The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1898. actual fighting before Santiago shall be employed on the Porto Rican expedi- tion. There are two reasons for this first, the men have suffered severely from hardships, the climate and from severe fevers and are entitled to a rest; second, it is deemed to b> very bad practice to allow the soldiers who have been exposed to yellow fever to be brought in contact with those fresh from the United States. There is also still another reason, a purely military one. Ten thousand Spanish troops are at Holguin, Manzanillo and other points within strikins distance of Santiago and might not lose an opportunity to recover the ground lost at Santiago if the place were left insufficlently pro- tected. Therefore Shafter’s entire army is to be kept on guard on the high hills in the rear of the town until the men have stamped out the yellow fever. Then they will take a turn at the Span- iards if they can be found, and it may be that Shafter's march will end at Hava He will work as far from his base as possible after his army is thoroughly refreshed, hunting the ene- wherever they are liable to be found. FILLI N THE A G GAPS RIT President Makes Many Appointments. LONG LiST OF LIEUTENANTS SEVERAL NEW CAPTAINS ALSO CHOSEN. The Officers to Serve in the Volunteer Infantry and Volunteer Engi- Branches of the neer Service. | Officers Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press. UNDER MORRO CASTLE, HAR- BOR OF SANTIAGuU DE CUBA, July 17, 3 p. m., via Playa del ..ste, Province of Santiago de Cuba, July 17 (delayed in transmission).—At exactly 9 o'clock this morning the Spanish flag was low- ered from the staff crowning the heights upon which battered Morro Castle stands half way up. The low- ering of this emblem of the defunct sovereignty of Spain in this part of the world was witnessed by and by the Brooklyn, New York, Vixen and Vesuvius, lying within a hundred yards of the harbor entrance. Almost immediately after the flag was taken down steam launches, com- manded by Lieutenants Hobson and Powell, entered the harbor, penetrat- ing as far as the firing stations of tne submarine mines. These mines were judged not to be so formidable as ex- —The President appointm :xs:*‘ ank William | les F. Crain, | n, William | Wilbur' E. Dove, | s Jr.. Oliver Willard D. Hunt, | V. X.| Henry | in ¥ and | J . McArthur, | Paimer, William ‘A. . Ralph L | . Wi Wells, Orrin L. . Bryant H Wells, Chap. Edward A. Benjamin Tilman, r, Benjamin H. Watkins, B. William H. Williams, Philip e Wal, Allen C. Wright. bert J . Hanson B. Black, Arthur Carr, Willlam R. Doores Darrach,’ George B. Douglass, Percy cvans Jr., Charles P. Faulkner, w, Woodson Herker, Willlam harles C. Ha Gerard B. Faines Jr., Harry L. James, William A. Lieber, Alfred 3 tam M. Merriam, E. B. Martin- Morrill M. ills, Hudson Taylor Pat- . ewart, Alfred Andrews Star- Scott, Wright Smith, Oliver L. Tanne, Robert Robbins Ru#h Spencer Wel n Infantry—To be captaln, Colqui To be first lieutenants, Thomas, Robert W. Collins, Thomas 3 ymeil to be second lieutenants, David C. Jefferson D. Rooney, Harry C. .Mc- Cool, Arthur A. McCall, b Volunteer Infantry—To be captaln, 3 To he first leutenants, Ed- John S. Wise Jr.; to be second ward W. Throckmorton. \fantry—To be first lieu- i to be second lleutenant, | nteer Infantry—To be captains— hom . Robertsor mer E. Hogd, G irst lleutenants, George T. Robinson, Benja- | min O. Davis, Thomas H. Clark: to be seoond | lleutenants, | To be Charles E. Minkins, Vi Davis, Wililam L. Irvin s Tenth Volunteer Infantry—To be colonel, W. Jones be captains, Austin P. Robert Lee Byrd; to be first lieuten- . James A irst Volunteer. t, Rodman V., ers—To be first lieu- to be second lieu- all. olunteer Engineers—To be captains, G Freeman, William L. Geary: to b firet lleutenant, Joseph M. Andréws: 10 be sec- ond lieutenant, Reuben L. Tannett; Edward § Kifmball, iy Third Volunteer Engineers—To ba captains, John H. Westerfleld, William H. Thomas, Wit liam J. Harde, William J. Taylor, George F. Stickney, Carleton W. Sturtevant, Sidney B. Willlamson, Lyle F. Bellinger, Frank Laverill, John L. Van Ornum; to be first lieutenants, James H. Bacon, Fingal C. Black, Charles Smith, Thomae C. Thomas, Charles ‘A. Miner, Frederick C. Hand, Henry L. Reber, Jjohn Al fred Laird, Chester Bailey W ;.to_be second lieutenants, Samuel F, Cre-slius, Wilter F. Brown, Jeffe D. Reagar, James R. Fain, William "D. a; fo be chaplain, Samuel W, | Small. | To be