intimation has bee is within the bounds of po that the decision h a fin at Madrid. But in any event it has not reached any quarter in Washington up to the present time. Under the circumstances ther2 will be ne éceasion for tae French ambassador's going to the White House to present any commu- nication from Spain, and this in itself indi- conclusively that the negotiations have ¥ 1 the stage where the final response ain is ready for submis- sion. cates reach French Ambassador's € At the same time there is likely to be a e of speculation relative to a call Cambon at the Stat2 Department to- This had no reference to the peace ne- ations or to the affairs of Spain, but s for the purpose of discussing a matter ating to France and the United States. Some w2eks ago a United States warship ptured the ch merchant steamer de Rodriguez when she was about nine off San Juan. It was claimed she was 1g the blockade then existing around San Juan harbor, and th> captured mer- chantman was taken to Charleston, S. where she is still detained, with a number of passengers, freight, and the official mail of the French minister at Port-au-Prince. Both the French embassy and th? French Tran nip Company asked for t steamer on the ground t she was not running the blockade. The artment of Justie> has been considering ubje re and the ent for a releas er if no claims for detent . Cambon at th te Depart- 1 to this subject, and not in any Spanish peace negotiations. prospects are for a of the n are made. Preliminaries May Take Months. er the assumption that peace is near ttention is being given to by which this may be brought formally and the measures necessary adopted immediately afterward. It is nprobable that the preliminaries to the sigmature of the treaty of consume fully three months, so well along toward the legal and some the steps mbly of Congress before ! be prepared to submit Such a treaty to the Senate. This allow- ance of time moderate than ex- cessive point of past ne- & two years, from 1781 t arranging a peace with Great » terminate the revolutionary war. the ef the Chin Japanese were able to perfect the treaty isaki, which terminated that war. it does not follow from this that an actual state of war will prevail during this inter- f three m for as a matter of ilities wiil terminate within a very after Spain has notified the eS government of her accept- e of the terms laid down in the Presi- S note of last Saturday. But the mil- establishment must be maintained ths, itary during that time, and many acts performed that are ir nt to actual warfare. Siguing the Protocol. S expected e that the Spanish to accept the broad conditions laid the United States will take the form of a written agreement, something in the nature of « protocol, which, while a very necessary step in the negotiation of a treaty, is not always a part of the docu- he negetiations are not progressed tently to indicate who shall be the parties to this agreement, or rather who shall represent the principals, the United States and Spain. It is possible that this may be signed in Washington as between Secretary Day and M. Cambon, or on the ther hand, the ambassadors of Spain and the United States in one of the European probably in this case France, . and by the authorization of their respective governments sign this agreement. The protocol, if it might be so cailed, would in either case not take the place in any manner of the treaty of peace whica would be later drawn up by commis- stoners to be appointed for this purpose. Evacuation of the Islands. Under the terms of the President's note, if they shall be eecepted by. Spain, the Spanish govermment {s bound to imme- action is not to wait upon the- work of the by ‘peace commissieners, but is to precede it,_ and to follow immediately. upon--the -sig-_ diately” in this case Is perhaps a little deceptive. The experience of the War De- partment in the endeavor to remove to Spain the Spanish troops surrendered at Santiago has not justified the expectation that the large force of Spanish regulars can be gathered up and shipped home to Spain in less than about sixty days at best. This estimate is based on the fact that K is not expected by the Spanish authorities, who are directing the movements of the Spanish troop transports, that they will be able to return all of the Santiago ),risoners to Spain before the Ist of September. Therefore what is meant by the word “im- n-ediately” is that the Spanish government shall at least begin the afrang>ments at once for the evacuation of the isli ads. Our Troops for the Islands. On the whole, it is a rather fortunate circumstance that this evacuation cannot take place en masse and immediately, for it has been determined that the Spanish troops withdrawn must be replaced by United States troops. This is deemed abso- lutely necessary to guard against anarchy and to secure the establishment of a stable form of government in Cuba under proper constitutional guarantees. So, as it will be necessary to send many thousand of our