The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1898, Page 1

et B S Fg) you 1aded Syl b4 The VOLUME LXXXIV —NO. 49. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JULY 19, PRICE FIVE CENTS. CRUISER IRENE STOPPED BY SHOT FROM THE McCULLOCH ENTERS THE HARBOR OF SANTIAGO Call-Herald Dispatch Boat Finds the City Silent and Somber. Hungry Inhabitants Give a Mute Welcome to the Generous American Conquerors. Speecial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennmett. IN SANTIAGO HARBOR, July 17, by the Call-Herald dispatch-boat Golden Rod to Port Antonio, Jamaica, July 18.— ago harbor, e taken the Golden Rod through the tortuous channel into thus sustaining the reputation of The Call and 1d of being the first newspapers to be represented at point where important news is to be obtained. This task no means an easy one, but it has beén accomplished, and and Herald are here ahead of the American fleet and al- most ahead of the Government’s representative themselves. The .Gold the upy sllent and Rod is now anchored in . Santiago in defeat is somber. Many of the houses deserted, for the me~sured treadl of the American troops, who are patrolling the city, no sound is heard. Women on t shore wave their hand- in welcoming The t, and the Red of Texas. But are Sav It is a me, such a one-as | might be expec in - anticipation- of succor with the element of enthusiasm lacking. Residents of the city seem uncertain of their ground, moved al- ternately by regret that Spanish sov- sreignty has ceased to be Santiago Province, and by a feeling of happiness that Americans are here to feed them and keep the Cubans in the leash Absolutely nothing is left in the city except wine, so that the residents for the present must be dependent upon the Americans for supplies, and upon the Red Cross staff for medical attend- ance. The Cubans resent the occupa- tion of Santiago by the Americans. They think General Garcia should be Governor General of Santiago and threaten to make trouble if they are ignored. In the harbor some rich prizes have been taken to-day. Lieutenant Doyle of the Brooklyn, who controis the ship- ping of the port, seized seven Spanish vessels, manning them with prize crews from the New York and Brooklyn. These prizes in- clude the gunboat Canonero, the pas- senger steamship Mexico of Barcelona, the passenger steamship Reina de los Ang of Clienfuegos, the freight boat Mortara, of which has been removed, a tugboat and the sloop Josefa. The four steam- ghips are fine vessels, worth in the ag- | gregate a million dollars. In addition to these prizes half a dozen fishing smacks have been taken. The steamship Thomas Brooks, owned | by the former British Consul, has not been disturbed. About 200 marines have been distributed- among the vessels in the harbor, As I write several of the prizes are getting up steam, and I un- derstand they will be attached to the transport fleet. The water supply of the city will be restored at once and thus enable the transports that are to take General Toral’s army back t Bpain to obtain a complete supply of coal and water here, and this will facil- itate the removal of~ the Spanish r Admiral Sampson and Commo- » Schley did not know untjl to-day badly Morro Castle had been dam- en greater doubt existed as ditions beyond Morro. The sur- the Spaniards opened the way pection. Promptly at noon accordance with the terms pifulation, the Spanish flags were taken down from Morro, Estrella, Socapa and the western batteries. The American officers to whom the forts were d d had not been provided with the stars and stripes, but one of the men at Morro Castle carried a pocket edition of Old Glory and wasted no time in raising the tiny bit of bunt- ing over the old fort. The flag floated in the breeze for a time, but eventually was carried away by the wind. Immediately after the American col- ors had been raised over Morro Ad- miral S8ampson sent a detail of men un- der Assistant Naval Constructor Hob- son to remove the mines from the chan- nel. Hobson and his men went about this work in a launch, and were thus employed when I boarded the flagship. “We are handling these mines our- selves,” said Admiral Sampson, “pre- ferring to do the work in our own way.” The mines are not being taken up,but will be exploded so as to clear the chan- nel. Admiral Sampson in reply to a potential in | during the afternoon | and a sister ship, the name | | question said the American fleet would not enter the harbor, and that it would probably not enter at all, although he might send in the Vixen and Glouces- | ter later to serve as dispatch boats. Houses: on . the .bluffoverlooking the sea