Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1898, Page 1

, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE ‘AR BUILDINGS, 1101 Penasy!vania Ave., Cor. 1ith St., by The Evening Ster Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Odio», 49 Pot + Baild'az. ved to s:breriters In the own account. at 19 cents ner men h. Copies at the By mil-anywhere fn the w Canada—postage prepald—B0 cents Sheer Stur, $1 per year, with ary Quintuple the sxe mfl matter.) I subseriptions must be paid in advance. ng made known cu application. THE HAVAL PARADE = Cheering Hosts Welcome Famous War Vessels, ———— GREAT PATRIOTIC OUTBURST Never-to-Be-Forgotten Scene in and Around New York. FLEET LED BY SAMPSON'S FLAGSHIP The Mayor's Address of Welcome to the Conquerors. CITY IS GAY WITH FLAGS —New York and NEW YORK, August the nation havé fitly today signalized the appreciation of the republic of her victor- fous fleet. An imposing naval pageant of warships has been received in the harbor of the largest city of the country with ac- clamations of delight and admiration, and the ovation from shore and from the great flotillas of all sorts of craft on the water has significantly given to the returning heroes some idea of the esteem and ad- miration in which they are regarded by the People. Long before sunrise gun ¥ fired at Castle W overnor’s Island, the peo- ple Crowds were hurr, ing to the river to be early on the scene. before the time when the ferry boats and street cars are usually crowded great throngs of people hung on the straps, trod on each other's feet and jammed into vey s to points all along the river front w York end New Jersey shores ded with people. The mver and alive with craft, and the cheering and re literally craft alive wit good-natured. Phe Cheering Multitudes. An impressive scene was when the flags were raised on the forts and flagships. As tarry banners were is of the forts and on ed “The Star Spangled Banner, hores rang with patriotic cheers. was little friction in cari cut the program and no more delay t was to be expected. ‘The citizens’ mittee left the foot of Cortland the steamer Glen Island and proceede down the bay, followed by a long retinue of all sorts and description of craft. At Tompkinsville the mayor and com- mittee of ten debarked and boarded the po- bay w people, all raised aloft the the flagships and com- ce boat Patrol. The Patrol then headed for the flagship with colors flying and bands playing. Staten Island shores were literally lined with people, and they joimed in the gen- eral acclamation with ihe people on the Wel sive. myriads of boats ming ceremonies Were short but impr The ceremonies over, amid the hearse shrieking of steam whistles and the hosannas of the throngs on shore and wa- ter, the mayor and the committee returred to tue Glen Island. The Battie Ships’ Array. Then came the event of ihe day. There was considerable wigwaggmg on the gray battleships, and the police boats formed in Kin hen came the Glen island, and then the battle ships began to slowly move up the There ivo of cannons and the cheers of people and the toots of whistles mad? an indescrib- was a thousands of he monster pageant was in line. came Admiral Sampson's flagship York, then Rear Admiral Schley’s ship Brooklyn, then the Massachusetts, Oregor diana and Texas, and after 2 s of all sizes and descrip- gs waving and people cheer- battle ships moved slowly As Governor's Island * was a tremendous report at did so much exzcution mo ard Santiago. shore and afloat went They yelled and screamed, waved gs and jumped up and down in patriotic Or. so it was all the way up to Grant's where there was a final demonstra- patriotic fervor such as New York ver wit d before. The pageant viewed and chzered by hundreds of nds of people. It was a magnificent scribablz scene, and one never to THE PARADE OF WAR VESSELS. Whe New York, Flying Sampson's Flag, Led the Fleet. NEW YORK, August 20.—The day broke beautiful and ciear down the bay, with a light haze on the surface of the water, and the sky line off toward the ocean appeared . so that it was impossible to dis- ih from quarantine any vessel in the distance. ‘The fleet of Admiral Sampson was report- ed off the Highlands early, and soon the b: began to liven up with gaily decked vessels of all kinds, from an ocean liner to small rowing craft. The navy yard tug Nina, which put out to sea yesterday afternoon to intercept the fleet, returned, passing the Narrows at 8:10 o'clock. Health Officer Doty’s staff was busy preparing the three quarantine boats for use. The James W. Wadsworth was put at the disposal of the public, and at 9 a.m., when the fleet was reported approaching the Narrows, all who desired were laken on board. The Cunard liner Campania passed out and also several smaller craft. ‘The fleet approached the Narrows in the ving order about a cable's length lagship New York, armored cruis- of Rear Admiral Sampson, com- orth Atlantic squadron, Captain Ghadwick; Izwa, battle ship, Captain 1D. Bvans; Indiana, battle ship, Cap- tain H. ©. Taylor; Brooklyn, armored cruis- Che : Fpenin gq Star. No 14,189, WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1898—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. er, flagship of Rear Admiral Schley, Cap- tain F. A. Cook; Massachusetts, battle ship, Captain