soldiers Into Cuba, and some into Porto Rico, regardless of the technical suspen- sion of hostilities, it is a fortunate circum- stance that in all probability not many of them will have to go there before the pres- ent rainy season has neared its end, thus avciding the exposure of the troops to the dangerous conditions that were faced by Shafter’s men at Santiago. Attitude Toward the Philippine In- - surgents. An interesting question and one of vital importance, too, is that concerning the at- titude to be assumed by the United States toward the Philippine insurgents in the event that we reach an agreement for the pension of hostilities with Spain. In the first place, it is stipu’ated that the United milita-y forces shall occupy and es- a military form of government over the city of Manila and the bay, with the surrounding territory. This involves an im- mediate surrender of the Spanish forces, rot to Aguinaldo, but to Gen. Merritt, and there is some apprehension that the insur- gents will resent this very bitterly and that it may be necessary to expel them forcibly from the territory described. But beyoad this, it is said in some quar- ters, that, pending the decision of the peace ii to the future of the Ph the United States will be morally bound to maintain the status quo in the islands at large In other words, having deprived Spain of the means of resisting the attacks of the insurgents, it has been urged that the United States would be latter from continu- d at the mere mention difficulties suggest them- is a lack of information in on many important points as beund to prevent th ing their warfare, this of many to the conditions in the Philippin For instance, it is not known, even approxi- mately, how extensive the revolutionary movement has been throughout the vast group of 1,200 islands and among the large population, estimated to aggregate between 8,000,000 and 15,000,000. If the revolution- ary movement is general and extends to very many of the islands, it will be seen at once that the task presented to the United States military and naval authorities wiil be one of great snitude, in the event that it is decided to be incumbent upon us to prevent the overthrow of Spanish so i in ms where it is still s preme and prevert excesses and outrages the hands of the insurgents. Interest Among the Dipiomats. Baron Speck von Sternburg, in charge of ‘The German embassy in the absence of Ambassador von Holleben, was at the State Department today conferring with the officials. The German authorities, and, indeed, all the foreign representatives here are naturally greatly interested in the progress of the peace negotiations, and they are keeping their governments fully advised of the various stages. But while there is this natural and material inte s, there has been no move to take a pat in the negotiations or to exercise an al months before the com- | inluence In the results. Neither is there any apparent anxiety on the part of other European powers over the choice of French ambassador to conduct the negotiations on behalf of Spzin. The Brit embassy offi- cials are still absent from the city, far as can be learned, they have shown no activity whatever in connection with the peace negotiatio The Italian ambassa- dor, Baron F here and has kept him- self posted recent developments. nd Russian amba: ty. Monsignor Mar- de‘egate, has also kept on t status of the On all hands it seems . is the on The Austrian minister sador tinelli, himseit peace out of the te papal informed negotiations. to be conceded that M. Cambon 1s best qualifiegé to act as spokesman for Spain as the interests of Spain were intrusted to his care at the time diplomatic rela- tions were severed. = Sg ee ee THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS. Will Be Difficult to Agree on the Philippines Question. “he commission which will meet to se tle the unsettled terms of peace will ha a hard time in agreeing upon the “control, disposition and government of the Philip- pines." These are the words of the note to Spain and cover a wide divergence of views as between the two governments. As matters now stand Spain will not be asKed by the commissioners of this country to give up the Isiand, but the United States will insist, among other ‘things, on a naval station, commercial advantages and a bet- ter government for the people of the is- lands. Our commissioners will insist on an iron-clad agreement of this sort, and this country will be in position to enforce the agreement by having a naval base at Ma- nila or some other suitable and strong place. The President is not disposed to assume control of the Philippines, but he does pro- pose to see that a better form of govern- ment is given the people. Spain is disposed to cling desperately to the islands and to oppose any change of government which will deprive her of large revenues and of an iron-hand on the peo- ple. The peace commission will probably spend weeks in trying to agree upon the many perplexing questicns Which will arise each day