havebeencarriedaway. The light- house remains, but about ten feet of its masonry has been.destroyed:- Sweep ing past Morro at full gpeed the Golden Rod came in sight_the Reina Mercedes, lylng on:the beach Hack of the fort, with her port.side -burfed in the-sand and _head up the channel. The cruiser was found Just as the Spanish crew had | left her. At a point a little further up the channel on the east bank 1s.all that remains of Estrella Castle. Like Morro this fort is in ruins. Not a gun was-left standing. The face of the cas- tle had been shot away, leaving only the foundation walls, which rise in white columns from the sea to the'top of the mountain. ‘Socapa battery, too, is only a ruin. Now we come to the wreck of the Merrimae, well inside the forts and | sunk parallel with the channel, as re- ported first by The Call and the Herald. Only her smokestack and foremast show above the water. Here the chan- nel sweeps to the westward. In another moment we are in the bay with Cayo Smith on our port quarter. Before the of Santiago pilots, who, with their families, formed a colony, but now the place is deserted and the houses have for tenants only the buzzards and strange night prowlers. Across the channel from Cayo Smith to the inlet on the eastern shore the Spaniards had stretched a boom of logs, upon which | mines were hung suspended like bait upon fishing lines. This boom was built in two sections, being opened in the morning and closed at night. When closed it made the harbor safe from the attacking fleet, as the moment a vessel touched the boom the whole field of torpedoes would explode under it Hobson opened the boom far enough to let the Golden Rod through and we | went up to the city. At the Govern- ment coal station women flocked out on the wharf and waved handkerchiefs |and aprons, bidding welcome to the | Americans. . ——— |SLAPPED GENERAL SHAFTER'S FACE Disgraceful Act ol a Correspondent |/ That May Cause ‘Yellow” Journalists to Be Expelled. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1838, by James Gor- don Bennett. IN THE CITY OF SANTIAGO, July |17.—By The Call-Herald dispatch- boat Golden Rod to Port An- tonio, Jamaica, July 18.—The Amer- |ican flag at exactly noon to- day was hoisted over Santiago, and Spanish authority in the eastern end of the island of Cuba ceased. General Shafter and General Wheeler shortly before 9 o'clock mounted and rode toward the gap through which the road passes our lines. Other generals followed and after them members of their staffs. Two mounted troops of | the Second Cavalry, commanded by Captain Brett, attended as an escort. When this cavalcade emerged from the gap a body of Spaniards were seen Is- suing from the city. This proved to be Geperal Toral and his staff, escorted by 100 infantrymen. As the two com- manders movéd toward each other, their horses advancing at a slow walk, the adjacent hills Were thronged with officers and soldiers of the conquered and conquering armies. General Shafter and General Toral met about half way between the lines. The Spanish general and his staff, im- maculately clad, approached General Shafter’s party slowly. the two commanders neared each other they rode slightly in advance of their.at- tending officers, and when within easy | war Cayo Smith was the abiding place | DEWEY HOLDS THE GERMANS IN CHECK Informs Von Diederichs That His Vessels Must Comply With International Law. Boston Goes to Meet the Second Detachment of Troops. clined to recognize. FORONOROXOXCXORCRORONORORONOROJONOROJ Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. It is reported that Admiral von Diedrichs, who is in épmmand of the German squad- ron at Manila, interviewed Captain Chichester of the British cruiser Immortalite as to what he would do if the Germans interfered with the bombardment of Manila. plied that only Admiral Dewey and himself knew that. SEONOXOXOXOROROXOROROOOROROROROXONOROROROROJOXONORORORORORORONOROMOFOROJOORO O BECRONOROROROXOXONOXO) Copyrighted, 1898, ONOJOJOROROJORORORONOROJOJORORORONOICKOROXOXORORORONORONORORORORORONOROXOXOXOJOROOROROROROXOROROOROXORO) LONDON, July 19.—The Hongkong correspondent of the Daily Mail says: United States Consul Wildman informs me that as the German cruiser Irene was passing Mariveles, off Manila, the other day, the United States gunboat Hugh McCulloch was sent after her to ask her to stop. She refused to obey and a shell was sent across her bow, and a small boat went out to discover what she was doing. The German admiral protested and insisted that German ships had a right to enter the harbor without being searched, a claim which Admiral Dewey de- Captain Chichester re- [CRCXOXOXOXOXOROXORORONOFORORONONOKO » by James Gordon Bennett. MANILA, July 14 (via Hongkong, ]uly_18).