The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 3, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1898. e s it PEACE TERMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE MADRID CABINET ONLY THE DETAILS TO BE SETTLED End of Spanish Dominion Throughout the West Indies. Our Forces to Hold Manila Until the Basis of Settlement Is Reached. B e e e e e R dh s R B R S o A R R WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—The following is an offi- cial statement given out by authority of the President to- day as to the terms of peace offered by the United States: “In order to remove any misapprehension in regard to the negotiations as to peace between the, United States and , it is deemed proper to say that the terms offered by the United States to Spain in the note handed to the French Embassddor on Saturday last are in substance as follow + + + e iy + + + Spain The President does not now put forward any claim for pecuniary. indemnity, but requires the relinquishment of all the claim of sovereignty over or title to the island of Cuba, as well as the immediate evacuation, by Spain, of the island; also the cession to the United States and the immediate evacuation of Porto Rico and .other islands under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and the like cession of an island the TLadrones. The United States will occupy and 1 the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace, which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines. If these terms are accepted by Spain ‘in their entirety com- missioners will be named by the United States to meet commissioners on the part of Spain for the purpose of con- y of peace on the basis above indicated.” in Id cluding a tr + + + + + + + + + + + + + 5 + e + + + + + + + B + + D e e e e S ah o b SR S SN SR S S SR S5 Sy Sp P SRS WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Shortly be- | fore midnight Secretary .Alger, as hei left the White House, after a confer- ce’ with the President, and the ad- | may not govern absolutely in the con- duct of the peace negotiations. After the proclamation of an armis- | tice, diplomatically the next step would PP E LA bbb bbb bbb bbb e ministration had received no official in-| formation that the Madrid Government had accepted the terms of peace pro- | posed by the United States. TUnoffi the President had been informed that the Spanish Ministry had accepted the terms of this coun- try for a cessation of the war. The unofficial news reached the President jn the form not only of press dis- patches, but of a private dispatch from constitutional agents of the United States. While this ‘Government has strong reasons for believing that its terms of peace have been agreed to by the Ma- drid Government, the President is tak- ing nothing for granted. Arrangements for pressing the war to a successful conclusion are going forward precisely as if no negotiations for peace were in progress. Notwithstanding these war- llke preparations, the-bellef in official cireles to-night amounts almost to a conviction that active hostilities prac- jally tically have been concluded. A prom- fnent officlal of the administration safd: “The end is near, in my opinfon. The information thus far received is unof- ficial and meager, but that it is accu- | rate in the main we have no reason to doubt. In fact, we have reason to be- lieve if is correct.” It is understood that the reason refer- red to is contained in the private ad- vices received by the President and from private dispatches received by representatives of forelgn governments in this capital. Embassador ' Cambon, who 1is con- ducting the negotiations for the Span- ish Government, has not communicated so far as could be ascertained with the President to-night, and it is probable that the official response to the terms proposed by the United States has not as_yet reached the French Embassa- dor. “Upon its receipt it will be trans- mitted to the President without,delay. In the €vent of Spain’s acceptance of the terms proposed by this country the first report probably will'be toward an agreement. to- close active hostilitles pending the drafting of a treaty of peace along the lines of the accepted termis, According to "precedents ordinarily regarded, an armistice will be pro- claimed, and under the circumstances this :would .mean: the practical close of the war. It 48 pointed out, however, that sev- eral precedents have been set aside by this Government in the conduct of the war and in the treatment of events which led up.to it. One notable in- stance in