in conaection with these is!ands and the United States. President McKinley will personally in- struct the commissioners of this govern- ment on the position he destres shall be taken and insisted upon. These instructions will be explicit. ‘The Spanish commissioners will be instructed, with equal care. They will be anxious to save all they can out of the wreck and will insist to the last on many points before submitting. Sa AGUINALDO SLANDERED. WASHINGTON, D. ©, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1898—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS, THE STAR BY MAIL. i Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter, Terms: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in advance. Bub- ecribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should } eive the last address as well as the | new one. AT THE WHITE HOUSE] WALES FAMILY TRoUBLES/ REGIMENTS CHOSEN Awaiting Oambon and the Spanish Reply. TRESWENT EXPECTING DEVELOPMENTS Encouraged by Receiving Unofficial Information. WAR PREPARATIONS GO ON eee ee The day at the White House was one of expectancy. M. Cambon, Spain's represent- ative, was looked for at the Executive Man- sion at any minute. The reports from Madrid in the morning papers gave the im- pression that Spain had decided to accept the terms of the United States, and that her note of acceptance had been forwarded to this country, to be immediately present- ed to the President. ‘Added to this were stories of a positive nature that M. Cam- bon received a long message about mid- night and had been engaged until early this morning in translating it. Expectation was far from realization. Despite this the belief prevails at the White House that M. Cambon will appear this afternoon or evening. His delay in presenting Spain’s reply is thought to be due to messages passing between himself and the Spanish government relating to his coming conference with the President. President Expects Developments. Presiden. McKinley today told a number of his callers that he had heard nothing official as to Spain’s disposition of Ameri- can demands. The President said that he expected developments during the day be- cause of newspaper reports and of unoffi- cial advices in his possession. He was confident that the day would not pass without his knowing Spain’s inten- tions. He also expressed a strong hope that Spain had agreed to American condi- tions and that the war would be speedily brought to a close. M. Cambon has not communi the President in any way. ready he will have an hou- call. son. In the face of his strong hope for peace the President is going right on with war preparations. This afternoon he had con- ferences with Secretaries Long and Alger and all that passed related to continuing the campaigns in all quarters. Closing Hostilities. It is the general understanding that it Spain accepts the terms of the United States the first step will be in the direc- tion of closing hostilities pending the ar- rangement of a treaty of peace. The next step will be the naming of commissioners and the making of arrangements for a meeting. Nothing is known of Spain's requests for certain modifications. It is not believed that these requests can be of a material nature, inasmuch as the wording and tenor of the American note plainly gave Spain to understand that no peace could be had except by acceptance of the terms pro- posed. While it may not have done so in piain words, the note did not leave Spain a hope that she could obtain modification in any direction. It also gave her to un- derstand that time-killing and dickering would be useless. Prominent Callers. Secretary Gage, Attorney General Griggs, Representative Dolliver, Controller Dawes, Gen. W. R. Cox, secretary of the Senate; Col. Richard Bright, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, and Col. Phil. Dietsch, chief of police of Cincinnatl, were among the prom- inent callers at the White House today. It was thought that the Senate officials might have been sent for to talk about the assembling of the Senate, but it was said that there was notliing of the kind in their visit. Representative Dolliver congratulated the President on the successful conduct of the war. Mr. Dolliver considers that this success has no parallel. Mr. Dolliver is strong in his praise of the President's management of affairs. President's Instructions to General Wade. ° Maj. Gen. Wade, who will soon leave for Porto Rico, was one of the prominent army officials to confer with the President. Gen. Wade was accompanied by Adjt. Gen. Cor- bin. The general report is that Gen. Wade will take a large command with him to Porto Rico, and that this command will form the army of occupation on the island, remaining until a permanent form of gov- ernment is established. To be placed in this position makes it necessary for Gen. Wade to receive detailed instructions from the President. Nurses for the Troops. Mrs. Dr. Haines, secretary of the Min- nesota Red Cross Society, talked with the President today about