—-There is no change in the condition of affairs here. The Spaniards still hold the outlying forts. The rebels make sham attacks to call the Spaniards’ fire, and the Spaniards waste huge quantities of ammunition. Food is scarce and bad. The rebels have captured the steamer Compania de Filipinas, loaded with tobacco. Colonel Iboleon of the Seventy-third native regiment has been killed, and Captain Bello of the same regiment badly wounded, and the remainder of the regiment made prisoners in the province of Tayabase. The Boston left the bay yesterday for Cape Egano to meet the transports from San Fran- cisco with the second detachment of troops. The situation otherwise is unchanged. The health of the fleet is excellent, owing to the careful sanitary fegulations enforced by Admiral Dewey. A steamer has arrived with a thousand tons of frozen meat from Australia and a smlmg ship with 2600 - tons of coal. Aguinaldo has removed his head- quarters from Cavite to Baker. The rebels maintain their position before Manila, but seem to be making no ef- fort to force the fighting. It is reported that Admiral Dewey re- cently sent Flag Lieutenant Brunsberg to- Admiral von Diederichs, com- manding the German squadron, calling attention to several acts of the German vessels not authorized by international law or naval customs. Admiral von Diederichs sent his flag lieutenant to Dewey’ with an' ex- planation that the acts specified had been done without his knowledge. Later, it is said, Admiral von Diede- richs complained. to Dewey that the ;American ship MecCulloch had shown unnecessary severity in overhauling the German cruiser Irene. Dewey re- plied that our officers had done only what was proper, and would continue to enforce the laws and customs us- ually applicable in time of war. I wish to warn the readers of The Call and the Herald against many stories circulating at Cavite about the relations of the United States forces to the natives and Germans. The lat- ter are lacking in ordinary naval cour- tesy, but not to the point of hostility as some have asserted. They have landed some provisions in Manila, but the stories that they have sent field artillery and gunners to man the Spaniards’ heavy guns is not true. Lieutenant Colonel Juan Cailles, in charge of the guns.in the insurgent trenches surrounding Manila, informs me that the Spaniards have placed dy- namite mines immediately behind their intrenchments on every road leading into the city. The mines are connected by wire with the Spanish headquarters and pits also have been dug and filled | with upturned lance heads. The bridges have not been mined. The insurgents have solved the Spanish system of rocket signaling - during the fighting, which takes place almost invariably at night. A yellow rocket means a point is endangered and calls for reinforce- ments. A red rocket marks one death. A white rocket calls for more ammu- nition. The insurgents have mounted two old ships’ guns from Cavite in Paray, an outpost, and opened fire with them last night. I saw the guns yes- terday. It is only 300 meters to the Spanish lines from the top of the in- trenchments at Paray, and one could see with the naked eye the Spanish sol- diers moving about in their trenches. One insurgent was wounded while I was In the trenches. A high insurgent official advises me that Aguinaldo will make no move upon Manila until the Americans can co- operate. The insurgent soldiers are be- coming impatlent for action. Bl PR AUGUSTI REFUSES *~TO SURRENDER MANILA MANILA, July 13 (via. Hongkong, July 18).—An important interview has just been held between Aguinaldo's secretary, Legarda, and a prominent native ‘white man, and ‘the ~Spanish commander, Captain Augusti, to sur- render the city, asserting that 50,000 insurgents surrounded Manila and were able to enter it at any moment. Thus far, they argued, the insurgents had been restrained with difficulty, but if the Spaniards continued stubborn the result would be that the insurgents would be compelled to bombard and storm the city “with . the inevitable slaughter, unparalleled in history, be- cause in the excitement of battle they cannot discriminate.” Continuing, the captain general’s vis- itors advised him to disregard the of- ficial fictions regarding alleged Span- ish victories in Cuba and reinforce- ments coming to the Philippines, and proposed a reconciliation between the Spaniards in the Philippines under a republican flag and a joint endeavor to persuade the Americans to abandon hostilities in the Philippine Islands. Finally the