assistant surgeons. Second Volunteer | Engineers, with rank of first lieutenant, Ed- | ward Q. ‘Barrett; Third Volunteer Cavalry, | nk of first lleutenant, Edward S. Grigaby: | jecond Voluy er Infantry, Charles Burnin; Third Volunteer Infantry, Willlam A. Chap- man. | with Captain Cook of the | Lieutenant J. H. Sears, the flag lieu pected, and later in the afternoon they were all exploded under the supervision | of the Vixen. It was seen that two mines had been exploded at the time of the entrance of the Merrimac into the channel of Santiago harbor, but it is not thought that any of them had anything to do with the sinking of that craft. Six or seven steamers in the harbor fall cap- | tive to the army and navy. The Span- ish gunboat Alvarez had already been taken possession of “by a prize crew from the New York. The other ves= sels lie at the other end of the harbor, at Santiago proper. Soon after noon Commodore Schley. Brookly tenant; Silcut B. Wells, the flag sec- retary, and three invited correspond- ents of the Associated Press, went into the harbor on a steam launch, which | moved slowly in order to make close observations of the Spanish forts and batteries. Every one expressed satisfaction at the fact that Morro Castle was not de- molished by the bombardment, Captain Cook saying: “We need El Morro &s an object lesson, and America is rather shy on ruins anyhow.” The old fort stands on the bluff, ter- race fashion. From the water’s edge to the cliff are numerous caves formed by the action of the waves, and around the base, and in the superstructure are not a few caves made by the fleet’s projectiles. It would appear, however, that only one bastion was knocked to pieces, while the queer little sentry boxes, dating back to the sixteenth Cen- | yraceq of the destruction wrought by | | the 106 eight-inch shells fired on the | tury, escaped almost intact. Morro Castle is the.only imposing fortifica- tion in the harbor, and it is only so | since not a gun is in appearance, crumbling mounted within or on the walls. In fact, all the batteries, masked and open, dwindled in their terror-inspiring qualities as the inspec- tion grew closer. Crowning the hill on the west side of the entrance were the famous six- inch rapid-fire guns from the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes. These were ugly looking and dangerous, while be- low, on big foundations on the western shore of the entrance, were some re- volving guns. 'These were the ones which poured such a bitter fire into the Merrimac. Directly east of Morro Cas- tle, on the crest of the vlateau-like cliff, were six big guns, one or two of which were dismounted. The Estrella battery and a small neighbor further in showed no guns, while the famous islet, Cayo Smith, was filled with blue, white and yellow houses situated in groves of flowering trees, some of the buildings looking as if they had been resorts of pleasure seekers in happier times. Others were humble enough in appearance for fishermen’s houses. All were deserted, and, strange to say, not one apparently had been touched by a hostile projec- tile. On the inside of the slope and hill to the westward some hastily constructed but very comforting casemates were seen, into which the Spanish gunners were wont to retire when our ships opened fire. ~When the firing ceased the gunners had a few steps only to climp to the six-inch rapid-fire guns, which almost always fired a few spite- ful farewell shots. In Sarntiago there were four six-inch guns, one above the other, neither protected even by sand or earth. These commanded the har- bor entrance pretty well, but thev could have been silenced by one well directed heavy shell. Commodore Schley has over and over again expressed the belief that our fleet probably could have entered the har- bor without the loss of a single ship. The mines might have stopped ingress by sinking the leading ship, but this is the chance of war and not so grave as many taken during the civil strife nor as serious as would have been the sit- BOMBARDMENT OF MANZANILLO BY OUR SHIPS day, says: morning. known here.” July 18, via London,” says: The gunboats Delgado And Pareja last. [oXoX X oXOROROXOROROROROROROOROXO) PCEOPEPPPCEIPOCOEO® LONDON, July 19.—A speclal dispatch from Havana, dated Mon- “Seven American warships heavily bombarded Manzanillo this - hree steamers of Mendendezline were set on fire. gunboats that were in the harbor issued forth to the defense of the town, but were stranded. The result of the bombardment is not yet NEW YORK, July 18.