F. J. Higginson; Oregon, battle ship, Captain A. S. Barker. The First Satute. The New York was flying Rear Admiral Sampsen’s blue flag, with two white stars: her decks were crowded with her white clad crew, who lined up silently, observing the animated scene. At 9:24 Fort Hamil- ton fired the opening gun of the salute, th firing being very deliberate; Fert Wads- worth followed. When Fort Hemiljton fired the first gun a small naphtha iaunch, flying a white flag, with the words “Lambs,” fired the second gun of greeting directly under the bows cf the flagship and then darted off. ‘The flagship broke out with a signal, which Was unintelligible to the lay observer, but it was probably an order to return the which was obeyed by the Towa. bluff shores of Staten Island were crowded with people cheering and wa flags; bunting was flying from every flag staff, innumerable craft crowded with eager passengers were checring and wav- frantically. toldiers crowded the embankment of the forts, cheering and shouting. Smoke ftom s burg over the water, but led by the light breeze. The outh passed in sely crowded careened the manner, but stop her speed Le rything en ay. ¥ ailing craft and ocean steamers added attraction to the marine picture. he Led the Fleet. The steam yacht Eleanor, covered with flags from the tip of her jib boom over the three masts to the taffrail and from each head on both sides to the rails, led the Health Officer Doty ran alongside of the flagship New York, and after a brief conversation with the surgeon, who re- ported “all well throughout the squadron,” the fleet continued on without abating thelr slow pace The Brook! the flag of ter funnel was the starboard ng. did not display Schley. Her cen- en to have a shot through ides. The Brooklyn was ttle ensigns, which looked aved, as if they had seen ice. adren approached Tompkins- York saluted the battle ship at anchor flying the flag cf Commodore Philip, and the salute was returned by the Texas. The fleet slowly assembled off Tompkins- Ville and then proceeded up toward the North river in the same order, with the Texas in the rear, accompanied b: mense crowd of river craft, le St. Paul at anchor at her usual Tompkinsville. fle the fleet wa tion off ing in th> Nar- e surface of the adsworth, presumably of loose gun cotton or other explosive, shot up immense columns of water about a hun- dred feet high, which added to the novelty of the oc The parade, which com- menced at the Narrows at 9:30 o'clock, was continued at Tompkinsville, and at 10:30 the Texas, the last of the seven war ves- sels, took her place tn line, the full length of which extended from Governor's Island to Tompkinsville. Passed the Battery. Amid a discord which has never been equaled here, and with the great acclama- tions of the multitudes along the Rattery vall, the flagship New York passed the Battery at 10.45 o'clock. It seemed as if every possible contrivance for making noisé had started up at once in one tre- mendous sound. Whistles tooted, men howled thenselve fog horns. bells and eve in: con: d of ear-splitting Tt > by the forts, but when passed Governor's Isla: same guns that belche? forth at ntiago sounded again. Then the Brooklyn, the ip ef Rear Admiral saluted. And the multitudes nd cheered. she passed Governor's n the din that it was almost impossible to distin- the salutes from the battery. ‘The Texas got an ovation as she passed the Battery. The crowd surged around to- the north side of the park as d, h there was a rash, no one was injured. cormittee ship, the Glen Isl d, preast of the New York as the Bat- Fr m the wars’ their ha: offi- to® the enthusiastic spectaters. Over 8,000 men, women and _childre shouted, cheered and then sang the “S' Spangled Banner’ in one mighty chorus a the d the Christopher street recreation pier, at 11 o'clock. It was an in- spiring scene, with ali the whistles tooting, the bands cn the boats playing and the thousands of people singing on the pier. Packed With People. There was an infernal din from both the New York side and the Weehawken and Shady Side banks of the river when the New York passed 42d street, at 11:18 o'clock. The piers a'ong the New York side were literally packed with people, who cheered lustily. The lofty cliffs of Wee- hawken seemed to act as a mighty sound ing board, and sent back in vibration and reverberations the din and clatter and shouts of tae people. It was a picturesque sight to see the crest of the Weehawken heights fringed with people, who stcod out in sharp out- line against the sky. And when they shout- ed and cavorted they looked like a lot of marionettes. When the flzet passed this point the long rew of faetories from 32d street up the river let off the pent-up steam reserved for this purpose. The whistles of the factories drowned 2verything else. The windows of the factories were filled with people, who added to the din. Howard Goyld’s yacht Niagara was off the shore at this point, and there was a tremendous cheer from this and other yachts. The noise of the acclamations down stream notitied the people at the lower end of Riverside Park that the fleet was com- ing. The New York was abreast of the loping, grassy banks of the park at li ‘clock. Then Lieut. Kohler of the seco battery gave the signal, and two fie'd guns boomed. They kept booming until the fleet