which the recognized diplo- matic precedents were swept away was the personal demand made by Secre- tary Day upon Minister De Lome to know- whether the Spanish Minister was the author of the letter reflecting upon the President. Another preced- ent was relegateMjgo the past when the Government decidel to return to Spain the prisoners of war taken with the surrender of Santiago. Precedents have been disregarded in other instances by this Government. In view of this fact, therefore, precedent be the designation by the President of the Commissloners to represent the United States in the conduct of the final negotiations of peace. The terms { proposed by this Government provide | for a joint commission to draft a peace | treaty and to solve the difficulty rela- { tive to the future government of the Philippines. Again, according to the best accepted precedents, this joint | commission would meet on neutral | ground. It has been suggested that the commission may assemble in Parls, but | as yet that is the merest conjecture. The commission might meet in either of the belligerent countries. | Pending the conclusion of the work of the committee, the probabilities are | that the armies of both Spain and the United States will be kept in the field, their relative positions remaining un- changed during the diplomatic nego- tiations. Here again, however, prece- dent may be put aside by the United States, but it is regarded that this country will not withdraw any of the troops from the field until a determina- tion shall have been reached of all questions in issue before the Commis- sioners. SPAIN'S REPLY IS IN CAMBON'S HANDS NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—A Washington | special to the Herald says: Embassa- | dor-Cambon received a lengthy dis- | patch to-night, which is understood to | be Spain’s reply to the President’s note setting forth the terms on which the United States is willing to begin peace | negotiations. Officlals at the Embassy were busy at a late hour deciphering this message. They declined to state whether or not they had recelved ispaln's reply, but the intimation was clear that the Embassador would have something to communicate to the President to-morrow. Up to a late hour to-night the Presi- | dent had not received any official infor- | mation as to the nature of Spain’s note, which he expects to receive to-morrow. | Press dispatches from Madrid an- | nouncing that Spain had accepted the terms proposed by the United States were received bv the President. These reports were generally credited by the administration officlals, and all hands are now eagerly awaittng for confirma- tion. SLmLy ONLY THE SENATE WOULD BE CONVENED WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—There will be no extra session of Congress, though the Sepate will have to be called to- gether for the prompt ratification of the treaty of peace, if the present plans of the President prevail. It is stated at the White House that unless there should be some extraordinary develop- ment the House will not meet until it convenes In regular session next De- cember. This statement is made on the authority of the President himself, in answer to inquiries, and in contradic- tion of reports circulating among pub- lic men that Congress will soon meet to draft legislation to meet the demands that will follow the close of the war, as L NN IS &3 %\ ; =, =, From a Photograph. well as give formal assent on the part of the Senate to the treaty. The mili- tary occupation of the territorial ac- quisitions of this Government will in no wise necessitate further legislation ex- pressly authorizing the continuance of a large military force, according to the view of the President. MATTERS OF DETAIL YET TO BE ARRANGED LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Daily Mall says: “The Government has accepted the principal of the Américan conditions, but the acceptance will not be made public until inquiries to Washington on matters of detail have been settled, thus rounding off the preliminary ba- sis.” LONDON, Aug. 3.