—A cablegram to the Sun dated “Havana, Guns aboard a steamer at Manzanillo were landed and used in the defense against the American bombardment. Captain General Blanco has telegraphed a congratulatory message to the commander at Manzanillo and has ordered him to resist to the Several were burned. [olbToYololofolololoYoloJololoXok) [okofololcloJoJokoYoJoYolofoloYolol a few | Spanish and American troops on shore | BATTERED OLD MORRO’ HAULED DOWN Schley, Hobson and Other S FLAG View the Wrecks. In Concluding the Inspection of the Harbor the Commodore Makes Pointed Remarks. | uation had there been good batteries, | properly manned, in the harbor. | Commodore Schley’s party steamed around the wreck of the Reina | Mercedes, which lies with her pointed toward the city. She had a | list to the starboard and rested on a | reef near the foot of Morro cliff. The cruiser was sunk to the upper deck, on | Which one six-inch gun remained. Ohe | torpedo tube was loaded and the auxil- | ary battery seemed in place. Evident- | ly the crew of the Reina Mercedes left )her in a hurry. This is less to be won- dered at when it is noted that there were great gaps in'her sides, showing where two twelve and two thirteen- | inch shells struck her. The sea wash- ‘ed through the after cabin, which was | decorated in old-fashioned style and | a silk curtain could be plainly seen over | an inner dooras the launch steamed by. | _ About six hundred yards ahead of the | Reina Mercedes and alomst in line with her was the wreck of the Merrimac, |lying in fully six fathoms of water on | the very edge of the channel. Had not | the current swung :alolngside instead of | nel athwart the chan- the latter would have been well blocked. ~When Assistant Naval Con- structor Hobson took the collier into | the harbor he was hunting for a four- | fathom spot, and only missed by a few hundred yards. At the firing station on the west side, which Commodore Schley inspected in person, the American party met a Spanish artillery captain, who was courteous but gloomy. Commodore Schiey was his own interpreter and ad- vised the officer, with the few men un- der his command, to go up to the city and surrender as quickly as possible. When the Spanish captain was asked | o point out the route to the six-inch battery on the west hill he said there was none and explained that the way to get there was over steep, rocky and difficult ground. It was learned later that this was not true, and it was sur- | to prevent the Americans from seeing | the damage done by the bombardment. Commodore Schley then said he was tiago City, and the launch was headed ing slowly and sticking to the shaliow water lest some contact mine put an end, as the commodore remarked, “to our pleasure party.” 3 Skirting the broad, lake-like spot in the harbor where the Spanish fleet, de- stroyed two weeks ago to-day, used to lie during the bombardments, and not- | ing the brilliantly painted buoys which marked the shallows, Punta Gorda was rounded and, distant about two miles, | the city | cathedral being especially well defined and the masts and funnels of not a few vessels showing at its wharves. At that | distance Santiago did not show any | city last Monday. Returning to the Brooklyn, Commo- | dore Schley, accompanied by his staff, | re-entered the harbor this morning, soon after the mines were exploded. Captain Cook of the Brooklyn is au- thority for the statement that the for- mer Spanish flagship, the Infanta Ma- ria Teresa, has floated off the reef on which she stranded, and that her heavy armament is practically uninjured. The captain also says this cruiser will al- most surely be saved and form an ad- dition to the United States navy a trophy of the glorious July 3. The Cristobal Colon may also be saved, though a good deal depends upon the weather, which is very un- certain at this time of the year. A heavy storm might drive the cruiser so high on the coral reef that it would be impossible to float her. Many of the naval men are outspoken in their erit- icism of the treatment of the Colon im- mediately after her surrender. They believe the ship could have been saved when she slipped back from the reef into deep water, had divers, carpenters and machinists, with a competent crew, been sent on board of her.a The crew of the Brooklyn regarded the Vizcaya as their particular enemy since the time when they were both present at Queen Victoria’s jubilee dis- play, when there