The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1898, Page 2

AFRICAR THE RACE OF SPANISH AND AMERICAN WARSHIPS FROM CADIZ AND SAN FRANCISCO TO MANILA. hungry to bed. This was soon reme- died. The colonel insisted on having the cook brought up with a round turn, and now everything is lovely and the goose hangs high. The majority of the enlisted men in the regiment come from homes where the environment was one of cleanliness and carry with them habits which make the labors of the sanitary corps comparatively easy, inasmuch as all orders looking toward neatness are cheerfully and intelligently carried out. But with such a large body of men con- fined in so small a space unusual pre- cautions have to be taken and conse- quently as soon as the men rise in the morning blankets are taken on deck, triced up in the rigging and allowed to air nearly all day. Details from each section are sent below and, stripped to the skin, go through the entire length of the berth deck and thoroughly scrub each bunk with soap, water and dis- infectants. Later each man, after a good bath, at the end of an hour, is lined up while both his clothing and person are thoroughly inspected. At stated times the colonel himself goes along the line, and woe to the unfortu- nate whose clothing, arms aud accou- trements are not up to the standard. Equally strict are the precautions taken to prevent accidents. Nearly twenty-five guards are constantly on | watch, and the punishment for any in- fringement of the regulations looking toward the safety of the ship are very vere. Fire, the greatest danger the lor has to fear, is especially provided | against. Smoking is allowed only in certain quarters of the vessel, and the loss of a month’s pay, together with thirty days in the brig, is the penalty for smoking or carrying a light of any sort in proscribed parts of the ship. Two unfortunates have already been | caught and getting their medicine. | ‘While at sea the three vessels are continually in sight of one another, of- ten approaching so close that the men | can recognize their friends on the other transports and are able to hear the cheer that invariably answers their own. The signal corps is continually at work sending messages of one kind or another from ship to ship and have now become so proficient in the use of the little flag with the red square in its | center that a conversation can be maintained with hardly any interrup- tion. It may be of interest to the signal corps of San Francisco to know that one of its old members, J. Westley has been detailed for signal y from Company L and has shown up in such fine shape both as a signal man and a soldier as to win commen- dation from both men and officers. Rev. Father McKinnon, the regi- mental chaplain, has won the hearts of the boys by his kindness and liberality and when the word goes forth that he is to hold some sort of service the only fellows who are absent are those who are on duty and those unable to get | into the saloon owing to the crowd gathered there before them. Last Sunday services were held, and an eloquent sermon, such a one as could be listened to with profit by one of any denomination, was delivered. At the conclusion of the services it was evidently decided by those.in authority that, inasmuch as our souls had just received a thorough overhauling, it would be the proper thing to renovate their earthly tenements. Consequently all hands were assembled and marched aft by companies while the doctors went along the line with their little sharpened ivories and vaccinated every mother's son of us, officers and all. The boys took the proceeding as a huge joke, and the loudest laughter came from the fellows with the sorest arms. Forces of Shafter and Gar- cia Will Strike a Crush- ing Blow. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. James Gordon Bennett. | v WITH THE ARMY, Saturday, Herald dispatch boat Golden Rod ARE READY TO CAPTURE SANTIAGO Copyrighted, 1898, June 235 (by The Call- | to Port Antonio, Jamaica, Sunday, June 26).—As a result of to-day’s operations 20,000 | troops, representing the combined forces of General Shafter and |, General Garcia, are ready to strike Santiago a crushing blow. General Wheeler’s division of the army is within ten miles of the | city. General Shafter arrived on the scene to-day and hurried |0f what had gone before. troops forward in the direction of Santiago. The last of the army transports was unloaded at noon and | three hours later an army of 8000 men stretched out to the west- ward of Siboney for a distance of eight miles. corps had been sent on ahead to build a military road. The work of pulling the heavy siege guns through the mountain passes is slow and tedious, but all will be in readiness for an attack on the | city by the time General Shafter’s command comes up from Bai- | quiri. The progress of the army has been retarded by lack of pack- | It is extremely difficult to move guns and supplies, and | for this reason attention is centered at the moment upon the