—The Rome corre- spondent of the Daily Chronicle says: Spain, it is asserted here, has accepted the American terms with unimportant reservations, and the peace preliminar- ies will be signed before Saturday. TO ASSUME LIABILITY . FOR CUBAN CLAIMS WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—It is under- stood to be the present intention of the administration to assume all liability for all the claims presented by Ameri- can citizens against Spain on account of the injury to personal property in Cuba. Some part of this liability may be imposed upon the Government of Cuba later on, when that shall have been established, to include such cases as can be directly charged up against the insurgents, where they have de- stroyed the property of American citi- zens in the course of their operations. The amount of these claims against Spain In behalf of American citizens who suffered in Cuba was $15,000,000 at the time of the destruction of the Maine. It is estimated that this has been increased to $20,000,000, and no doubt is entertained that there are many other claims of large amounts that have not yet been presented. Of course it i{s not possible at this stage to indicate what proportion of the claims are justly chargeable to the acts of the Cuban insurgents, and it is known that, in many cases, the claim- ants themselves were unable to tell the source of damage to their property— whether the Spanish troops or the in- surgents. - — POSTMASTER GENERAL MODIFIES AN ORDER How Mails for the Army and Navy at Ponce and Porto Rico Should Be Addressed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Postmaster General Smith to-day issued an order modifying a former one prohibiting the dispatch of mail to Spain or her de- pendencies, so as to permit postal com- munication with Ponce, Porto Rico. The order is similar to the one opening communication with Santiago. Orders have also been issued directing that all mails for the army and navy at Ponce be dispatched from Washington (D. C.) postoffice. Mail for the army should be addressed ‘“‘Military Station 1, Porto Rico, via Washington, D. C.” Mail for Shafter's army in Cuba and the fleet off Santiago will con- tinue to go via Key West, Fla., as here- tofore. ,,,,, e Flagstart Lumber Mills Burned. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 2.—A fire broke out in the mill of the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company at 3 o'clock this afternoon and the plant was toutally destroyed. This ‘is the largest sawmill plant in the Southwest and the loss. is estimated at $60,000; in- surance, $25,000. The company has made arrangements. to resume business at once. - ORDERED TO COMMAND THE BENNINGTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Lfeutenant- Commander E. D. Taussig has been de- tached from the Norfolk navy. yard and ordered to command the gunboat Bennington, which is under orders to proceed to the Hawallan Islands, re- lieving Lieutenant Commander J. Mosher, who is ordered to command the Albatross. Lieutenant-Commander C. K. Curtis has been detached from command of the Albatross and ordered to the Bennington as executive officer. g Earl of Mansfield Dead. LONDON, Aug. 2—Willlam David Mur- ray, fourth Earl of Mansfield, is dead. He was born in 1806. He has been a Lord of the Treasury and a Lord High Commis- sioner of the Church of Scotland. AGUINALDO UL 1 b o B CHICAGO, Aug. 2.—A special from ‘Washington to the News says: The | War and Navy Departments have re- | ceived, through Cardinal Rampollo, Papal Secretary of State, a cablegram anxiety for the safety of the Bishop and clergy at Cavite. Information re- ceived at the Vatican is to the effect that Aguinaldo and his forces have planned the massacre of the priests and nuns. information cablegrams were sent to General Merritt and Admiral Dewey directing that they take every means harming priests. The reeeipt of the news has caused much uneasiness here. If an attempt of this kind is made by Agulnaldo it will surely lead to a con- flict between the forces under him and those of the United States. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Officials here make no concealment of their ap- prehension of serious trouble to follow the execution of our programme in re- gard to the Philippines. the military and naval commanders of late have contained warnings of ex- pected conflicts with the insurgents, and no surprise will be felt at the re- ceipt of news of an outbreak at almost any moment. The United States Gov- ernment feels that it has assumed a moral obligation toward not only the foreign residents at Manila, but toward the unprotected classes of the Spanish community—women, children, nuns and priests. Therefore, when the intimation came the lives of some heipless monks orders were sent to the American military commander to look into the matter and to act in the interest of civilization and humanity. As, according to report, the insurgents have shown particular hos- tility toward the monks, it is a reason- able expectation that before long a col- lision will have