sending Red Cross nurses from Minnesota with Minnesota. troops wherever they may be. The Presi- dent commended the efforts of the Mtnne- sota society, but thought that the nurses should be sent out generally. He told Mrs. Haines, who was accompanied by Mrs. Electa E. Smith of Ulinois, that she could secure permission to send any number of nurses to the field. Key Monument Unveiling. A delegation today saw the President. to urge upon him the acceptance of an invi- tation to attend the exercises of the un- veiling of the monument to Francis Scott- Key, at Frederick City, August ®. ‘The President told the delegation that it would give him great pleasure to accept the invitation, but he feared that his du- ties would not allow his leaving Washing- ton. Henry Watterson will deliver the oration of the day. The delegation consisted of the follow- ing: Baker Johnson, E. Y. Goldsborough, Mrs. Donald McLean, Mrs. A. L. Eader, Mrs. Schley, Mr. Jacob B. Tyson. + 0 SPANISH VILLAGE WRECKED. ed with n he is d for his He will present Spain’s rote in per- VALENCIA, Spain, August 3.—The vil- lage of Mediana has been wrecked by a cyclone, which killed many ‘persons. Sev- eral houses at Hornillés have been en- | guifed by the floods and a number of peo- Mystery Attending the Princess’ Departure for Copenhagen. Rumors in London That She and the Prince Have Had a Dis- agreement. LONDON, August 8—There appears to be some mystery in connection with the de- parture of the Princess of Wales for Copen- hagen. It is semf-officially reaffirmed that her leaving England Is due to the illness of her mother, the Queen 6f Denmark; but two denials of her majesty’s illness have been received from Copenhagen, and rumors are current that the princéss has had another disagreement with thé Prince of Wales, similar to the quarrel which took the prin- cess abroad for some months in 1893. She then threatened, to summon a family council to meet at Copenhagen and to ex- pose the whole domestic situation. Some support is lent to the rumor of the Queen of Denmark's si¢kness by a telegram from Athens this afternoon saying that her son, the King of Greece, leaves there at 6 o'clock this evening for Copenhagen, in order to see his sick mother. FENCING BY SPAIN. Effort to Gain Advantage Field of Diplomacy. It is possible that a day or two may pass before it is known definitely whether Spain has accepted our terms for the negotiation of peace. It is evident that Spain wants to quibble a little before definitely declaring herself. It is difficult for her to abandon the hope of gaining some slight advantage in the field of diplomacy, to retrieve some- what her failure in the field of battle. Lit- tle doubt is felt that Spain will accept our terms, but it is believed that before that has been done a persistent effort will be Made to gain advantage by having the terms modified or more explicitly defined 80 as to hold this government down to closer lines when it comes to drawing up the treaty of peace itself. It 1s not i probable that further. explanation of our terms will be asked for, and it may be that the answer will come first in the form of a counter proposition.’ It may be said with reasonable certainty, however, that no counter-proposition. will be considered, and there certainly is no prospect of any modification nor materfal change in the form of agreement propose@ as the basis of negotiations. Firmness on the part of this government is not likely to result in a failure of agree- ment, since Spain is in a position where she cannot afford to hold ont, ard the influenc> of the French ambassaior will probably be in the direction of having the terms accept- ed as promptly as possible. There is quite a long step between an agrzement on these terms as a basis of negotkitions and’ the agreement on a treaty of peace, but it is definitely understood that the treaty of peac2 itself is not to-be indany way more favorable to Spain than afe the general terms given as a basis 6f Wégotiation. ‘The question of the disposition of war ma- teriafs now in possession of Spain in Cuba, Porté Rico and thg-Phitippines, which ap arently Spain is anxious to have included in th? preliminary agreement, belongs prop- etly to the future final.settlement by treaty. It is not probable that Spain will be per- mitted to retain ayy of the war material in Cuba or Porto Rico. The disposition of whatever materials of this sort she may have in the Philippices will be a matter of the greatest consequence to Spain if she is permitted to retain any part of the Phil- ippine groups. The belief is strongly sup- ported that the administration desires that our acquisition of territory in that region should be confined to the absolute posses- sion of one island. If the rest of the group should be restored to Spain—or should never be occupied at all by this government —Spain would be rendered helpless to main- tain her government over the islands re- maining to her if she were compelled to surrender all her military equipment and stores, whatever