work | mules. of the engineers. Our forces this morning were in full possession of the ad- vanced points they had taken yesterday, and the Spangards now must continue their retreat into Sevilla. stand the advance of the American-Cuban forces. The 2000 Cubans brought out from Key West in transports were landed to-day at Baiquiri and at once joined Shafter’s army. Our men complained bitterly of the clothing provided by the Government, which is unsuited for this climate. along the road the troops have left a trail of discarded uniforms and blankets. T|hey cannot wear woolens in Cuba at this season, and have embraced the first opportunity to lighten their burden. There is no longer any question that the cavalry forces al- lowed their enthusiasm to carry them into the ambush in which | they were caught by the Spaniards yesterday morning. daring exploit in dashing into the mountains almost immediately | after landing is now said to have been undertaken without the knowledge of the commanding general. marshaling the responsible officers, but so far as T can learn this | proposition has no official status. An engineering | { They cannot long with- For seven miles | | | { | Their | There is talk of court- | Our food, consisting for the most part of bacon, beans and hardtack, has been varied occasionally by a ration of fresh beef obtained frdm the steers we took with us when we left. The kill- ing of a beef is always an occasion of great interest. When one is about to | die the crowd that gathers to witness | the execution would make one think that the unfortunate animal must have committed some terrible crime while under the influence of too many horns; or that possibly he was a sort of bo- vine Durrant. On Monday (Decoration day) exer- cises were held on board, and all hands were given liberty to attend. A plat- | form was erected over the engine room hatch, and there, under a canopy of | American flags. Colonel Smith, together with Commander Gibson of the navy, | Lieutenant-Colonel Duboce, Chaplain | McKinnon and Captain Smith of the | vessel, took their seats, while the rest of the officers and men gathered on deck, or perched on davits, boats or in the rigging made in their uniforms a fitting setting for patriotic gems that flashed forth in a fine programme. At the conclusion of the set pro- gramme the band struck up “Glory, Glory, Hallelujah.” Some fellow in the | ranks with a magnificent tenor voice | commenced to sing, and in an instant | all hands joined. The effect was im- | pressive to the verge of sublimity. There we were over a thousand miles out on the broad breast of the ocean, bound away from our homes and kin- dred, the first expedition of the kind ever sent forth by our native land, with our faces pointed to a land six thou- sand miles away, where it will be our duty to lower the flag that was the first to spread its crime-laden insignia ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ A touch is enough That for cleanliness. @ % + is why it lasts so. J;, over the very sea on which we were sailing. Over a thousand voices were singing the old refrain. It was a scene long to be remembered, and, if it be my lot to be one of those who return, in years to come there will often rise be- fore me a picture of the past, and I will see, floating in the misty vision of my twilight retrospection, a ship steam- ing westward over tropical seas, while on her decks are gathered the flower of California’s chivalry singing together, while far away on the edges of the cean the red and yellow twilight, like | the flag of Spain, is gradually disap- pearing from the Western world. The run was as smooth as a trip on an Oakland lake and twice as pleasant. It would have been made in much shorter time were it not for the fact that the Peking and Australia were both forced to travel at a reduced speed in order’to allow the Sydney to keep company with them. However, every- thing has an ending, even a run by the Sydney, and on Wednesday, June 1, 1898, the first military expedition ever sent out by the United States sighted a foreign shore, and a few hours later we were steaming around Diamond Head and into the harbor of Honolulu. ‘We expected some slight reception. We received an ovation. The city is ours from end to end, and each boy in blue is the owner of all he sees. Hospitality is a faint word to express the kindness which, both publicly and privately, is showered upon us. The master of every house in town has made his residence over to us from turret to foundation- stone and the enlisted man who offers to pay for anything to eat or drink does so at the risk of offering an Insult to these warm-hearted islanders. ‘When this regiment reaches its desti- nation and takes its share of active fighting T am sure it will so_comport | itself that never again will European | generals sneer at the efficiency of the | American volunteer. FRED A. HEALY. GREAT HOSPITALITY AT FAIR HONOLULU First Manila Expedition Given a Generous Reception by the Hawaiians. ON BOARD U. 