had passed. A large number of people thought that the parade would be delayed, and the side reets leading to the southern end of the park from SS8th street down were crowded with people leisurely walking along. When they heard the guns boom there was a mad stampede of men, women and children to- ward the river front. It looked like a vast army on the double quick. The boomirg ct the guns was a signal for a great outburst of enthusiasm from the crowds along the shore. Opposite Grant's Tomb. By 11:30 o'clock, at which time the fleet hove in sight just below Grant’s tomb, fully 125,000 people were seated upon the approaches to the lawns and hills near the tomb. Every inch of land almost was oc- cupied, and even the side of the steep hill running down to the railroad track was black with human beings, who were oblig- ed to held on the sed to keep from falling to the bottom. The crowd kept on increas- ing, even after the parade was over. A steady stream kept pouring upon the ground when the lest ship had passed the tomb on her way down. A platoon of light artillery of two.pieces, under command of Captain Wendel, from the ist Battery, had planted its guns di- rectly opposite the tomb, under the trees on the edge of the bank. i At 11:37 o'clock the New York put her nose in front of the tomb, and as she did so the battery fired a salute. Scarcely had le smoke from the guns cieared away when the bow guns of the flagship ran out and saluted. Then she passed on her state- ly way. The other ships also saluted as they came abreast of the tomb. Captain Wendel's battery answered every salute, (Continued on Eleventh Page.) AT THE WHITE HOUSE Signers and Witnesses of the Protocol Photographed. THE HISTORIC SCENE REPRODUCED Hunting for a Democrat for the Peace Commission. FEW CALLERS ON PRESIDENT The signing of the peace protocol was re- Eroduced by phovograph at the White House today. Arrangements to take the photograph were made several days ago, and a 11 o'clock this morning the distin- &ished persons who took part in the cer mony of August 12 were present in the cabinet room of the White House. All those who had been present before were arranged in the same manner as when the representatives of Spain and the United States appended their signatures to the document which put a stop to hostilities. ‘The photographer quick'y put everything in readiness and sccure@ four negatives. In two of the negatives Secretary Day is sitting at the long cabinet table signing his name, while the President and Ambas- sador Cambon stand watching. In the other two negatives M. Cambon is seated and is appending his signature to the doc- ument. In addition to these distinguished men there were Secretary Thiebaut of the French emba: Assistant Sceretaries Mcore, Adee and Cridler of the State De- partment, Assistant Secretaries Cortelyou and Pruden, Lieut. Col. B. F. Montgomery and Capt. Charles Loeffler of the White Heuse force. Adjt. Gen. Corbin had called on business about the time the party assembled, and the Presideat invited rim to join the group. He is the only person in the photograph not present at the actual signing. The President fad few callers today. Act- ing Secretary Allen and the members of the raval war board were first with the President. Senator Mills, who was the next caller, was followed by Adjt. Gen. Corbin and Senator Preetor. Secretary Day re- mained with the President some time after the reproduction of the signing of the P protocol photograph. Senator Procto- is not to become a mem- ber of the peace con mission. He will be engaged for some time in a campaign in his state. The Peace Commission. It is said today on high authority that the commission lacks much of completion. The President is still “prospecting,” as gold miners say. The commission may not be announced for another week. At the earli- est it will not be made public for three or four days. The President is still hunting for a dem- ocrat of national prominence, but has not found the man. Senator Mills said today that he had not been offered a place and could not accept if tendered the honor. The probability that Dewey and Merritt have taken charge of the entire Philippine group complicates matters in the minds of the political leaders and few of them care to take chances in the settlement of this question. ‘They do not desire to commit themselv This is particularly the case with democrats. Most of them are person- ally on record against territorial acquisi- tion. Besides the party is divided as to what is bes The President, however, intends to secure material he usinks proper and to make up a commission which will please the coun- try. Gen. Kent Calls. Major General Jacob F. Kent, who was prémoted by the President for gallantry in action in -he fierce fights at El Caney, and San Juan, which resulted in the surrender of the Spanish army at Santiago, called on the President with Adjutant General Cor- bin today. General Kent has been ordered to the command of a division of the 7th Army Corps at Jacksonville, but as he is still suffering from the effects of hardships and exposure during the Santiago cam- paign, the President has given him a month’s leave of absence in which to re- cuperate before resuming active military duty. —_——_—__+ + —____—_. WEST INDIAN COMMISSIONERS. Conferences to Be Held Here With- out