representatives of the in- surgents proposed an appeal to the powers to recognize the independence of the Philippine Islands. The captain general replied that he must fight, however hopeless the Span- ish cause. Legarda then returned to Cavite, taking with him the native, Wwho-is a paroled prisoner. The natives inside the city say they received a fortnight ago a concerted | signal to prepare for storming the walls. A second signal fixing the date of the assault has not yet been issued and they are tired of waiting and are losing faith in Aguinaldo. The latter, it is alleged, finds it extremely difficult | to capture the town's fortifications. His previous successes, it is pointed out, were easy because of the nature of the | country, which suited his skirmishers. It is further alleged that the principal points captured by the insurgents were obtained possession of through ‘treach- ery. The insurgents are now bringing ar- tillery around ‘by sea from Malabon, which is tedious and troublesome work. They are also obtaining detalled reports of the condition of affairs from the in- side of the city. Admiral Dewey is establishing a more strict blockade, lest it be invalidated by permitting neutstls to visit Cavite and Malabon and send and receive malls inclosing surreptitious Spanish dispatches. He has threatened to sta- tion warships opposite the city, which might precinitate hostilities as the Spanish officers declare they will cer- tainly fire on any American within range, regardless of the consequences. A Spanish steamer, the Filipinas, has just been brought in here in the hands of the insurgents. It appears that she was on the north coast and escaped to | China with a native crew when the latter revolted, killed the | Spanish officers and brought the vessel to Cavite. The Spaniards are daily employing convicts to fell trees and burn huts on the outskirts of the town. Fusillades continue, but otherwise the position is unchanged. The stock of flour is prac- tically exhausted, but the supplies of rice and buffalo meat will last for months longer. speaking distance drew rein simulta- neously and raised their hats. Imme- diately every officer on both sides un- covered his head and remained so until Generals Shafter and Toral had re- placed their hats. At the same moment General Shaf- ter’s cavalry escort deployed and pre- sented sabers, to which the Spanish in- fantry responded by presenting arms. After exchanging salutations General Shafter took from Lieutenant Miley the sword and spurs of General Vera del Rey, who died bravely defending El Caney on July 1, and presented them to General Toral with his compliments. General Toral appeared to be much affected as he received these souvenirs of his dead comrade in arms. He warmly thanked General Shafter, and handed the sword and spurs to Colonel Fontaine, his chief of staff. Geperal Shafter then announced that he was ready to receive the surrender of the city under the terms of capitulation al- ready agreed upon and signed. General Toral, speaking in Spanish, then said: “I deliver up the city and province of Santiago de Cuba into the authority of the United States.” General Toral then made a motion as if to offer his sword, but this instantly was checked by General Shafter. The Thirteenth Infantry descended into the valley to receive the Spanish garrison, which began to emefge from the city and which slowly marched along the broad road until within 300 yards of our ,llngl. As the Spanish soldiers filed past General Toral they saluted him and he gravely bowed acknowledgment with a sorrowful face. To the front the of- ficer went and the soldiers stacked their arms and then moved along into positions where they could recline on the grass. This formality being over, General Toral saluted General Shafter and turned toward the city. It was now noon, the hour set for raising the American flag over the Governor’s house. Captain McKittrick, Lieutenant Wheeler and Lieutenant Miley had been selected to perform th= ceremony of unfurling the flag, and at five minutes before 12 they -ascended to the cupola of the palace. As the ca- thedral bells rang out the hour of noon the stars and stripes shot to the top of the flagpole, where for centuries had ‘waved the banner of Spain. General Shafter, General Wheeler and every American present uncovered, while t.he soldiers presented arms and the band played “The Star Spangled Banner.” With rare courtesy, General Toral and his staff officers uncovered and re- mained in that attitude until the strains of music ceased. It was an in- spiring moment. Another battle eagle had perched on the old flag. After the flag was raised