was much comment abroad on what a good fight might be expected between the two ships if they ever met. Of the four big ships which were In Admiral Cervera’s fleet, only two are surely doomed to destruction. They are the Vizcaya and the Almi- rante Oquendo, and these, as a coincl- dence, were the two crulsers which went Into Havana harbor after the blowing up of the Maine, and were moored near the wreck of the United | States battle-ship in all their bravery of paint, gilding and bunting, seeming to gloat over the ruin caused, while the people of Havana shouted themselves hoarse, fired myriads of bombs and bragged unceasingly of what the two formidable cruisers of Spain would do with the United States navy should a fight ever be possible. “Surely,” remarked Lieutenant Com- mander Wainwright of the Gloucester, formerly of the Maine, “this avenges the Maine.” Speaking of the military victories of July 1 and 2, and of the naval victory on July 3, Commodore Schley said ser- fously: “These victories may serve not only to deprive Spain of her co- lonial possessions, but to bring about a change of frontiers in Europe. Spain cannot get the terms now which she might have had two months ago. What can she hope for in six months more of such warfare? ‘Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.’ " CALIFORNIANS (N NEW YORK. NEW YORK, July 18.—J. G. Eastland of San Francisco and E. A. Schaffer of Los Angeles are at the Manhattan. Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Bacon and Mrs. and Miss Lu- cille Caswell of San Francisco ha fo Paris. bl A g 3 One Year for Burglary. SANTA ROSA, July 18.—P. G. Crane, alias Ed Monroe, to-day pleaded guilty tou a charge of burglary and was sentenced by Judge Dougherty to one year in San Quentin. et Sonoma’s Contented Taxpayers. SANTA ROSA, July 18—To-day the County Board of Equalization adjourned nfter ov{nx held a m‘i geomarka ée ses- sion. nly one man in- noma applied for reduction of nuuessment.oumy the doomed ship | mised that the Spaniard was anxious | determined to have a glimpse of San- | along the west side of the channel, go- | of Santiago shone out, the | STATE PAPER OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE WASHINGTON, July 18.—A state paper that will be historic, marking an epoch in American history, was issued | to-night by direction of President Mc- | Kinley. It provides in general terms for the government of the province of Santiago de Cuba and is the first docu- | ment of the kind ever prepared by a ‘Presldent of the United States. By or- {der of Secretary Alger Adjutant Gen- | eral Corbin to-night cabled the docu- | ment to General Shafter, In command | of the military forces at Santiago. 'I‘he | paper is not only an authorization and instruction of General Shafter for the | government of the captured territory, but also a proclamation to the people | of the territory of the intentions of the | Government of the United States re- | garding them and their interests. It | marks the formal establishment of a new political power in the island cf Cuba and insures to the people of the ’tern(ory over which the power ex- | tends absolute security in the exerclse of their private rights and relations as well as security to their persons and | property. The full text of the docu- | ment is as follows: | ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE WASHINGTON, July 18, 1838, General Shafter, Santiago, Cuba: The following is sent you for your information and guidance. It will be published in such manner in both English and Spanish-as will give it the widest circulation in the territory under your control: EAECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, D. C., July 18. To the Secretary of War—Sir: The capitu- lation of the Spanish forces in Santiago de Cuba and in the eastern part of the Province of Santiago and the occupation of the terri- tory by the forces of the United States render it necessary to instruct the military com- mander of the United States as to the con- duct which he is to observe during military occupation. The first effect of the military occupation of the enemy's territory is the severance of the former political relations of the inhabitants and the establishment of a new political power. this changed condition of things the Inhabitants, so long as they per- form their duties, are entitled to security in their persons and property, and in all their private rights and relations. It is my desire that the inhabitants of Cuba should be