they amount to. The in- surgents are already in possession of a large amount of arms and ammunition cap- tured at Cavite. Spain will naturally strive to secure permission for the withdrawal of her army now at Manila, with its arms and equipment, to another part of the group, if the United States should decide merely to retain the Island of Luzon. TO BRING SOLDIERS HOME. in the The Yacht May Accepted by Surgeon General Sternberg. Surg. Gen. Sternberg of the army has sent to Dr. M. S. French, secretary of the national relief commission at Philadelpaia, a letter thanking him/’for his generous offer in placing the yacht May under the orders of the medical ‘department for re- turning ‘sick and wounded soldiers from Porto Rico. The vessel will proceed to Porce and report to Col. Greenleaf, sur- geon, placing the supplies aboard at his disposal. Such sick and wounded as may be put aboard will be brought direct to Philadelphia and put in the hospitals there for treatment. ————+-2 + _____ CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES. Secretary Long’s Policy in Agree- ment With the President's Wishes. Secretary Long is now devoting a good part of his attention to reducing the ex- penses of the Navy Department, which were so vastly increased by the war. In this he is carrying out the wishes of the President, and it is expected that a similar Policy will be adopted by-all of the other executive departments that have been af- fected. One of the first steps adopted by the Navy Department is'the reduction of the fleet of vessels. Such of these as are unnecessary, but are owncd by the government, will be retired from commis- sion, while in other eases such as in that of the American 1 5 have rendered such good service tn ‘Bezarginent are now not needed, the Navy Be: ent will sur- render the vessel to thei o ners and can- cel the charter. _ Personal ientfon. Col. Michael, chiet cisr¥ of the State De- partment, has resumed! his* official duties after a short vacation on Chesapeake bay, fishing and sailing. Capt. J. A. Dapray,-assfétant adjutant general of volunteers, is. ona visit to this city for a few days: ‘He has‘just completed the organization of the tst Division of the 3d Army Corps at CHitkarfiauga; prior to which time he organtged the provisional brigade at New Orleans. : Mr. Le Roy Breitbarth of this%elty has goné to Thurmont, Md,, fof the month’ of August on account of bad ttho =: " Mr. Moses Herzog of thif city has ggne on _an-extended trip eh the north. Dr. E. Oliver Belt sy returned from a visit of several weeks to the coast of husetts, Lake and Saratoga. Mr. J. B. Wimer has returned to. the city for a short stay to look after some busi- ness matters. He exf to return soon to the shores of Lake @ntaric, where his family is spending th er. The following: gt nians sailed for Hurope ep the. Southwark from Troops to Be Taken by General Wade to Porto Rico. PROVISIONAL DIVISION DESIGNATED Order Issued at the War Depart- ment. TWENTY THOUSAND MEN Major General Wade, who is to lead the second body of reinforcements to General Miles, was at the War Department today in earnest consultation with the officials of the staff bureaus, endeavoring to hasten the arrangement for the dispatch of his expedition. It was announced at noon by the Secretary that these troops would be started from Newport News just as soon as the transports could be assembled there and take on their supplies. Col. Hecker, in charge of the transportation is devoting his whole time now to this expedition and expected to complete today the arrange- ments for chartering the American line steamers Harvard and Yale. General Wade is extremely desirous to get to the front with his men before hostilities cease, and Secretary Alger is indulging him in thi matter, probably with an eye to the stimu- lating effect of such a wholesale military movement upon the pending peace nego tions. ‘The Ist Ohio Cavalry, now at Tampa, will form part of the next expedition to be sent to the assistance of General Miles in Porto Rico. The 5th Ilinois Regiment cf Infant commanded by Col. Cuiver, according to an order just. issued, be sent to Porto Rico. The 5th was a member of Gen. Grant's brigade, ard last week was di- rected to hold itself in readiness to rein- force. Gen. Miles, but had to give wa: the 160th Indiana. Grant’s bri is still at Newport News awaiting traas- portation, and it will be increased by the addition of the 5th Mlinois, making four regiments in all. The brigade will prob- ably start by the end of the week. Troops Assigned to the Expedition. A general order was issued this after- noon assigning the troops of the provi ional division to be sent to Porto Rico at once to reinforce Gen. Miles. The sssign- ment is apportioned so that every state not already represented at the front shail be represented. Eighteen regiments are in- cluded in the order, ing abour 20.009 men in ati. The regiment will go as an inde erganization. The order is as follows artment, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, August 