The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 8, 1898, Page 4

: THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 189S. " HARBOR OF LAS PALMAS, the Capital of the Grand Canar Watson’s Fleet. = S y, Which Is Likely to Be Soon Visited by Commodore NEW YORK, July 7.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: Will peace come with the fall of San- tlago? The administration officials are hopeful and some of them are confident that it will. This hope is based on one important bit of information which came to Washington to-day in the fol- * lowing official dispatch to the Secretary of the Navy from Lieutenant Colonel Wells, United States naval attache at London: “Have rellable information Spain will enter into peace negotiations this week. Campos probably Prime Minister.” Lieutenant Colonel Wells’ sources of information as to what is golng on in Spain have hitherto been so re- liable that officials of the administra- tion are hopeful that his dispatch will be borne out by events. It is believed that the sending of Commodore Wat- son’s squadron to Spain and to pursue Admiral Camara will be one of the most effective agencles in bringing about peace. No third nation will be consulted as to the terms of peace. I can say on the highest authority that the admin- istration is determined on this point and will not say that any third nation sha.. have a word to say as to the terms on which peace is to be declared. The treaty will be negotiated between the United States and Spain and between them alone, and the wishes of any other nation as to what shall be done with regard to Porto Rico or the Philip- pines or any other territory the United States may take from Spain before the treaty is negotiated will not be con- sulted. It is feared some effort might be' made to interfere in the Philippines. I can say that it is the determination of the administration not to permit any such interference and to resist it to the furthest extent. MADRID, July 7.—A Spanish Cabi- net Minister is quoted in an interview as saying that the present Government of Spain will devote itself solely to the defense of the Spanish coasts, and tiat, if negotiations for peace must be opened, they will have to be conducted by another Government. The Government has received a tele- gram from Admiral Cervera, announc- ing the death of Admiral Villamel, who was in command of the Spanish tor- pedo-boat squadron at Santiago, and the suicide of Captain Lazaga, com- mander of the Infanta Maria Teresa. A Minister, after the Cabinet meet- ing to-day, declared that if Admiral Cervera had succeeded in escaping the Spaniards would have sued for peace. But, he added, In view of the destruc- tion of the Spanish fleet, the war must be continued, lest Spain be accuszd of cowardice or fear. Dispatches received here from officia! sources at Havana announce that the people are enthusiastic there to con- tinue the war. LONDON, July 7.—The newspapers throughout Europe are urging Spain to sue for peace. It is generally re- cognized that Senor Sagasta’s Cabinet will shortly be superseded. The dif- ficulty in the way of peace is the army, which is anxious to retrieve the failure of the navy. LIEUTENANT ORD’S MOST TRAGIC DEATH Killed by a Treacherous Spaniard After Leading a Most Gallant Charge. OFF JUARAGUA, July 5 (via Kinggton, Jamaica, July 6.—The incidents attending the death of Lieutenant Ord, son of the late General E. O. C. Ord, were dramatic. He was an aid on the staff of General Hawkins, and throughout the day of the battle was active and energetic in getting the troops up the line. He was right in the front rank when the Sixth, Thir- teenth, Twenty-fourth and Sixteenth regiments made their desperate charge on San Juan hill, and was one of the first officers to reach the summit. Just as he was passing the brow of the hill he saw a Spania lying on tne ound, and, pointing to him, he sad ““Take care of that man."” The Spaniard saw the motion, and, evi- WILL SUE FOR PEACE THIS WEE dently thinking Lieutenant Ord was or- dering him killed, he raised his rifle and shot the leufenant dead. The soldiers of the Sixth Infantry, as Lieutenant Ord was an officer of that regiment and very popular with ‘tha men, were wild with rage and Jiter body of the Spaniard to pleces with:b lets. Then they kicked it iInto a trench. | M FULL RANK OF A b MAJOR. GENERAL' m Corbin’s Rapid Promotion Causes a SEIZE CHINESE TERRITORY July 7.— The Russian Charge d’Affaires, M. Pavaloff, has informed the Tsung Li Yamen (Chi- nese Foreign Office) that PEKING, ® THREATENS TO .'I| WATSON,S SQUADRON DETACHED if a northern extension of .[ WASHINGTON, July 7.—The Presi- | tected cruiser Newark and the auxil- railroad, which has been conceded to a British syn- ® dicate, is persistedin, Rus- sia may be obliged to seize province of Chill, in which Peking is situated, the as compensation. | the war. | Confirmation seemed Charge of Political Favoritism in the Senate. WASHINGTON, July 7.-late this afternoon a bill conferring wpon Adju- tant General Corbin the rank, pay and allowances of major general was passed | by the Senate. When unanimous consent | was asked by Sewell (R.) of New Jersey, | for consideration of the bill, Pettus (I of Alabama objected. However, the Sen- | t¥ ate decided to consider the bill. ¢ Pettus sharply criticized the measure, | © and charged that General Corbin had been rapidly promoted by reason of po- litical favoritism. This charge brought several Senators to thelr feet, among | (Democrats), General Corb! spe By form party, whom were Bate, Pasco and Bacon | principal plank in the platform. all e To Form a New Party. NTURA, July 7.