ac- quainted with the purpose of the United States | to discharge to the fullest extent its obliga- | tions in this regard. It will therefore be the | duty of the commander of the army of occu- | pation to announce and proclaim in the most | public manner that we come not to make war | upon the inhabitants of Cuba, nor upon any party or faction among them, but to protect them In their homes, in their employments and in their personal and religlous rights. All pen sons who, either by active aid or by honest submission, co-operate with the United States in its efforts to give effect to this beneficent purpose will receive the reward of its support Under and protection. Our oocupation should be as free from severity as poss e, | "Though the powers of the military occupa- tion are absolute and supreme, and imme- diately operate upon the political condition of the inhabitants, the municipal laws of the con- | quered territory, such as affect private rights | of person and property and provide for the punishment of crime, are considered as con- tinuing in force, so far as they are compati- ble with the new order of things, until they are suspended or superseded by the occupying Provides for Government of the Province of San- tiago de Cuba. President’s Proclamation Estab- lishing a New Political Power in the Island. belligerent; and in practice they are mot usu- ally abrogated, but are allowed to remain in force and to be administered by the ordinary tribunals, substantially as they were before the occupation. This enlightened practice is, so far as possible, to be adhered to on the pres- ent occasion. ‘The judges and the other offi- clals connected with the admin!stration of jus- tice may, if they accept the supremacy of the United States, continue to administer the or. dinary law of the land, as between man and man, under the supervision of the American commander-in-chief. The native constabulary will, so.far as may be practicable, be pre- served. ‘The ‘freedom of the people to pursue thelr accustomed occupations will be abridged only when it may be necessary to do so. While the rule of conduct of the American commander-in-chief will be such as has just been defined, it will be his duty to adopt meas- ures of a different kind if, unfortunately, the course of the people should render such meas- ures indispensable to the maintenance of law and order. He will then possess the power to replace or expel the native officials, in part or altogether to substitute mew courts of his own construction for those that now exist, or to create such new or gupplementary tribunals as may be necessary. In the exercise of these high powers, the commander must be guided by his judgment and his experience, and a high sense of justice. One of the most fmportant and most practical problems with which it il be necessary to Aeal is that of the treatment of property and the collection and administration of the rev- enues. It is conceded that all public funds and securities belonging to the government of the country 1n its own right and all arms and sup- plies and other movable property of such gov- ernment, may be seized by the military occu- pant and converted to his own use. The real property of the State he may hold and admin- ister, at the same time enjoying the revenues theréof, but he is not to destroy it save in the case of military necessity. All_public means of transportation, such as telegraph lines, cables, rallways and boats, be- longing to the State may be appropriated 1o his use, but, unless in case of military necessity, they are'not to be destroved. All churches and bulldings devoted to reiigious worship and to the arts and sclences, and all school houses, are so far as possible to be protected, and all destruction or intentional defacement’ of such places, of historical monuments or archives, or of works of gcience or art. is prohibited, save When requirefl by urgent military necessity. Private property, whether belonging to in- aividuals or corporations, Is to be respected, and csn be confiscated only as hereafter in- dicated. Means of transportation, such as tele- graph lines and cables, railways and boats, may, although they belong to private Individ- uals or corporations, be seized by the military occupant, but unless destroved under military necesity are not to be retained. While it 1s held to be the rfght of the con- queror to levy contributions upon the enemy in thelr seaports, towns or provinces which may be in his milltary possession by