2, 1898. General Order No. The commanding officers of the following regiments, United States Volunteer Infan- will report: to Major General J. F. Wade, United States Volunteers, War De- ington, D. C., by telegraph, for s and orders First Rhode Isiand, ist North Carolin: 1st New Ham Ist New Jer: Tex: 1st Maine, 4th Missouri, Ist Ala- bama, Ist Vermont, ist West Virginia, 1st Connecti rut, v . ist Arkans: Delaware and Is! These regiments will brigades as follows: be organized into First Brigade—ist Rhode Island, 4th Mis- souri, 224d New York. Second Brigade—ist North Carolina, 1st Alabama, Ist Arkansa: Third Brigade—ist Vermont, 52d Towa. Fourth Brigade—ist New Jersey, Ist West Virginia, $d Virginia. Fifth Brigade—2d Texas, Ist 1st Delaware. Sixth Brigade—lst Maine, 3d Tennessee, 1st Maryland. Major General Wade, United States Vol- unteers, is, by direction of the Secretary of War, assigned to command of these _bri- gades, and will conduct them to Porto Rico. On his arrival there he will report to Major General John R. Brooke, U. S. A., for duty with the forces under the imme- diate command of the major general com- manding the army. These regiments are detached from the corps with vhich they are now serving for this campaign only, at the termination of which they will be returned to their re- spective corns. They will be accounted for ou _all returns as on detached service. On completion of this service Gen. Wade will resume command of the 3d Army Cerps. By order of the Secretary of War. (Signed) H. C, CORBIN, ew Hampshire, Ist Connecticut, Adjutant Generai. ee GEN. RANDALL TO COMMAND. Will Be in Charge of the New Camp at Montauk Point. Brig. Gen. G. M. Randall, recently pro- moted from Leutenant colonel of the 8th Infantry, was today ordered to assume command of the new camp to be establish- ed at Montauk Point, Long Island, for the benefit of the troops which are to be re- calied from duty in the province of San- tiago, Cuba. Gen. Randall is one of the most efficient officers in the army, and has just returned from an important mission in Alaska connected with the relief of miners reported to be stranded in the Klondike region. Gen. Randail will assume command of the new camp at once. Offi- cers of the quartermaster’s department and medical department have already been assigned to duty at Montauk Point with a view to putting the grounds and buildings into condition for immediate occupancy. All the troops of cavalry with Gen. Shaf- ter's army and the eight companies of Roosevelt's Rough Riders have been or- dered to proceed to Montauk Point, L. L., for encampment. Gen. Shafter has been directed to use all the transport facilities he can command and to send the troops north as rapidly as possible. The regular cavalry with Shafter comprises eight com- panies each of the ist, 3d, 6th, 9th and 10th Cavalry, all dismounted, and four mounted troops of the 2d Cavalry. When Gen. Shafter’s corps went to San- tisgo, a force of cavalry numbering about 2,000 men, and comprising regular troops and a part of the Ist Volunteer Cavalry (the Rough Riders), was left at Tampa urder command of Gen. Coppinger. In ad- dition to these men, most of the horses of the cavalry regiments sent to Cuba were also left at Tampa. This force of cavairy will, in a day or two, be ordered to Mon- tauk Point, where they will make prepara- tions for the-men of Gen. Wheeler's divis- ion of cavalry, which has been ordered from Santiago to that point. ———_++_____. | deat. Emmet’s Resignation. Lieut. W. L. ‘R. Emmet, now on duty at the navy yard, Norfolk, Va., has requested jae — READY TO ACCEPT. Spanish Cabinet Said to Be Aw: iting Definite Reply From America. PARIS, August 3—The Madrid corre- spondent of the Temps telegraphs this afternoon saying that df the definite reply of the United States on the peace proposals arrives today the Spanish cabinet will meet this evening and officially accept the terms. The cabinet ministers, the correspondent adds, believed that the agreement would be accepted by the country without opposi- tion, and the government will not summon the cortes before the autumn. The newspapers are attacking Premier Sagasta and his colleagues, the correspond- ent of the Temps continues. They assert that the premier opened negotiations yes- terday with Senor Pidal, president of the Spanish chamber of deputies, with the view of returning the conservatives to power as soon as peace is arranged, believing that the conservatives are more competent to re- organize the country. Senor Sagasta’s par- tisans deny this. eee EXTRA SESSION OF THE SENATE. Necessary It. It is quite possible that an extra session of the Senate may not be necessary for the ratification of the peace treaty. It may be three months or more after the acceptance of the terms of negotiation before a treaty of peace has been drawn up and signed by the representatives of the two govern- ments. There may be some motive in not having the treaty announced before the elections this fall, since it