Gen. Brooke. It has been decided that Major General Brooke, the senior member of the American Porto Rican military commission, who is now at Ponce with General Miles, need not return to Washington to confer with the authorities regarding the duties of the com- mission. Admiral Schley and Brigadier General Gordon, the other members of the commission, who are both in this country, will shortly confer with the President in this city in regard to their duties in con- nection with the Spanish evacuation of Porto Rico and the government and con- trol of that island. They will be fully in- structed in regard to the matter and will be charged to inform Major General Brooke of the President's wishes in the premises. In case of necessity further communica- tions will be sent to General Brooke by telegraph and mail. Inasmuch as General Brooke's name headed the list of commis- sioners in the case of Porto Rico, it is as- sumed that he will be placed at the head of the commission and perform the duties of president. All the Cuban peace commissioners are now in this country, Admiral Sampson, the naval member, having arrived at New York this morning. The other members are Ma- jor Generals Wade and Butler of the army, both of whom are in this city awalting the arrival here of Admiral Sampson for final consultation with the President prépara- tory to their departure for Havana for the execution of their important mission. Admirals Sampson and Schley have been ordered to report to Washington, and it is expected that they will reach’ here the early part of next week, probably Monday. As they have been appointed to serve re- spectively on the Cuban and Porto Rican commissions, their visit here will afford them an opportunity to meet their associ- ates on these commissions and to discuss with the authorities the general policy to be maintained by this government on the many points arising in connection with the Spanish evacuation of the West Indies. ++ Officers of Volunteers Resign. ‘The resignation of Major Charles H. Mills, assistant adjutant general, United States Volunteers, has, been accept2d, to take ef- fect September 15, and he has been placed on waiting orders until that date. a The resignation of Major Perry Belmont, inspector general of volunteers, has been accepted, to take effect today. Other offi- cers of the volunteer army who have re- signed are Lieut. James A. Toole, 3d United States Voluntzer Infantry; Chaplain W. D. Johnson, 9th Pennsylvania Infantry, and Lieut. F. O. Allen, Ist Rhode Island Artil- WILLIAM VISITS MAYENCE REGARDED AS ABSURD Tells the People That He Intends to Pre- serve Peace. To Do It by Maintaining German Prestize Among the Other European Powers, MAYENCE, Hesse, August 20.—Emperor William, accompanied by the Grand Duke of Hesse, arrived here at 6:45 a.m. today to attend the review. It is his first visit to the city since his accession. Mayence is en fete and brilliantly decorated. On leaving the train the emperor proceed- ed on horseback to @ triumphal arch at the castle gate, where the chief burgomaster delivered an address of welcome to his majesty, i iperor William, replying to the address, said “I thank you, worshipful burgomaster, for your cordial words. I am not a stranger to your city. When here as a boy I conceived ideas similar to those you have just expressed. ‘tne holy Roman empire of the German peoples fell because it was not built on a national foundation. Its de- cadence was due to lack of patriotism and cohesion. ‘The German ei of today rose out of a strong! @ of union and of 2 common hi reared itself upon the basis of | “I ar firmly determined to pr © with all my strength the work of my grand- father, and that peace which is so dear to us. This I shall oniy be able to do if we succeed in maintaining our prestige with our neighbors. To this end the harmony and co-operation of all the German race and all German individuals is necessa “I rejoice to see how beautifully May- ence has developed. You may be assured I shail always feel a warm interest in your future and shall do in your behaif all that lies in my power, so that you may be able uninterruptedly to live in civil concord, conduct your trade and to cultivate your vineyard, “I shall always be mindful of the fact that it was from the house of my dear cousin, where I am now ‘a guest, that my grandfather started on his ‘westward march, during which, with a firm hammer- streke, he welded the German empire. I thank you for your friendly recep ion, and for these beautiful decorations 1 veg also to thank you, my fellow citizens.” Emperor William then shook hands with the burgomaster, amid: the eheers of the multitude, and rode off to the reviewing ground. Considerable excitement was caused here last evening by the arrest of five French- men who were making anti-German demon- strations. ee CHINESE SLAUGHTERS CON TINUE, Corpses Float Past .Wy-Ghau Daily— Rebels Defeated. LONDON, Avgust 20:—The, Hong Kong correspondent of the Times says the slaughter im southern China continues. Corpses float past Wu-Chau daily. ‘Twe hundred rebels who had entered Tai- Wong Kong weére defeated. by General Mawho, who killed 100 of the rebels and took forty of them prisoners. The gentry in the districts of Pakian and Wungun daily send to the magistrates between ten and twenty rebels for OLD