conquest, and to apply the proceeds to defray the expense of the war, this right is to be exercised within such limitations that it may not savor of con- fiscation. As the result of military occupation the t{axes and duties payable by the inhabitants to the former Govemnment become payable to the military occupant unless he sees fit to sub- stitute for them other rates or modes of con- tribution to the expenses of the Government. The moners so collected are to be used for the purpose of paying the expenses of Government under the military occupation, such as the sala- ries of the Judges and the police, and for the payment of (he expenses of the army. rivate property taken for the use of the army {8 to be pald for when possible in cash at a fair valuation, and when payment in cash 18 not possible, receipts are to be given. 1 ports and places in Cuba which may be in the actual possession of our land and naval forces will be opened to the commerce of all neutral nations, as well as our own, in articles not contraband of war, upon payment of the prescribed rates of duty which may be In force at the time of the imnortation. WILLIAM McKINLEY. By order of the Secretary of War. H. C. CORBIN, Adjutant General. 10 BE PUT IN FORCE AT ONCE President Signs Santi- ago War Tariff. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 18—The Presi- dent has signed the war tariff for San- tlago, and it takes effect to-morrow. It adopts in general the privileged rates now given Spain there, and makes that tarff uniform for all countries, includ- ing the United States. The tariff was signed by President | McKinley after a brief conference this afternoon with Secretarles Gage and Alger. The instructions were immedi- of Santiago by Secretary Alger so that the tariff can be put in force to-morrow morning. The new tariff abolishes the discriminative tariff now in operation there, the rates for different countries at Cuban ports varying. This country took as its basls the rates accorded pro- ducts of Spain and applied them to all countries not even excepting the United States. The most important change effected is a reduction of tonnage duty on ships carrying 2000 tons or more which go in and out of the port from the present rate of $1 a ton to a rate of 20 cents per ton. This prohibitive tonnage tax under the Spanish customs has been added to the customs duties. In contrast to the 20-cent rate declared for Santiago is our own tonnage of 3 cents and that of most of the other countries of three or four times that much. The heavy export duty on tobacco and certain other Cuban products and the 5-cent export tax on iron ore are retained for awhile at least. YELLOW FEVER SCOURGE PRACTICALLY ABATED Encouraging News Received by Gen- eral Greely in a Private Cable Dispatch. NEW YORK, July 18.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: There came to-day a private cable dispatch from Playa del Este to General Gree- ly, saying that the scourge was practically at an end in Santiago. General Greeley told me his information was not official, but he was sure a decisive check has been given the disease. There are over 200 cases now in the hospitals, but they have not been severe. As General Miles contemplates taking as many regulars as possible from San- tiago, the question of disinfecting uni- forms has been discussed. I was in- formed to-day at the quartermaster’s department that this may be easily done, and even if this were not feasi- ble there are enough new uniforms at Santiago to give one to each man who will go to Porto Rico, ately cabled to the authorities in charge | yellow fever. | 4 10 ROUND UP TRANSPORTS Plenty for Porto Rican Expedition. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, July 18.—The ques- tion of transports for the Porto Rico expedition and that of providing sub- sistence for the army which is to go there was the topic which occupied the attention of the officials of the quarter- master and the subsistence depart- ments of the army during the entire afternoon. There are ample transports avallable, scattered all along the At- lantic and Gulf coasts and at Santiago, and these will be concentrated as rap- idly as possible at the embarking points. Subsistence stores also are abundant at sorme of the points from which the troops are to start and these will be supplied by additional supplies as fast as they are needed. A vast quantity will be shipped from Newport News and orders have been given for dispatching to that point 6,000,000 