—The Populi Central Committee this afternoon de- | of whom testified 's distinguished ability for the position he occu- However, reso- dent called a council of war to-day at the White House, the purpose being to review the situation and learn exactly what the present conditions are and | what changes, if any, should be made in the plans for the future conduct of According to one of the mem- bers present it was decided to abide | by the plans already laid, at deast as | | to the general conduct of the campaign. to have been given to the statement later in the day, | | das and Justin and | when, after a conference with the mem- | and to | bers of the War Board, Secretary Long | announced that he had ordered Ad- | Ther: as no division on the vote | miral Sampson to detach from his own | hich the bill was passed. { command immediately the vessels to be | embraced in Commodore eastern squadron Coun- necessitated some changes. the new _ MAJOR-GENERAL NELSON A. MILES, COMMANDING THE ARMY, ‘Watson's | and to direct commodore to proceed on his mission. The vessels of the squadron will not ed not to send deligates to the State | he the same as those originally selected, nvention. not favorable to fusion. lutions were adopted favoring a union ot | forces under the name of the Union Re- k with direct leglslation as the | €astern squadron will consist of the | lbutllo-ships Iowa and Oregon, the pro- | Populists of this county are | gor the reason probably that the recent | engagement with Cervera's squadron The |remnant of the Spanish navy. lary cruisers (carrying side armor) Dixie, Yankee and Yosemite, the col- liers Averenda, Cassius, Caesar, Leoni- the Delmonico. The Iowa; Oregon and New= ark are all in the south with Sampson. The Dixie is at Newport and the Yan- kee at Tompkinsville. The colliers are at Hampton Roads with the Delmonico. | The ships are to set sail as soon as they | It will not be re-| quired, in the case of the southern ves- | sels, to come north, which would mean | can coal and supply. the loss of several days, but they will start directly from the points where they are now located. The order pro- | vides that each ship shall make her way across the Atlantic to a marine | rendezvous, which will be designated in sealed orders to prevent its exposure to | the slightest possible danger from the | enemy, and the most that is known is | that it will be at some Spanish coast. It probably will not be long after that | before the American squadron will be | in full pursuit of Camara, with his Mean- | while, the gathering of the American | fleet off the Spanish ports is expected to have a sobering eftect upon the in- | flamed people. The number of colliers accompanying the expedition is evi- dence that a long cruise lies ahead and that our naval authorities propose to be caught in no such position as was Camara at Port Said—obliged to sub- mit to a refusal of coaling privileges. A telegram received at the State De- partment this afternoon announced point off the | that Camara was still lylng with his | squadron at Suez, the southern eastern entrance to the canal. torpedo-boats Osada, Audaz, which were yesterday reported at Pharo, Portugal, arrived to-day at Cadiz, their home port. Admiral Dewey has been notified of all these move- ments. and The The very first care of the officials | will be for the wounded men, who are to be brought north as rapidly as their condition will permit. Meanwhile, all is being done in the neighborhood of Santiago to alleviate the suffering. This afternoon came a telegram from General Shafter to the War Department as follows: “In the name of the sick and wounded offi- cers and men under my command, I thank Mr. J. W. Mackay for the ice sent us.” Major General Miles, accompanied by the entire staff of army headquarters, left to-night -for Charleston, S. C., where the party will embark for San- tiago. The party consists of General Miles, General J. C. Gilmore, adjutant general of staff; General Roy Stone, Colonel C. R. Greenleaf, surgeon; Lieu- tenant Colonels J. W. Clous, M. C. Maus and A. S. Rowan; Major John D. Black and Captain H. H. Whitney. At the same time Lieutenant Colonel Michler and a large staff of headquar- ters clerks, who have been in Tampa, will come north to Charleston and join the party. The start will be made from Charleston on either the Yale or Columbia, which are taking on troops there. It Is expected that the party will be at Santiago the early part of next week. On the eve of his departure General Miles expressed satisfaction on starting to join the troops. He spoke of the sacrifice and hardships they had passed through recently and of those yet to come. Géneral Miles has no other pur- pose in going to Santiago than to look over the military situation and to strengthen the hand of Shafter. There is no intention on his part to take in any manner from the glory that Shaf- ter has won or may win in this cam- paign. He will not relieve General Shafter of his command unless the lat- ter's physical condition is such as to demand some such action. ’ ‘With a view to giving General Shaf- ter the benefit of more heavy artillery orders were issued to-day for the im- mediate departure of four more heavy batteries for Tampa for transportation supply-boat | | central and'western Cuba, where large | | quantities of arms and supplies were | Proservino and | HEARST'S WEIRD TALE OF MURDER PROVED A FAKE Shafter Vigorously Denounces the Report That Prisoners Are Put to Death. NEW YORK, July 7.