the m«. | ican generals bade farewell to General Ton.l and his staff and left the ‘plaza escorted by the cavalry. J before noon a call tgflnm '&:l:.lolm in every mental camp an 5 iments formed .as if onvdreu‘p-ln- along the crest of the elevated ridge facing the city. President McKinley’s dispatch conveying the congratulations of the people of the United States was read then, and Captain Capron's bat- tery fired a salute of twenty-one guns as a signal that the American flag waved over Santiago. On the way through the suburbs the cavalcade dashed past a thousand refu- gees returning from Caney. Notwith- standing their accumulated miseries of the-last fortnight, they still had spirit enough to cheer General Shafter and his officers. Shortly after 1 o’clock Gen- eral Shafter reached his headquarters, somewhat fatigued by the exertion of the day, but exceedingly well satisfled. In fact the capitulation was cotduct- acefully on both sides.. The only mcl lent which marred the day was oc- casjoned by the conduct cf Sylvester 8covel, a correspandent. ~When they .came to raise the flag Scovel attempted to make his way to the roof of the pal- ace with the intention of participating in some way in the ceremony. He was ordered down by the guard. Imme- diately “after the ceremony Bcovel pushed his way to General Shafter and slapped - the general’s face. He was promptly arrested. : For the pi t the municipal and ‘provincial affairs of Santiago will be administered by the regular authorities under the protection of the American troops. ere will be no material ehnmfll the Spanish t.roop- have . em! on board, | ©000000000000000000 of the Herald -telegraphs: body of troops. and land. o,ooo _ San Juan will be surrounded and be starved into submis- sion, the monotony of waiting being relieved by bombard- ments of the fortifications, which will be made from both sea OGGOOOQAOOGOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOO00000OOOO MILES ON THE w@ay TO PORTO RICO Heavily Laden Transports Will Soon Follow From Several Ports. Thirty Thousand Troops to Be Hurried Forward and Forty Thousand More if Needed. 0000000000000000000000000000000000000 NEW YORK, July 18.—The Washingtoncorrespondent As a result of several conferences held by the President and the Naval War Board and fre- quent communication with Secretary Long and Rear Admiral Sampson a strong naval force will leave at once for Porto Rico, and convoys are forming for the protection of trans- ports conveying troops to that island. monitors Puritan, Amphitrite and Miantonomoh, whose ar- rival in Porto Rican waters is known to the department, will materially aid in making a successful debarkation of the first It is expected the ©0000000000000C00000000 WASHINGTON, July 18.—After three days’ consultation between Secretary Alger and General . Brooke, during which there was a frequent communi- cation with General Miles at Siboney, the ‘details of the Porto Rican expedi- tion. were perfected and the expedition itself gotten under way. General | Miles, with some military and troops, are sailing to-day for Porto Rico on the | converted cruiser Yale, .to be followed quickly by an army of about 30,000 men. | ~ There are some notable differences in | the plans for this expedition and for | the stately naval pageant that sailed |away- from Tampa ‘under General | Shafter's command to attack Santiago. First, there will be practically no naval General Miles leads the way. He had been promised by the President that he | should go to Porto Rico and the prom- | ise was redeemed when the Yale headed to-day from Siboney for Porto Rico, 800 miles distant. General Brooke will be the senior officer in General Miles’ command, and upon him will fall the responsiblity .for the .execution of the details of his superior’s plans. It is estimated that General Miles should ar- rive by Wednesday night at the point selected for the landing, and that he will hoist the American flag at once | over Porto Rican soil.. The point chosen | for his landing is kept secret, as the | general will land before the full body | of the expedition is at hand, and it is | consequently not desirable that they | should be able to assemble a superior force to meet him. The distance from Charleston, where the first body of troops for General | Miles’ expedition was to start to-day, | is more than double the distance from | Santiago to Porto Rico, so that the | transports which sail from the former city can scarcely reach General Miles Abefore the early part of next week. These Charleston troops are to be the First Brigade of the First Division of the First Army Corps, and.are -com- manded by Brigadier