8. S. CHARLESTON AT HONOLULU, June 3—I do not know whether it is the purpose of the Hawalian powers that be and of the American diplomatic representatives here to make the Manila expedition an agency for the annexation by implica- tion of these beautiful islands. Neither do I know whether it is true, although I shrewdly suspect it is, that Minister Sewall has orders to raise the flag in certain contingencies. I do know, from what has occurred since the Charleston came here, that it will be impossible, nay, farcical, for the island government to issue that neutrality proclamation of which there was so much talk be- fore we came. Every tenet of interna- tional law has been violated since the arrival of the Charleston with the most IaARAAASARE RS R R RS SR ST ESEERT PR SATISFIED WITH : THE WORK IN CUBA : NEW YORK, June 26.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Secretary Alger sent a long dispatch this morning to Major General Shafter in which he expressed the greatest satisfaction at the work thus far accomplished by the' American army, “feeling the greatest sympathy for the relatives of heroes who were killed Secretary Alger said in this dispatch: every precaution to exactly locate each grave, so that in some future time the last resting place of the soldiers can be visited by beloved ones PO that are now at home.” + + near Santiago on Friday.” “In burying the dead take e bbbt {able | TARY | immediately prepared and cheerful alacrity by all hands. It was all right, possibly, for the Charleston to coal here. At all events, she coaled. Then she proceeded to wait for the troop ships, while the town and all it contained were thrown open to us. The troopships were sighted off Dia- mond Head on Wednesday afternoon. Then the town literally went wild. Every Hawaiian resident became a host, and there was nothing too good for the boys in blue. They could not have been welcomed more cordially in any town in America. I went down the bay to board the Australia. The water was black with boats, the wharves were lined with shouting thousands, the air was a- | flutter with American flags, and on the soft trade wind breezes there came down with gayly-clad around the transports, soldier boys the sweet “Mauna Loa,” and the measure “Hawaii Ponoi This was the reception to the pri- vates. Up town the Government, the citizens, the diplomatic corps received the officers with Hawalian hospitality. On Thursday the boys were allowed on shore and took the town, by bat- talion. The impression they made was evident in the admiring comment heard on every side. This morning the troops were landed in force, marched to the executive grounds, headed by their bands, and were banqueted by the hospit- citizens. Afterward, or on Thursday, they found the town, its beautiful resorts and its public institu- tions thrown open to them. California should be proud of her sol- r sons so far away—and Oregon, too, has reason for pride in her boys. There was one more incident on Thursday, a significant incident in view This was the ntation, on the Charleston’s deck, of a silk flag made by the Dowager Queen Kapiolani for the cruiser that is the best loved of the native Hawa- an. The Charleston, it will be re- membered, brought the body of Kala- kaua to Honolulu. Prince David, in the Dowager Queen’s behalf, made the presentation speech. The response of Captain Glass was most happy, and afterward the hospitalities of the ship were extended to the distinguished visitors. The incident of the flag was not in- tended, of course, to have political sig- nificance. The Charleston and her convoyed fleet will sail early Saturday morning. The Doric came in before sailing time and we expected to hear that Congress had acted, but did no SOL HERIDAN. FIFTEEN REGIMENTS TO RE-ENFORCE SHAFTER Urgent Orders Are Issued by General Brooke to the Troops at Camp Thomas. CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILI- PARK, Ga., June 26.—It is no long r a question that a large force of troops is about to be ordered from Camp Thomas to the front. An order was issued by command of Major Gen- eral Brooke to-day, which virtually amounts to an order, for the move- ment of fifteen reziments to Cuba. In accordance with this order, the first division of the First Corps and two brigades of the second division of the same corps will form an expedi- tionary for singing to the refrain of ore stirring | for active field service. The following brigades are included in the order: First Brigade, command- ed by General Ernst and composed of the Eighth Massachusetts, Third Wis- consin and Fifth Illinois. Second Bri- gade, commanded by General Sanger and composed of the Fourth Ohio, Third Illinois and Fourth Pennsyl- vania. hird Brigade, commanded by General Wiley and composed of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania, Second Wis- consin and First New Hampshire. Second division—First Corps, First Bri- gade, commanded by Colonel Gardner and composed of the Thirty-first Mich- | igan, 160th Indiana and