occurred between them- selves and the American troops if the latter undertake to interfere in the exe- cution of the vengeance of the insurg- ents. Although the War Department offi- cials will not admit that they have any intention of reinforcing further General Merritt'e forces at Cavite, there is rea- son to believe that some of the troops in Eastern camps, wio desire to see active service, will soon find the op- portunity unless the Government shall change its present plans with respect to the Philippines. It is believed to be necessary, even if our claim is limited to the terms stated in the conditions submitted to Spain, namely, to the military occupation and government of the territory on the shores of the bay of Manila, to give General Merritt a larger force than he has now at his command. It is realized that 20,000 soldiers scarcely can be ex- pected to maintain United States pos- sessfon and protect the inhabitants over a territory of this extent; for it must be remembered that the bay of Manila is twenty-five miles deep from the entrance at Corregidor Island to the city of Manila, at its head. It will also be necessary to possess and pro- ‘tect a zone extending. some distance back of the city In order to make suffi- cient preservation of the water works. Of course a considerably smaller force would be necessary, if the insurgents under Aguinaldo could be brought to realize that their interests lie in per- mitting undisputed possession of this territory by the United States. But it would be expecting too much of the na- tive character to keep before the eyes of the insurgents the rich loot to be had | rom the Pope expressing the keenest | A f ‘[flfl'fl'//rf/m//a, AND HIS INSURGENTS PLAN A MASSACRE |Defenseless Priests and Nuns Are in Grave Danger of Rebel Vengeance. Orders Sent to Merritt and Dewey to Pre- vent Wholesale Murder at Manila. in-Manila without an adequate force to protect the place. Then, with the growing heat and dampness, it is to be expected that ill- | ness will develop among the troops, not to the extent that it appeared at San- tiago, but sufficient to require some of the men to be invalided home and thefr places to be taken by fresh troops of the United States. At present a large tail of eight men. sign of the enemy had been seen this | writes its warning on the face side. of Coamo, ARROYO SEIZED . BY AMERICANS United States Flag Hoisted Over the Porto Rican Towns. The Spanish Garrison Retreats, Leaving General Miles’ Force in Possession of a Supply Station. ¢ McCullough, Rev. J. S. Pierce, Levi Mc- | Cash, Rev. B. B. Burton. Resolutions— Rev. Eli Fisher, Rev. E. B. Ware, Rev. Guy A. Smith, Rev. E. L. Burch, Rev. J. T. Tout. Obituaries—Rev. Peter Colvin, Rev. Henry Shadle, Rev. H. C. | Shropshire, Rev. J. H. Hazel, J. W. Lowry. Education—Rev. W. H. Mar- tin, Rev. H. D. McAnenney, Professor | Ingram. Spectal cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gor- don Bennett. GUAYAMA BAY, PORTO RICO, Aug. 1; by Call-Herald dispatch boat Mindora to 8t. Thomas, D. W. L, Aug. 2—Guayama and Arroyo were seized to-day. The American flag was hoisted by Captain Goodrich of the St. Louils. The Wasp and the Gloucester entered the bay ahead of the St. Louis to re- connoiter. They left Porto Ponce early this morning to meet the St. Louis. Chess Games at Cologne. | COLOGNE, Aug. 2—The second round of the chess tournament to-day resulted as follows: - Janowski beat Schallopp, no opposition at | Charousek beat Schiuers, Schlechter and Prien dthey foone ) | Burne drew, Aluin beat Heinrichsen, Sho- Arroyo a small detachment landed. | ,;jer beat Gottschalk, Sieinitz beat Po- Captain Goodrich entered the town j plel, Tschigorin lost to Cohn and Borgen without opposition. Then he went to | drew with Fritz. Guayama, five miles to the west of | Arroyo and thirty miles east of Porce. | Guayama had been abandoned on Fri- day night by the Spanish garrison of 300, who.started to Cayey. Arroyo and Guayama are intended for supply stations and from them Cayey, forty miles away, can be cut off on the road to San Juan. It is probable the entire second division will be landed at Guayama with supplies. Two divisions | can effect a_juncture at Cayey and | move to San Juan together on the mili- | tary road to the junction point. The | plan looks toward placing the entiie | southern half of the island under the | control of the army. | AMERICAN OUTPOST : ONE MILE FROM COAMO Spectal cable to The Call .and the New York clear, the eyes bright Serald - Copyrighted, 18;; by (James, Gor=ti o g'the lipsrosy. Hearty, healthy whole- COAMO, Porto Rico, Aug. 1, by Call- | ‘Someness is better than mere beauty of Herald Dispatch Boat to Kingston, Ja- | featires. . A face full of the glow of good maica, Aug. 2—The extreme outpost of 1 S l% ,txhuf .g‘.