General George H. Ernst. Second Wisconsin, Third Wisconsin and Sixteenth Pennsylvania Regiments. The purpose of Secretary Alger is to make the Porto Rican campaign a short one. An overwhelming force will be thrown upon the islands, and it is possible that a bloodless victory wi¥ be achieved when the Spaniards become convinced that they have no reasona- ble chance to resist successfully. The expedition is to comprise 30,000 men a# the start, and it will be swelled soon to 40,000 men, and, if necessary, to 70,- 000 men, the equipment of the volun- teer forces having now progressed so well as to warrant the statement that that number of men can be ready for services in Porto Rico within a very short time. The entire body of troops at Tampa will be taken, numbering about 13,000 men, and including a lot of heavy and light artillery under command of Gen- eral Rodgers. The expedition will be particularly strong with artillery and some of that at Santiago, commanded by General Randolph, is to be drawn upon. The Tampa troops are known as the Fourth Corps, under Major Gen- eral Coppinger, comprising the Second Division, under Brigadier General Si- mon Snyder and made up of the First Brigade, Brigadier General Schwan; Eleventh and Nineteenth United States Infantry, Seeond Brigade, Brigadier General Carpenter; Second New York and Fifth Maryland; | | | | The brigade comprises the | Brigadier General Hudson, Pennsylvania, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indlana and First Ohio; Third Division, Brigadier General Kline, commanding; First Brigade, Colonel C. L. Kennan, Fifth Ohio, First Florda and Thirty- second Michigan; Second Brigade, Brigadier General Lincoln, Sixty-ninth Third New York, Third Ohio and Second Georgia; the provisional Cavalry Bri- gade, Colonel Noyes, Fifth United States and detachments of the First, Second, Third, Sixth and Tenth United States Cavalry and eight troops of Rough Riders; Artillery Brigade, Gen- eral Randolph, two light and ten heavy batteries. It is possible that all of the cavalry will not be called upon. General Brooke will take with him from Chickamauga Park most of the First and Second Brigades of his army corps, the First. These are (in addi- tion to General Ernst's brigade at Charleston): Second Brigade, First Di- vision, General Haines; Fourth Ohio, Third Illinois and Fourth Pennsyl- vania; Third Brigade, Colonel J. S. Cul- ver; First Kentucky, Third Kentucky and Fifth Illinois; Second Division, Colanel J. S. Poland commanding, First Brigade, Brigadier Genefal C. T. Rook, Thirty-first Michigan, First Georgia, One Hundred and Sixtieth, Indiana; Second Brigade, General McKee, Sixth Ohio, One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Indiana, First West Virginia; Third PBrigade, Brigadier General Rosser, Second Ohio, First Pennsylvania, Four- teenth Minnesota. The part which the navy is to take in the assault against Porto Rica has been fully matured. The several transport fleets will have with them one or two auxiliary craft, carrying strong secondary batteries of six or eight pounders. Secretary Long said this afternoon that no time has been fixed for the de- parture of Admiral Sampon’s fleet for San Juan. As to the naval plans he would only say that they would co-operate in every way with the movements of the army. The re- ports that three monitors are on their way from Key West to San Juan was characterized by the Secretary as un- authorized. It is the general under- standing, however, that the navy will rely mainly on armored ships Yor the bombardment of San Juan, as the big battleships and monitors afford the best means of offensive warfare, while their armor belts protect them from such fire as the San Juan batteries can bring to bear. The fortifications there are much like those of Santiago, with a Morro Castle at the entrance of the harbor and a number of lesser fortifi- cations leading up to the city. These, however, are viewed with less awe, since an examination of the batteries at Santiago has shown them to be an- tiquated and capable of little effective resistance. The movement of the ships from San- tlago to their new fields of action will begin at once, anl it is probable that some of Admiral Sampson’s ships were detached to-day and proceeded with General Miles with the expedition toward Porto Rico. They will be need- ed to cover the debarkation of the troops on Porto Rican soil. The others will follow as soon as the full army ex- pedition is ready to make a landing, when the attack will begin simultane- ously from land and sea. It has been fin..ly decided that none Third “Brigade, | of the troops that participated in the