pounds of these stores and 200,000 pounds of refrigerated beef. It is suggested in some quarters that the army may land in Porto Rico on the southern coast, near the city of Ponce, to the southwest of San Juan. Ponce. is situated on a plain about two miles from the seaboard, is the resi- dence of the military commander of the district and is commercially the second city of importance on the island. A fine road leads to the port (Playa), where is situated the custom-house, the office of the captain of the port and all the consular offices. The port is spa- cious and will hold vessels with twenty- five feet draught—an important con- sideration in the landing. The city proper has no military defenses, but in the hills to the north of the town a series of earth intrenchments have been constructed. West of Ponce, where the rallroad and military road touch the shore, earthworks have been construct- ed to guard this strategic point. There are about thirty mountain how- itzers in Ponce available for the defense of the city and the railroad. The army, if landed there, would be compelled to travel fifty or sixty miles across the mountainous country to reach San Juan, There is, however, a main road, irregular and circuitous, connecting Ponce and San Juan. The northern coast of the island extends in an al- most straight line from east to west and is high and rugged. The only har- bors it has are the following: San Juan, surrounded by mangrove swamps and protected by the Cabras and the Cabritas islands, and some very dan- gerous banks; the anchoring ground of Arecibo, somewhat unprotected and which has been mentioned as a possi- ble landing place, and the coves.of Can- grejos and Condado. During the pres- ent season the ports on this coast are safe and commodious unless visited by hurricanes. GENERAL CHAFFEE WILL PROBABLY BE MILITARY GOVERNOR NEW YORK, July 18.—A Washington special to the Herald 'says: Major Gen- eral A. R. Chaffee will probably be ap- pointed by the President to be military governor of Santiago and the surrend- ered territory around that city. Presi- dent McKinley and the members of his Cabinet devoted considerable attention to-day to matters connected with the establishment of a government for the newly conquered territory. Several of- ficers were under consideration for ap- pointment as governor before General Chaffee was practically decided on. General Chaffee was regarded as un- usually well qualified for the place, be- cause, in addition to being a thorough soldier, with wide experience in Indian campaign, he has a thorough knowl- edge of law and is well qualified to ex- ercise mixed military and civil duties as governor of the conquered province. Steps are being taken to put the cus- toms and postal machinery of the United States in operation in the sur- rendered territory without delay. A large force of postal employes accom- panied General Shafter's army from | Tampa, and they have already been at work handling the mails at the various camps. They will now establish post- Steps to Put Our Customs and Postal Machinery in Operation in Santiago. offices in Santiago and will open of- fices at other towns and cities in the surrendered territory as fast as the military government is extended. * All mail addressed to any points in the surrendered territory will be treated as domestic letters and be delivered at the domestic postage rate—2 cents for each ounce in the case of letters, The same is true as to letters ad- dressed to Cavite, in Manila Bay, where also a United States postoffice has been opened. Letters for Cavite should be addressed “via San Fran- cisco,” and those for Santiago or any point in Eastern Cuba should be ad- dressed “via Key West.” The admin- istration is determined to open up the port of Santiago to commerce without delay, so that business can resume its normal course with the least possible interruption, thus enabling the inhabi- tants to become self-supporting and making the problem of caring for and governing the conquered territory much more simple. Secretary Gage and the President to- day agreed upon a schedule of customs | to be collected by the military authori- ties and turned into the treasury as a | military contribution. The schedule, | which was telegraphed to Major Gen- eral Shafter to-night, is practically the minimum Cuban tariff schedule that was enforced in Cuba by Spain. SAIL NEW YORK, July 18.