“dl‘“e.ss and good the American army now is.halted at a | bumor tta tie £ nngs,f!s b%““d '1° point one mile from Coamo. This is a mea!:nf:i e t’fi‘&“ will village of considerable importance sit- | Zge fignis. The face tells the S“’t'X uated on the military road seventeen 2 Ut WIS POV o WATRr Wil out miles from Ponce. Bt ; i Colonel Hulings, Sixteenth Pennsyl- | to women fathothen discedets peculins vania, with a small escort, left Juan| 5 . 55 If: the di i Speaker Reed Renominated. PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 2—The Repub- licans of ‘the First District held their convention here to-day. After prelimin- | ary business the.name of Thomas B. | Reed was presented and he was nominat- | ed by acclamation. amid much enthusi- | ‘asm. Features don’t mat- ter so much. Most any features will do if the complexion ‘is vanced rapidly, but cautiously. - Half | 5 . . way between Juan Diaz and Coamio sz‘l’:ea:if‘-d})fvn:}”’"eai;s ngr\e naggin, they met Lieutenant Finnerty, who g pamns, dragging an was dispatched yesterday to reconnoi- - pulling at the most sensitive organs in a ter along the military road with a de- woman’s body, the face will show it, Abnsed nerves draw lines of care and Nervous prostration v ong before it comes. Sleeplessness, nervousness and Lieutenant Finnerty reported that no | worry on the face. but that he did not' dare risk entering the town without a debilitating drains make more wrinkles Immediately upon the receipt of the | possible to prevent the insurgents from | The rgports of | that the insurgents were threatening | | majority of General Merritt's force is | composed of troops drawn from the Pa- | cific Coast or far Western States. It is | presumed that, if he should be rein- | forced, the Eastern troops will be given | an opportunity to make the long voy- | age to Manila, as this will be in accord with the policy that the War Depart- ment has now adopted of taking geo- graphical considerations into account in allotting troops for service. - PROTECTION FOR THE -GERMAN COLONY .BERLIN, Aug. 2—The semi-official North German Gazette this evening publishes-a statement on the subject of German policy at Manila, based on offi- cial reports, explaining that this was done “with the view of correcting mis- representations in foreign newspapers.” It says that for the purpose of afford- ing the German colony immediate shel- ter in case of need some chartered steamers would be anchored near the German warship Irene in the Pasig River under the protection of the armed boats. The French and British colo- nies, the statement continues, followed this example. Aguinaldo, according to the North | German Gazette, gave Rear Admiral Dewey a written assurance that the in- surgents would act humanely, and at Aguinaldo’s request, and w®h Admiral Dewey’s approval, the commander of | the Irene took four Spanish ladies and | six children from the province of Ba- | taan under his protection and placed |them on board a_chartered steamer, every step being taken with a thor- oughly friendly understanding with Admiral Dewey and Captain General Augusti. The North German Gazette then adds: “The Imperial Consulate at Manila has under its protection not only Ger- man residents, but subjects of Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Holland and Por- | tugal, to all of whom protection of the | warships will be, If necessary, similarly extended.” SAN MATEO TO BUILD A FINE BICYCLE PATH Will Cover a Stretch of Twelve or Fourteen Miles and Be Six Feet Wide. REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 2.—An ordi- nance was passed by the Board of Su- pervisors of San Matec County yester- day providing for- the building and maintaining of a path on the east side as Uncle Tom'’s Cabin, above San Ma- teo, to within about a mile north of Redwood City, covering a stretch of twelve or fourteen miles. - The path-is to be six feet in width and to be used exclusively for bicycles and pedestrians. Should the plan prove satisfactory the board will no doubt extend the path throughout the entire county. Work will be commenced on the same as scon as possihle. h s Death of an Aged Santa Cruzan. SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 2—Captain J. Bachelder, an old resident, died suddenly to-day at his home near here. He wis of New Hampshire, aged T larger