—The Washington correspondent of the Her- ald sends the following: Major General Shafter, commanding the Am- erican army operating against Santiago, has branded as an Rbsol‘xte falsehood Mr. Hearst’s charge that the Cubans had murdered Spanish prisoners turned over to them by American troops. Secretary Alger acted promptly in making an investigation of Mr. Hearst's charge. When the Secretary called at the White House last evening he brought Mr. Heart’s charge to the attention of the President, and then cabled to Major General Shafter directing him to report at once if there was any foundation for it. This is General Shafter’s re- ply, received at the War Department to-day: “PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 7.—To Secretary of War, Washington: Dispatch as to killing of prisoners by Cubans absolutely false. No pris- oners have been turned over to them and they have shown no disposi~ tion to treat badly any Spaniards who have fallen into their hands. “SHAFTER, Major General Commanding.” Naturally General Shafter’s: reply will close the incident so far as the department is concerned. Had his message indicated in any way that there was any truth in the charge, an exhaustive investigation would have been made, and the person or persons found responsible would have suffered as they deserved. The authorities are delighted to learn from General Shafter that i the report is groundless, as they objected to the army appearing before the civilized world as accessories to murder committed by our allies, the Cubans. Should any further reports ‘of this character be published there is reason to believe the department will suggest to General Shaf- ter the advisability of removing the author or authors from his lines. Such reports published in Cuba, Porto Rico and Spain will produce the impression among Spaniards, the authorities fear, that they will be mur- dered if captured by, or if they surrender to, the Americans, and this apprehension will probably cause them not only to fight to the death, but to give no quarter to any Americans who may be taken prisoners. The treatment of the Merrimac’s crew by the Spaniards is pointed to by the authorities as indicating that the Spaniards will treat the Ameri- cans chivalrously if not aroused by false reports, and it is, therefore, to the interest of the Government and its war services to prevent such reports being published when they are absolutely without foundation. Great indignation is expressed by Cubans here at Mr. Heart’s ac- tion in charging them with murdering Spanish prisoners. Those with whom I talked to-day declare the insurgents have never been guilty of such a crime before the war, and they are not likely to take such action now when supported by American troops and fighting for a place among the nations of the world. The fact that Mr. Hearst owns a paper which has ostensibly been espousing their cause and publishes in that journal a charge of the most infamous character is regarded as most significant, as indicating his true position. | Willetts Point; D of the Fourth Artil- | General lery, at Fort McHenry, Md., and H and | that the headquarters stating i Osceola. has 8 K of the Second Artillery, at Fort | Captur er laden with pro- | Adams and elsewhere in Rhode Island. | Advices received here this morning P Al Dosuisy from General Shafter announce that a and provisions of fous number of high Spanish officials are de- aptured by the au ught in serting across the lines at Santiago into e effected the American camp. This act is re- |y | garded here as highly significant of an | early surrender. ‘ AR | The War Department admitted for | | the first time to-day that t:’v]&; eexped?f‘ FIGHT LENDS VAHIETY tions, one on the Florida and. another TO THE CELEBRATION on the Fanita, had successfully pre- ceeded from Florida ports to points in 3 Americans in Mexico Kill Two. Span= iards Who Insulted Old Glory on the Fourth. EL PASO, Tex., July 7.—News reached here to-day from Mexico of a Fourth of July celebration at a village in the State of Sonora, which terminated in a shoot- ing affray with fatal results. Harry Love of St. Louls, Fred Goebel of New Orleans and A. H. Bird of Chicago, Amer- ican miners, to celebrate Independence day raised Old Glory at the village of Guipara. Seven Spanish gamblers who were present ordered the Americans to take down the flag and one of.them fired as on ape Popo, Isle of landed for General Gomez’ command, | This is the first time that arms have | got to Gomez and his men in the west- | ern sections, as the ‘first expedition equipped Garcia and his men around | Santiago. The Florida and Fanita left some time ago, but their movements | were guarded with the greatest care in order that a premature publication | might not jeopardize the safety of those | on board as well as the delivery of the | guns. The time of danger is now passed, however, and the full stock of guns, ammunition and supplies is in Th. meric o - the hands of General Gomez' troops. | their revo and & fushisde was o e changed. . Two of the Spaniards were | kill and one American wounded. 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