would probably result in political divisions and be made an issue in the campaign, thus preventing the matter from being considered dispas- sionately on its merits, without scheming for political advantage on one side or ether. It May Not Be te Cell ie At all events, the very nature of the ne- gctiations precludes the idea of haste in the consideration of terms which are to be firal and permanent. Three months would not be a long time to be allowed for the negotiations after the preliminary cerms have been agreed upon as a basis of nego- tiation. If so much time were consumed it would then be nearly time for Congress to meet in regular session, and the P night corclude that it was not ne to cali the Senate together a few weeks in advance of the regular time. As far as the House is concerned, the fact that all the members of that body will be cccupied with their campaigns until after the November clection would disincline the President to reassemble them before that tme. — _ ——— RETAIN ONE ISLAND. Senator Burrows’ Solution Philippines Question. of the Senator Burrows of Michigan was at the War Department today. Spbaking of the tuation #s respects the terms of peace, the Senator said that he had no means of judging what would be the prevailing sen- timent of the Senate as to the treaty of peace, as he had had no conversation with any of his colleagues on the subject re- cently. s for myself, I don’t care to go very deeply into a discussion of the sub- ject at this time, but, in general terms, I take this view of it: “We must bave absolute possession of Porto Rico, and Spain must relinquish com- pletely her sovereignty over Cuba. We should retain permanently the Island of Porto Rico..Toward Cuba we will act in weod faith and with perfect justice, giving to the people of the island a tree and in- dependent government as soon as ii can be established. We must sce to it that a good and siab! overnment is established, and, of course, the future will derend upon the le of Cuba to govern ad States gi ther. (ppor- Sasa free and y to maintain them: independent people. ‘As to the Philippines, that we want the enti with its several mil people. In m: i one entire tsland—the group for our purpo: I do not belteve soup of isiands mi-barbar jus should a in the whole ely est own for a naval s base. Our ownersht1 re istand should be absoiutel: with no vestige of Spanish inilue ere upon it. This would give us «ll we want for the development and protection of our corm- merce. The rest of the sron» of islands iight go back io Spatn o> the peopie be left to work out their own destiny. rhe question of just how far this government should exert itself in the matter of securing good government for the isrands which we do not retain, is a matter of de- tail for the future; the only th that J care to say on that point is t I don't think this government should retain con- trol or interest in the rest of the islands after having taken possession of the one Wwe want.” ——— REPRESENTATIVE PITNEY. Regret at His Contemplated With- drawal From Congress. General regret is expressed in republican corgressional circles over the contemplat>d withdraxal of Representative Pitney of New Jersey for re-election to Congress. While it is conceded that Mr. Pitney would make a good governor, if h eceeds in his aspirations for that position, caused his declination of further congres- sional honors, many of his friends wanted him to stay in Congress. He is a vigorous campaigner, has made a good record in Congress and it was felt that he could carry the district tn the next elections without trouble. Nothing has been heard by the repub- lican congressional committee of Mr. Pit- ney’s intentions beyond what has appeared in the press. ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES. Mr. Hull Tells How the Western Peo- ple Feel About Them. Representative Hull of Iowa has re- turned to Washingion, after having ccn- ducted a successful campaign for renomi- nation to Congress. During his stay in the west he Closely cbserved the spirit of the people manifested toward the war. “The people are divided upon the Philiz pines question,” said Mr. Hull to a Star reporter today. “Some think this govern- ment should retain the entire group, but I believe they are in the minority. I do be- Neve that a majority of the people of my section are in favor of holding the Island of Luzon. They think that a mere coaling station would not be enough. Manila bay and city should be ours, and that cannot be unless we hold the island. “With Hawaii and Luzon, and a coaling station in the Ladrones, we will be pretty well fixed in the Pacific for all time to come. “President McKinley is constentiy grow- ing in popular favor in the west.” contin- ued Mr. Htll. “The plain people have about settled it in their own minds that he yore executive and a good man to STORM AFTER HEAT a eS | Philadelphia Visited by a Terrific Electrical Tempest. RAIN FLOODS BUSINESS HOUSES Heaviest Fall in History of the City's Weather Bureau. LIGHTNING HITs