force, although the Spaniards were reported to have retreated from fl“" age- 3 there. p ! Nine-tenths of the sickness of women A delegation of citizens came out to, comes from some derangement of organs meet Colonel Hulings. They declared | distinctly feminine. Nine-tenths of this there were no Spanish soldlers in gickness can be cured and avoided by the Coamo, and they tendered the freedom | yse of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. of the city to the American soldiers. | There js nothing miraculons about the Having less than twenty men, Colonel | : e e ; Hulings thought it prudent to defer | * Favorite Preseription ' —nothing super- occupation of the town until reinforce- | natural. 2 ments had arrived. It is the result of rational thought The natives report that the Spanish | and study applied to medicine. troops carried away all the money and | It has been prescribed by Dr. Pierce ::l“’l“’“‘::n:‘“ secreted in advance BY | for over 3o years. It has made thousands e c z As the army advances further into | of women healthy and happy, and has the interior it becomes more and more | ught joy ds of homes. apparent that the reports of Spanish| In “‘female weakness” it acts directly barbarities made by the Porto Ricans | .lnd strongly in healing and strengthen- to General Wilson were much exag- ing the partsthat are most severely tried. gerated. The Americans thus far have | It ciears out impurities and promotes been able to find no authenticated In-| regylarity at all times. stances of women being maltreated or of the wanton destruction of property. | — SEMI-ANNUAL Alarming rumors as to the work of | the enemy continue to pour in from the | natives, but they lack confirmation. OF LOST THEIR PENSIONS ; ENDS NEXT SATURDAY now serving in the land and maval | service of the United States, but chiefly | in the volunteer army, a considerable number of men who at the beginning of the war were drawing pensions from the Government on account of ‘the war of the rebellion. All these pensions have been stopped by Commissioner Evans and he has been severely criti- cized for this action. The commissioner | of the county road from what is known | length of the prayer meeting at Garfield Park was A, | committees were Freeman, Rev. A. D. Butler, Rev. R. L. a_veteran of the civil wu‘mfl a native | McHattof, WHEN THEY ENLI_STEDE’ WE HAVE about 200 of these de- Civil War Veterans Who Sacrificed | Small Incomes to Join the Vol- i unteer Army. | NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—A Washington special to the Herald says: There are sirable ‘remnants to close out this week at following prices TAPESTRIES MOQUETTE had no choice in the matter, however, as it would be illegal for him to con- tinue the pensions. An effort was made before the adjournment of Congress to have a law enacted which would permit .36e¢ per yard g.’lo g:r yard WILTON. VE Be per yard the payment of pensions to pensioners | l AXMINSTER . ‘58e per yard while serving in the present war, but it In lengths ‘suit: gs and -mod- : erate-size rooms. failed and every veteran of the war who was drawing a pension and accept- ed a commission in the volunteer forces || forfeited his right to draw his pension |] as long as he continued in the military.| or naval service. = S The theory.of the law as.it stands is that a man who is capable of serving in the army or navy.is not sufficiently disabled to properly entitle him to a pension. In most or all of the cases the pensioners are serving as commissioned | officers and in positions for which the medical examination was not as rigid as.for recruits for the ranks. - - . ———— FROM GARFIELD - PARK. Early Prayer Kneting Followed by . Committee Appointments. o SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 2.—The early| = .- Bring your measurements With you. LINOLEUM. New line of patterns just recelved: heayy quality; -laid n° your floor. Special during sal .48c per yard FURNITURE. DURING REMNANT SALE In. this department we PER. offer a special discount of 15 CENT on everything from our plready low - prices: ALEX. MACKAY & SON, 715 MARKET ST. led by E. G. Hall, and this evening . Rev. Thomas Lawson of Santa Clara| . <5 2 5 preached the sermon: The following 2 g & appointed: Nominar | Superfluous Hair on the face is embarrassing Igeg d annoying. Dermatologist JOHN H. WOOD- ik, Rey. G W. BURY, O $rest Forty-second at., New. York, removes it. If.light by depilatory, It strong by electricity. Consultation free. Charges mod- tions—Rev. 8. A. Rev. Thomas Edwards. State work—Re?. W. R. Martin, J. H.|