First Georgia; Second Brigade, commanded by Gen- eral McKee and composed of the First West Virginia, Fifteenth Indiana and Twelfth New York. The order does not specify just when these troops will go forward, or to what point they will be sent for em- barkation, but it is understood that they' will go {0 Tampa for direct de- parture for Cuba. That the order means almost an im- mediate move was signified by the general rush this afternoon. The ord- nance department received large stores, including Springfleld rifles and other equipments sufficient to complete the fitting out of twenty regiments. As soon as the stores arrived they were rushed to the various regiments for which they were intended. The order was received with enthusiasm among all the regiments affected by t. WELLMAN'S EXPEDITION STARTS FROM NORWAY Off to the Arctic to Succor Andree and Discover the North Pole. TROMSOE, Island of Tromsoe, Nor- way, June 26.—The Artic expedition un- der Walter Wellman sailed to-day. Mr. Wellman's exr{)edit!on is undertaken with two objects—first, to find and suc- cor Professor Andree, and second, to dis- cover the North Pole. He is accom- s panied by a corps of sclentists competent explorgr. Mk PREPARING TO DEFEMD THE PORTS OF SPAIN MADRID, June 26.—In view of the American threat to send a fleet to the peninsula the Government deems it ad- xisabls to be prepared for eventualities, The lights at certain ports have been ex- il shed $torpedoes have ben prepared an additional _guards have been mounted. The Government has pro- from hibited the dispatch of '.elefil’a-ml val of vessels lockade.” The Cuba announcing th which have "!orgcod cth:ngl . e Queen Regent has sanctioned the vari- | floating the strains of sensuous music | |—and all night long small boats loaded women floated | . and are ovdered to be | equipped FRLLL LI PR b b d b b g Cortia e YR Were adopied by e | wer DRAW NEARER 10 SANTIAGO Lawton’s Men but Four Miles Away. HAVE MOVED PAST SEVILLA SPANISH TROOPS OFFER NO CPPOSITION. | Belief That the Retreat of the Enemy After the Battle of La | Quasina Became a Rout. Special Dispatch to The Call. HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL | CHAFFE two miles beyond Sevilla, | June 26 (by Associated Press dispatch | boat, Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 27, 12:30 a. m.).—The American troops are now within four miles of Santiago de Cuba. Two brigades of Brigadier-Gen- | eral Lawton’s division, in command of | | General Chaffee and Colonel R. H. Hall | Volun- | of the Second Massachusetts | teers, last night and to-day moved for- | ward past the village of Sevilla, where | the Spaniards were expected to make | a stand, and occupied the hills to the | right and left. | Two miles beyord, far out in front of | the American forces and occupying the roads leading to Santiago, is a force of 1500 Cubans under General Carlos Gon- zales. The entire Cuban army, under direc- tion of General Calixto Garcia, is marching for a co—npe'-atlve attack on Santiago. Garcla, with 5000 Cubans, is expected from the interior before night- fall, while from Aserradero, twenty miles to the west of Santiago, 2000 Cu- bans arrived to-day. There are no Spaniards in the entire country between Baiquiri, where most of the American troops were landed, and Santiago. The retreat of the ene- my, after yesterday’s battle, apparent- ly became a rout, which did not end until the fortifications around the city were reached. The transport Leona to-day brought to Juragua from Aserradero nearly 2000 insurgents, thoroughly armed and | plentifully supplied with ammunition. They are part of the army of General | Garcia and have been sent to the front to join the insurgents already occupy- ing the roads to Santiago. HEROES OF CARDENAS TO RECEIVE REWARDS Three of the Winslow Survivors Who Displayed Great Gallantry in Action. NEW YORK, June 26.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Secretary Long will reward to-morrow three en- listed men who displayed great gal- lantry in action at Cardenas on May 11, when Ensign Worth Bagley and five of the crew of the Winslow were killed. The men to receive rewards are G. P. Brady, chief gunner’s mate of the tor- pedo boat, P. Cooney and H. Johnson, both. of whom were machinists on the vessel. The performance of these men under fire was such as to cause them to be especially mentioned in the offi- clal report of Lieutenant John Ber- nardou, commanding. I understand Captain Crowninshield has recom- mended that Brady and Johnson be promoted to the warrant rank of gun- ner and that Cooney be made car- penter. Naval officers here hope that the de- partment will reward Lieutenant John Bernardou for his bravery at Cardenas. Although he behaved with great gal- lantry he was not recommended to the consideration of the department by his superior, and this fact is a barrier in the way of his promotion. It is under- stood the department officials are con- sidering his case and something may be done for him. HARVARD TAKES MORE TROOPS FOR SANTIAGO Entire Population of Newport News Turns Out to Bid the Sol- diers Godspeed. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 26.—The auxiliary cruiser Harvard sailed at 2 o'clock this afternoon for Santiago with the Ninth Massachusetts and two bat- talions of the Thirty-fourth Michigan. Thousands of people gathered along the shore and gave vent to their patriotic ardor by continued cheering as the stately cruiser moved slowly down the siream. The cheers were answered with enthusi- asm by the troops who crowded the side of the vessel. Practically the entire population of Newport News bade fare- well to the nation’s defenders. The Ninth Massachusetts Reglment is in com- mand of Colonel Fred B. Bogan and the Second and Third Battalions of the Thirty-fourth Michigan are commanded by Colonel J. P. Peterman. The repair ship Vulecan followed the Harvard to sea. 2% Sk Spanish Craft Sighted. LONDON, June 26.—Lloyd's agent at Gloucester says the British steamer Discovery, from Rosario, May 11, re- ports that on June 10 she sighted in latitude 34 deg. 32 min. north, and longi- tude 14 deg. 35 min. west, a_double-fun- neled cruiser, presumably Spanish, es- corting a tramp steamer witlg a black funnel with a white band. vessels were steering west and were proceed- at & speed of aight knots, i | was | ing engine. for Key West and will call at Nartolk.‘ ROUGH RIDERY BEGINNING T0 IN A SMASH-UP TALK OF PEACE Four Wyoming Troopers Killed. AN ENGINEER. | | Runs Into the Train Ahead of Him | and Disappears After the | Wreck to Escape Being | Lynched. Special Dispatch to The Call. | | TUPELO, Miss., June 26.—A railway | accident occurred at this place at 3:40 | o’clock this afternoon, in which four | members of Colonel Torrey’s regiment} of Rough Riders, from Cheyenne, Wyo., lost their lives, and others received fa- | tal injuries. [ The accident occurred on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Rail- | way. The first section had stopped to take water, and whistled to start on, when the second section rounded the | sharp curve in the track just before the town is reached and dashed into it. In the rear of the first section was the sleeper Seville, containing Colonel Tor- | réy and his regimental staff. This car completely demolished, yet, strange to say, every inmate escaped unscathed except the colonel, who is injured, though not seriously. The chief fatalities occurred in a coach which stood in the center of the first section, which carried Troop C, from Laramie, Wvo. This coach was completely telescoped, and the soldiers within were jammed and bruised be- neath timbers, broken car seats and other debris. In the second section one baggage-car was thrown into the ditch, but in this train few were hurt and none seriously. Immediate aofion was taken by the soldiers to save their imprisoned com- rades, and with axes, ropes and buck- ets of water the worked like demons, tearing away the wreckage to get at the wounded and dead and quench the fire which had started in the sleeper Seville, which was a mass of broken wreckage, covering a steaming, hiss- The wounded were remov- ed to'a vacant building in the town. The sections contained Troops A, C, | E, L, G and M, forming part of a regi- ment being transported to Jacksonville, Fla. It is the second United States Volunteer Cavalry, and was raised by | Colonel Torrey, its commander, in the Rocky Mountain region, including the | States of Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Those soldiers kill- ed and mortally injured are from the first named State. The fault of the accident probably lies with Engineer Rawls of the second section, who has disappeared. The sol- diers have threatened to lynch him. Not a horse was injured, although several of the stock cars were badly smashed. The killed: Willie B. Wallace, Troop C; Sam Johnson, Troop C; — Gordon, colored porter; Cornelius Lenihan, | Troop C; Private Gimmer, Troop L. Fatally injured: Henry C. Mapes, Troop C, both legs cut off; punctured in the abdomen. Injured: R. D. Staley, Troop M, el- bow dislocated; E. Perkins, Troop L, both hips jammed; Wallace Hodge, Troop G, ankle broken; George Gardi- ner, Troop C, hip hurt; Rudolph Wid- mar, officers’ mess cook, back sprained; Hiram F. Davis, Troop C, ankle sprain- ed; Henry Steltz, Troop C, leg broken; Will Grovener, Troop C, leg bruised; Joseph Aaron, Troop C, back sprained; W. H. Robins, Troop A, ankle dislo- cated; Arthur Evans, Troop E, hip dis- located; Joseph Wilkinson, Troop L, slightly injured; —— Schenck, Troop C, leg badly crushed. Colone! Torrey was in the stateroom of the sleeping-car, which was sepa- rated from the engine of the second section by a short caboose. The force of the impact carried the first section forward 300 yards. When the train stopped Colonel Torrey found himself outside beneath the wreckage, and al- though his feet were badly bruised he managed to clamber up the embank- ment. His other injuries are several bruises about the head. The injured are receiving all possible attention. The engineer was seen late to-night, but was unable to talk. He received internal injuries that have caused sev- eral hemorrhages. CAMPOS TO ATTEMPT A DICTATO"SHIP Special Cabinet Meetings Being Held in a Desperate Effort to Avert a Crisis. LONDON, June 27.