GLORY STILL WAVES. Raised Over Clipperton Islands After Mexicans Hauled It Down SAN DIEGO, Cal., August 20—The steamer Alice Bianchsrd, Captain Broder- ick Warner, has arrived from Clipperton Island, after a pasage of eleven days, with fifty-five tons of pulverized phosphate rock. Among her passengers is Theodore Gus- man, who has been on the desolate island for nearly thirteen months. Mr. Gusman figured in a somewhat heroic light on Clip- perton Island a few months ago, when he refused to haul down the American flag when ordered to do so by the Mexican war- ship Democrata. The crew of the Mexican warship raised their flag over the isiands in place of the stars and stripes, but it was taken down as soon as they left. Mr. Gusman sé that since that time the American flag ina been flying over the islands. Seni oe Ee MANILA CABLE TO REOPEN, It Will Be in Shape for Business Early Next Week. LONDON, August 20.—The Manila cable, it is expected, will be reopened for busi- ness on Monday or Tuesday next. The cable company has been authorized from both Washington and Madrid to repair and operate the line, and a cable repair ship is now en route. It is expected to arrive at the poit.t of cutting on Monday, and to have the cable connected within a couple hours after arrival. The cable company has not heard posi- tively that Admiral Dewey picked up the outer end, but the officials hope this is the case, as it would save some time, thcugh they say the line is useless to Ad- nriral Dewey, as he cannot operate it. ——s WAR WORK GOES ON. Carpenter Company Centinues Mak- ing Navy Projectiles. READING, Pa., August 20.—The plant of the Carpenter Steel Works is’ still running on double turn exclusiye!y on government wrk, regardless of a cessation of hostili- ties b2tween Uncle Sam and Spain. The works made a shipment of various sizes of navy projectiles last night, the first for several weeks. They have not received any additional governmert orders of late, and are now completing the orders at pres- ent on hand. Operations on the stone wall around the plant, which was being erected to protect the piant from Spanish spies, have ceasad. —— First Railway Cars im Alaska. SEATTLE, Wash., August 20.—The first railway train to be-used in Alaska has been sbipped. The shipment congisted of a pas- senger car, a baggage car and a combina- tion passenger and baggage. car. The cars are to b2 used on the White Pass and Yu- kon Railroad, whieh is now.4n operation for a distance of twelve miles from Skaguay. ee Aged Couple Kill Themselves. MILWAUKEE, Wis, August 20.—Hugo Zellner and wife of Chicago, aged respec- tively, sixty-five and seventy, were foun? dead last night In their room at a board- ing house, having committ-1 suicide by ‘taking chloroform. They were despondent over financial reyerses. ES TRAPS HEE Steamers for the Orient. LOS ANGELES, Cal, August 20.—The first steamer of the California and Oriental Steamship Company will sail from San Francisco for Japan and China via Hon- olulu fn December, and thereafter steam- ers will leave port for the orient every twenty-five days. Madrid to the Times says it is reported that. at a series of bull fights at the village of , Hurt at Bull Vicalvaro, four miles from Madrid, on Mon- | _ |éay, twenty-cight persons wer2 injured. — Sagasta’s Statement as to Spanish Claims. LOOKED UPON AS MERE IDLE TALK Rules Laid Down Regarding Title to Property. OUR POSSESSION OF MANILA Officials of the administration are reticent as to the attitude which will be assumed by the United States in connection with the surrender of the captain general of Manila. it is intimated that this surrender may not influence the peace nc Lut the claim set up by Sagasta in an inter- view with him recited in a Madrid dispatch that the surrender cf Mama was null and void because it occurred after the signing of the protocol is pronounced absurd. The surrender is an accomplished fact and we are in the position of posse. not merely occupying, Manila. The protocol provided for our occupaticn of this territery pending The surrender puts n subject to no con- t, however, preclude thi government from censidering whether or not it will recede to Spain any part of the group. The statement by Sagasta that Spain will clei the property of nationa} buildings, barracks, prisons, land belong- > pe ing to the state and ts and arsenals in Cuba and Porto Rico is regarded here as mereiy idle talk. There is nothing, of course, to bar Spain's laying property, but this government will not yield to h claim nor it. In relin- quishing her sovereignty over Cuba and Porto Rico without any provision exempt- Ing the property of the state, that property according to ali usage goes with the terri- tory surrendered. Property Rights of the Chureb. In conrection with the suggestion that embarrassing complications are likely to result from the ccnsideration of the prop- erty rights of the church in Porto Rico and Cuba, tt is of some interest to know that the United States government has adopted a general rule on the subject of church property in captured territory. Article 34 in Lieber’s instructions for the government ira to such consider of armies, etc., which was approved by the President and adopted by general or- der in 1868, says on this subject t “as a general rule the property belonging to churches, to