—The Herald’s Washington correspondent sends the | following: Commodore Watson's for- midable squadron of battleships and protected and auxillary cruisers will leave on Friday or Saturday for Spain. Additional battleships have been added to the fleet. These ships are now at Guantanamo preparing for the voyage and the work before them, and repairs are being effected by the engineers on the repair ship Vulcan. Department officials trust that all the battleships will be in condition to join the Eastern squadron, but should it be found more repairs are necessary than can be made those ships so reported on will be retained under Admiral Samp- son’s command. The Iowa and Indiana are reported to be in a very bad con- dition. Commodore Watson’s fleet are on their way to the rendezvous fixed by the de- partment. This rendezvous is at Mole St. Nicholas, and I understand that | Commodore Watson with the battleship Already two of the ships attached to | WATSON'S GREAT SQUADRON WILL THIS WEEK Oregon and cruiser Newark has gone to that point. They will be followed by such of the battleships as are pro- nounced in condition to sail, but the | authorities hope that as finally made | up Commodore Watson's fleet will con- | sist of these vessels: Battleships Ore- | gon, Massachusetts, Indiana, Iowa and Texas; protected cruisers Newark and | New Orleans and auxiliary cruisers Dixie, Yankee and Yosemite. It will be determined within the next day or | two whether to further increase the | fleet by adding the cruisers Columbia | and Minneapolis. From present indications the authori- | ties are rather inclined to retain these vessels on this side of the Atlantic, so that they may run down any isolated ship which may be sent by Spain to prowl along the north Atlantic coast. As soon as Camara’s fleet is destroyed there is every reason to believe that Commodore Watson will establish a base in the Balearic Islands from which he can operate against Spain. | These islands are in the Mediterranean | and constitute an ideal site from which | to-carry on operations against Spanish )ports and Spanish commerce. Z0LO AND PERREUX GO TO PRISON FOR A YEAR In Addition Each Must Pay a Fine of Three Thousend Francs and Costs. PARIS, July “—M Zola and M. Per- reux were to-day each sentenced to a year's imprisonment, 3000 francs fine, be- sides being required to pay the costs of the suit against them. This was the second ‘trial of M. Zola and M. Perreux, the latter the publish- er of the Aurore, on the charge of libel brought against them by the officers of the Esterhazy courtmartial. When it was resumed to-day M. Laborie raised several objections fo the trial proceed- ine. all of which the court overruled. The public prosecutor charged M. Zola with shunning the trial, to which his counsel replied: “We will not shun the trial if we are allowed proofs.” This statement led to a great uproar in court and cries of “Down with Zola!” “Down with the Jews!” “Out of France them!” wk‘(‘ter the 'court had refused to suspend the trial while the defendants appealed against the overruling, M. Laborfe an- nounced that he would allow judgment by default, and_he and the defendants left the court. The trial then proceeded. to bring our| [SIX HEATS AND NO ! WINNER RETURNED | i DETROIT, Mich., July 18.—Three great pacers, Frank Bogash, Rubenstein and | Bumps, finished the opening day of the | Grand Circuit season each with two heats | to his credit. The race will be finished to- | morrow. Summaries: | 2:27 trotting, purse $2500—Angilina_won | straight heats. Best time, 2:124. Mountain- eer second, Miss Beatrice third. ~All Day and | Viola B also started, 119 p ake $2500—Evangell Kird and fourth heats. Best time. ;’f&nm Young won second heat in 2:12%. ittle Pate, Engarita and Scapegoat also started. 2:04 pacing, purse $2000 (unfinished)—Ruben- stein won third and seventh heats, Time, 2:1215. Bogash won fifth and :10. Bumps Che- heat | sixth | fi | and s . Time, 3:07%, 3:07, | halis distanced in fifth heat, won fourth in 2:06%, and Frank Agen aiso started. prberiasis S By Arizona Range Riflemen. | TUCSON, July 18—Captain Wirt L. | Hart has about completed the enlistment | of his company of sharpshooters, com- posed of the finest rifle shots of Arizona, The company was christened Nelson A. Miles' Arizona Range Riflemen. Many of them are experienced Indian fighters, Captain Hart will offer the company to | the President for immediate service un- der General Miles. - GOFFEE a week beginning to-day. Roast Coffee Quickly Ground SALE PRICE! 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