—The Vienna cor- respondent of the Daily Telegraph says: The latest advices from Madrid indi- cate that there is ground for the im- pression that General Martinez Campos will soon issue a pronunciamento and attempt a dictatorship. Minute directions have been sent to the Austro-Hungarian Embassador at Madrid, Count Dubuski, regarding the personal safety of the Queen Regent. The latest news from Madrid is that the situation is so serious that special Cabinet meetings have been held in a desperate attempt to avert a crisis. % ki The Talbot Sails. NEW YORK, June 26.—The United States torpedo-boat Talbot left to-day | MANY OTHERS BADLY INJURED SEE THEIR UTTER IMPOTENCY Scales Falling From the Spanish Eyes. CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS OF PLAIN WORDS OF A REPUBLI- CAN JOURNAL. How the Ignorant Castilians Have Been Imposed Upon by News of ' Victories That Were Never Won. Special Dispatch to The Call Special cable to The Call and, the } Herald. Copyrighted, 183, 'by Ja don Bennett. VALENCIA, Spain, June 26.—Only three weeks ago none who regarded his personal safety could publicly advocate peace here. Now, however, the subject is admitted everywhere ds debatable. Platonic aspirations after peace find an echo from every corner of the land. Still, when conditions are discussed and it is realized that American terms in- volve the loss of nearly all Spain’s col- onial possessions, the peace pa is at once placed in a hopeless minority. With the exception of Pi y Margall, the veteran federate Republican who has consistently opposed war from the be- ginning, the Republicans and Carlists are dead against a peace treaty. “Peace with America could only be written on the torn shreds of Spanish honor,” says a leading Republican or- gan here. “The issue,” it continues, “is ‘not simply one of victory or defeat. The question with Spain is, To be or not to be? The greatest obstacle to peace is the dense ignorance in this country regarding the strength and re- sources of the United States. At the last census Spain’s population slightly exceeded 17,000,000, of whom 11,000,000 could neither read nor write. Those who can read are compelled to gather information from a press that has trav- estied the war history from the begin- ning. According to these Spanish au- thorities every American naval vessel has been disabled at one time or an- other by Spanish guns and towed in a hopelessly disabled condition from the scene, while the American dead are se- cretly buried by hundreds. The Amer- ican army is represented day after day | by these journals as a motley rabble of drunken mercenaries, devoid of all military grit, led by incompetent, ama- teur officers and directed by a war de- partment, where confusion and divided counsels reign supreme. ‘Wheeler’s Seat in Congress Vacant. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 26.—Attor- ney General Fitts has rendered a decision declaring vacant the seat of Representa- tive Joseph Wheeler in Congress from the Eighth Alabama District, owing to the . fact that General Wheeler has absented himself from Washington, having ac- cepted a_commission as major general in the army and being at present with Gen- eral Shafter's command in Cuba. Gen- eral Wheeler failed to resign his seat be- fore going to Cu — ce———— Murat Halstead Bound for Manila. Murat Halstead, whose journalistic rep- utation has magde him a national figure, arrived last night from the Bast. He will go to Manila with General Merritt, from whom he received a personal invi- tation to accompany him to the Philip pines. Halstead first began his news aper career in the late fifties, and dur- ng the war of the rebellion represented one of the big papers in the front. He also dabbled in politics and, were it not for the bitter opposition of his antagon- ists, he would have been the Minister to Germany in 1889. Soon after the Civil War be bought an interest in the Cincinnati Commercial, which he managed for some years. In 1800, Halstead moved to Brook- lyn and took charge of the Standard- Union. - Recently he visited Cuba. and after a careful study of the conditions of the island he wrote a book on the Cuban struggle for independence. The visit to, Manila will be for purely literary pur- poses. He will send letters to a syndi- cate of newspape ¥ ADVERTISEMENTS. LE.ADING CASH GROCERS. SPECIAL SALE FOR THE WEEK, FLOUR— Best Family Flour, sack. .$1.25 BUTTER, Point Reyes— Creamery squares... ...3 for $1.00 FRUIT SYRUPS— Raspberry, Strawberry, Vanilla, Orange, efc., bottle Regular 40 PORT AND SHERRY— Vintage of '94 Bottle 25¢ Gallon 95¢ Regular 50c and $1 50. MAPLE SYRUP— haif gallon jug 53¢ 014 Fashioned Pure Sap Regular Toc. 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