hospitals or other establish- ments of exclusively charitable character, to the establishment of education, or found- ations for tke promotion of knowledge, whether public schools, unive! acade- mies of leerning or cbservatories, museums of fine arts or of a scientific character, such property is not to be considered public property in the serse of paragraph 31, but may be taxed,’ etc. Paragraph 31 referred to provides that public moneys and’ all public property may be appropriated by the government taking possession of territory, the permanent title to real property rcmaining in abeyance un- til the conquest is made complete. While these are general rules in the case of actual conquest, it is appreciated that new principles may be required to meet new conditions, as the circumstances under which Cuba and Porto Rico come under our control are somewhat novel. In the case of Cuba the question is further com- plicated by the fact that the “nited States has not asserted a purpose to acquire or arnex the territory, but merely to free it from Spanish domination. Views in Official Circtes. Sagasta’s claim that Spain will expect incemnity for all government property, buildings, barracks, fortifications, ete., in Cuba, Porto Rico and elsewhere has. ex- cited much comment, as indicating the dif- ficult questions to be treated by the mili- tary and peace. commissions. In official quarters there is no disposition to make ccunter claim to Sagasta’s proposition, for this will be done in due time before the ccmmissions, and there is no purpose to outline the government's policy in advance. At the same time leading officials express their individual opinion that Premier Sa- gasta’s claim is very far fetched. It is pointed out that after the cession of Louis- tana to the United States this government succeeded to the sovereign interests of France and Spain in that province, includ- ing the public reservations. ‘This appears to be the most direct case in point where public property passed with the territory ceded. The rule is equally well estab- lished that private property undergoes no change. The question is somewhat compli- cated in the present case by the fact that Cuba and Porto Rico are not acquired strictly by conquest, but rather by mutual agreement. In case of a conquest no ques- tion could arise as to the passing of all forts, barracks, reservations, ete., along with the conquered territory. ———+2+___ TO INVESTIGATE TYPHOID. A Medical Board to Meet Here to Dis- cuss Cause of Disense in Camp. A board of medical officers, to consist of Major Walter Reed, surgeon, United States army; Major Victor C. Vaughan, division surgeon, United States Volunteers, and Ma- jor Edward O. Shakespeare, brigade sur- geon, United States Volunteers, has been appointed to meet in this city at the ear- liest date practicable for th> purpose of making an investigation into the cause of the extensive prevalence of typhoid fever in the various military camps within the limits of the United States, under such in- structions as it may receive from the sur- geon general of the army. The board will call the attentien of the proper command- ing officers to any insanitary conditions which may exist at the camps visited by it, and will mak2 recommendations with a view to their proper correction. The report of the board will be forwarded to the sur- geon general as soon as practicable after the completion of ‘the investigation cont2m- plated. ———____+ o+-__-___ Personal Mention. Mr. Jules A. Demonet will spend a couple of weeks at the Hot Springs, Va., before returning to his mountain home in the Blue Ridge. ad Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Given have gone to Aurora, W. Va., for a stay of several weeks. : Mr. George Hoover has returned from a two weeks’ stay at Atlantic City. ~ Corporal Edwin Newman, en route to Montauk Point, visited his wife in this city ‘TWO CENTS. BECOMES REAR ADMIRAL, Elevation of modere Howell— Other Na Promotions. The President today made the following proniotions in the nav Commodore John A. Howell to be rear acmiral, vice Rear Admiral Charles S. Nor- ton, retired. Lieut. Cameron M. Winslow, to be ad- vanced five numbers on the list of lieuten- anis, for 2xtraordinary heroism. Lieut. Edwin A. Anderson, to be ad- venced five numbers for eminent and con- spicuous conduct in battle. Chief Engineer George Cowie, to be vanced three numbers on th> list of chief engineers for eminent and conspicuous con- dvct in battle. THE STAR BY MATL. Persons leaving the city for any period can have The S:r them to ary address is States or Canada, by this office, in person Terms: 13 cents per for two weeks, or month. Invariably in advance. mailed to United scribers changing their one Post-ofice to another + 1 give the last addres. new one address fiem as well as i.e SENOR SILVELA TALKS ———— = Declares Spain Has Not Lost the Pailippine Sovereignty. CONSUL GENERAL WILDMAN'S RE QUEST Wants England to Let the Fleet Repair at Hong Kong. ——____+¢.