OFTEN —— PHILADELPHIA, Pa. August 8—The excessive heat of the last three weeks or more culminated today in one of the most terrific electrical storms that has ever vis- fted this city. The rainfall was the heavi- est in the history of the local weather bu- reau. In one hour and three-quarters five and four-tenths inches of rain fell. The heaviest previous rainfall was five and one- fifth inches in twenty-four hours, about twelve years ago. There was an almost continuous flash of lightning and many flagpoles and buildings in nearly every section of the city were struck, causing several smail fires and do- ing great damage. Telegraphic and tele phone service throughout the city was practically at a standstill for several hours. The cellars and first floors of hundreds of business houses and dwellings were flooded. In the basements of the city hal! and post office the water rose to such a depth that the fires under the boilers were extin- guished. Flooded by Water. --e€ basements of Gimbel Brothers’ and Wanamaker's, two of the largest depart ment stores in the city, were flooded and heavy damage has been done. It is s a big fire is raging at Point Breeze Oll Works, in the extreme lower Section of the city, caused by the lightning. Three alarms have been sent in. Fire at Pottsville, P POTTSVILLE, Pa., August 3.—Fire late last night destroyed the stock of the Kaiser Carpet and Furniture Company, causing @ total loss of $25,000; insurance, $15,000. The building, owned by Isaac Krotosky of New York. was damaged to the extent of several thousand dollars. —- —_ FROM SUPERIOR TO EUROPE. ction That Hoats W Seon Be Able to Make Such a Course. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., August 3.—The largest whaleback ever built, the steamer Alexander McDougali, has left the slip at the barge works and gone to the Missabe cre docks to load with 6,000 tons of ore for her maiden trip down the great lakes. Captain McDougall, the inventor of the whaleback, is of the opinion that boats will soon be going direct from Superior to Europe. He says “Next year the new Canadian canal will be opened and it will offer a broader field for lake carriers. Boats carrying 2,000 to 2,200 tons will be able to gb direct from Du- luth to Montreal and Quebec, and thence to England and European ports. The new canal will permit of the passage of boats 270 fect long and drawing fourteen feet of water. Vessels of this type can sail on the lakes during the sc n of navigation, and can then go to the s¢ nd remain there in commi ion all win! when freight tates on the ocean will demand it. Within the next five years I expect to see a fleet of at least 100 bouts of this class trading between Duluth and European ports.” Pred JAMES R. GAKFIELD’ Having Hanna‘s Active Support, He May Come to Congres: Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, ©! August 2.—The re- sult of last night's republican primaries in the twentieth congressional district is in doubt. Odds are placed on James R. Gar- field, son of the late President, however. Mr. Garfield had the active support of Senator Hanna. Mr. Rossiter, the McKis- son candidate, swept the c! but fell be- hind in the county. The convention will be held tomorrow. NEBRASKA'S FUSION TICKET. Populist W. A. Poyater the Nominee for Governor. LINCOLN, Neb., August 3—The fusion state conventions, after continuous session during the night, reached an agreement on the head of the ticket. Following are the nominees: W. A. Poynter, populist, governor; E. A. Gilbert, silver republican, Heutenant gov- ernor; John F. Cornell, popui'st, auditor; W. F. Porter, populist, secretary of state; C. 5. Smythe, demcerat, attorney general: Jacob Wolfe, populist, cominissioner public lards and bulldings; W. R. Jackson, populist, superintendent of public instruc- tion. ey All excepting Pcyrter and Cornell are the incumbents. NONE IN DANGER OF DEATH. of Sick and Wounded Sol- ers on Staten Island. NEW YORK, August 3.—None of the 200 sick and wounded soldiers distributed among the different hospitals on Staten Is- land, is in danger of death at the present time, although some are not out of danger. The men who arrived on the Seneca are the most improved, for they have been on the island for three weeks, and during that time have had the best of medical care. Most of the Concho's sick are suffering from matarial fever. The reports from the sick at Swinburne Island and those de- tained at Hoffman Island are also favora- bie. u ee SPANISH PREY FOR DEWEY, Conditi Nine Little Gunboats Which He Will Capture or Destroy. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, August 2—A special to the Chronicle from Cavite, dated June 29, says: There are rine little Spanish gunboats scattered about this and the Caroline group of islands, and when Manila has been stormed Admiral Dewey will turn his at- tention to their capture or destruction. As hear as can be ascertained, they are di tributed as follows: In the Pasig river,

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