____ ——-—___ PRESIDENTIAL POSTMASTERS. —a FIRST MAIL FOR THE Official Announcement of a Number of Selections. SS The President has appointed the follow-| staprip, August 2, 4 pam ing postmasters: ae Neaperiaasers "i r Ae a vela, now the virtual leader of the Hayes, jr., Eutaw. Ccnnecticut—A. E. S. Bush, Delaware—William D. Sipple, Milford: Hugh C. Browne, Wilmington. Indiana—Mary Loui Woo Indian territory—Houston T. Niantic. vative on the capture of Manila in the atem ‘The capture of Manila in no wise af- fects the rest of the arct cortes should be summoned with urgency expre es the views of that nt. pelago, a Maine—John M. Oak, Bangor. Massachusetts— es F. Shea, Indian}! °rder to prevent the world gaining the Orchard; John Hurtable, Warcham. impression that & as lost her sov- Minnesota—Frank W. Sickler, marshal. | °Tesnty in the Ph ee Nebra: ynso L. Kr: Westpoint. | Party should conclude but the New Jersey—Henry W. Ed. : abinet co: effect the task.” New York—Jo j If the queen regent ter vitation cept office. Senor Silvela Natha | Metcalf. Aus- ae tin; “Judson it, Manaelds Bamuel Dispatch Boat Ordered Away. M. Stewart, H. Barr, Milt Y FRANCISC 1 P Samuel BM. Rhone, Montgomery sen nie ar mie eat) Texas—Harper ‘Simpson, Edna; Harry | * eae pd igh Book, Hillsboro’; W. A. Stoner, Waco. — | | Consul General Wildman has requested of +9 the Hong Kong authorities permission for SECRETARY DAY RETURNS. the ships of the American fleet now at Ma- nila to be allowed to dock and repair here Resumes Hix Desk After a Week's The question presents s ch serious com- Absence. plications that it had to be submitted to Secretary Day returned this morning | the British home government for an an. from a week's visit at his home in Canton. | swer. Meanwhile the harbor police ordered He was at his desk at the State Depart- ment early in the day, and at 11 o'clock went to the White Hou Up to that time there had been no matters of special im- portance requiring a conference between the President and the Secretary, althe it is expected they will discuss the condi- tion of Spani: s, the appointment of in MADRID, August 20, 4 p.m the gunboat Zafiro, which arrived here with dispatches from General Mer miral Dewey, to leave B twenty-four hours. The “Peace Without Fruits. peace comrnissioners, éte., during the day El Liberal At the State Department there was no in- |!" 80 article headed “Peace timation as to any new names under con- | Fruits,” says: sideration for the peace commission. ge ens GEN. PANDO IN MEXICO. Nothing to Prevent Cuba. The Stat: Department received a cable- gram today from Consul Thompson at Pro- gresso, Mexico, stating that General Pando, the Spanish general, in command to General Blanco, had arrived incognito at Progr esterday,- on the Mexican steamer Campeche. The consul says Gen- Pando secks to enter Havana or Bat- abano, Cuba, on the British steamer Guil- lermo Lopez. When jast heard of General Pando was 1 to be in command of the Spanish Manzanillo, Cuba, although it was ertcd at Havana that he was still there. With the cessation of i ies there ap- pears to be ne reason ne should not go to Havana or Bat: vos MAJ. BRACKET COMPLIMENTED. His Return to second of “The government frightened by its own han has upon ought to be informed fully ress of events, so that the will not be driven to accept the wi that come from abroad. “We are now entering a period most diffi- cult and perilous, and it may have in for Spain fresh disasters greater than MADRID, August 20.—The has accepted the resignation of the ernor general 5 Manzano. His successor has not yet been appointed. is beginning iwork, to and geined nothing the press. by imposing Parliament the past.” General Mangano Resigns. of the Canari First Mail for Spain. for Spain since the be- Secretary Gage Sends Him a Letter of | !5"ing of the war. There were two sacks Official Appreciation. of letters and one sack of papers for Mad- Secretary Gage has addressed the fol-| Td, two sacks of letters and one sack of lowing letter to Major Brackett, who has | P@Pers for Barcelona and three sacks of just retired from the appointment division of the treasury “My Dear Sir: It has not been the usage of this department to accompany the ac- ceptance of resignations by its servants with official words of appreciation. It may be permitted me to say, however, that in ng yeu from the important position of The count the significance given the r the =nforcement of the neutrality laws at Hong Kong by ordering the Zafiro from the letters and one sack of papers for the north Spain. This mail consisted of 1,082 let- ters and 900 papers. Not Regarded as Significant. Navy Department auth as chief of the division of appointments I| harbor and deferring permission for the appreciate the fact that the department} Americar, fleet to dock there. 1s losing the service of a faithful, pains- | Dewey recently recelyed ord=rs from taking and intelligent officer. acting secretary of the navy “In your new duties as secretary to the Paris exposition commission you will find a large and useful field, for which your krowledge and experience peculiarly fit of plans for docking and r his fleet. The cablegram sent him ¢ this subject gave only instructions to mal an inquiry as to the most av ilable mea you, and you will carry with you the best| for attending to the repairs which Wishes of the Secretary and his official] much needed and to report them as early Bese as possible. Admiral Dewey undoubtedly s immediately set about negotiating to secure JOHN W. MACKAY ACCEPTS. a suitable place where the work co: Appointment ax Member of Lafayette Monument Commission. CHICAGO, August 20.—John W. Mackay of California, New York and Paris has telegraphed the commisisoner general of the Paris exposition, Ferdinand W. Peck, his acceptance of appointment as a mem- ber of the Lafayette monument commis- sion. Five of the nine men who were ask- ed to lend their names and services to the labor designed to draw closer ties between the United States and France have now sent an affirmative answer to the request. They are: John W. Mackay, Senator W. B. Allison of Iowa, Rev. Dr.’ Edward Ev- erett Hale of Boston, Frank Thompson of Philadelphia, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, and Alexander H. Ravell of Chi- cago. Secretary Thompson of the Paris com- mission says that the sculptor will be an American. In a few days letters will be sent to the best sculptors of the country desiring them to submit designs of the pro- posed monument. The commission will se- lect the design and later will give an in- scription to the finished monument. WANT TO REMAIN Some Regiments Theat Want to Be Seni to Cuba, The Secretary of War has received a number of telegrams from the governors of the various states in regard to the pro- posed reduction of the army. In the ma- jority of cases the governors suggest regi- ments of their states which may be mus- tered out among the first, but there are several cases where the governors say that certain of their state troops are exceeding- ly desirous of remaining in the militar; service and taking part In any campaigns that may be contemplated. The Secretary of War is preparing a lst of regiments which shall be mustered out first under the present plan of reducing the army to the extent of 75,000 or 100,000 men. It is prob- able that this list will be made pubiic next week, by which time it is hoped to have the matter finaily determined. The ist Ohio Infantry attached to the 4th Army Corps, at Fernandia, has been orderec to Jacksonville and attached to the 7th Army Corps, under Maj. Gen. Lee This action is taken at the request of the regiment with a view to their employment in the army to be sént to Hevana in the fall. The other regiments of the 4th Army Corps at Fernandina have been ordered to Huntsville, Ala. The 24 Regiment of Ala- Lama Infantry hes also requested that it be assigned to duty with the army of oc- cupaticn In Cuba. According. to a com- munication received at the ‘ar Depart- ment today, a majority of the members of the Sth Kentucky Infantry at Chick- amdugs are in favor of the mustering out of that regiment. & N SERVICE. It is suggested in official quarter is the custcm and a formality _usus served to warn ve tions against remaining in @ longer than the prescribed crdering out of the Zafiro surmised to mean the issiaj remaining twenty-four bi mitted. Admiral pointed out, was ordered out of cutbreak of the war, rever taken occasion to dis lgations which he personally heeded under similar circumstances. The signing of a protocol, in the view of the naval author:ties, would not alter the circumstances of the case sence of a treaty of peace or some special arrangemeats by which maining in port could be extended without breach of neutrality the neutrality restric- tions operate to the same extent as in the of actual warfare. Trouble Imminent Natives MERIDIA, Yucatan, Mex., August 20.— News from the scvttern part of the penin- suia is that the rebel Indians are taking extraordinary measures to prevent infor- metion regarding their condition ani state of military preparation reaching the whites. Any Indian suspected of etre secrets is promptly ccr.demned, Several engineers who have tried to pen- etrate the wilderness where the Indians are most numerous have never returned. Among then were a number of Chinese traders and Turkish merchants. dians trade actively with Pritish colonists executed, and Hong Kong, as the nearest and naturally the most accessible port, was at once considered. The request to the auth permission and doubtless was carried on the of the Zafiro. The action of the British harbor police at Hong Kong in ordering the Zafiro to leave British waters within twenty- strictly in accordance terms of the neut view taken at the Navy officials say since the inception of hostilities has never remained in port longer than that period. Permission to remain longer than that time would be ri action against which in the ca vessels at certain other 4 waters has been protested against by this government. probably immed ately with thi ality laws. De Americ the atch a breach of n ints Cast Us y Observed. ssels of confendin: Beutra! e, and Kong authorities of the ré formal no- tice that in accordance wi neutrality obligations of the port o1 tege of Dewey ‘himself. and = as the ——_—__+ e+ ______ REBEL INDIANS PREPARE. nd Mexican Government. DONS or Sil- conser- arty following nd Ad- tish waters with- governor is hn | ™Uch distressed at the situation. Without silence 1 public s to the prog- Store hose government gov- eral YORK, August 20.—The French line steamship La Normandie, today for Havre, carried the tirst mail to leave this country which salied ities dis- rt of Admiral to report his iring the ships ities there for followed last trip ur hours is irit and is the . whose boat that it y ob na- port the cordingly is iby the Hong ve then he has egard the ob- in the ab- time of re- Between Yucatan ing tribal The In-