The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIV,—_NO. 65, SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PEACE MAY COME BEFORE THE END OF THE PRESENT WEEK FORT SANTA CRUZ, GUAM, LADRONE ISLANDS. From a skétch by Paul Boeringer, The Call artlst accompanying the expedition. GARCIA CAPTURES ADJUNTAS GIVES MAYARI @ND FIVE HEARTY WELCOME HUNDRED SPANISH/ - TO AMERICANS Invading Forces in Porto Rico Manzanillo Commander Reported SPAIN’S REPLY IN THE HANDS OF McKINLEY @grees to the General Terms as Laid Down in the Note From the President. Seeks to Obtain Concessions on Certain Points, but Formal Acceptance Is Not Far Distant. NEW YORK, August 3.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald sends the following: An early peace is assured. Spain’s reply, formally presented to the President late this afternoon by Embassador Cambon, leaves no further room for doubt that she will accept the general terms as to the conditions for a cessation of hostilities laid down in the President’s note. Formal acceptance is all that is lacking. And while Embassador Cambon is still arguing for additional concessions and asking for the details of the gen- eral terms proposed by the President his interview with Mr. McKinley to-day left no fur- ther room for doubt that a treaty of peace at an early date would be the result of the pending negotiations. It is probable several notes will be exchanged with Madrid before the treaty of peace is finally confirmed. While Spain’s latest communication leaves no room for doubt that it is her intention to accept the general propositions laid down by the President she is, through Embassador Cambon, arguing several important points. For instance, the Sagasta Ministry wants to know what is to be done to prevent the insurgents carrying on the war and committing outrages in other parts of the Phil- ippines while the United States occupies Manila and thie immediate surrounding territory. Spain wants more details as to the evacuation of Cuba. She insists that her soldiers should leave both Cuba and Porto Rico with all the honors of war, and that the evacu- ation is not to be considered in the light of a surrender. The question of transportation of her troops—who is to pay the bills and which nation is to preserve order in the island to Have Offered to Surrender to the ace to t he TAKEN BY GOMEZ Cuban. SS If attacked a second are unable to withstand the > and die of sheer- physical ex- I think that with the ap- h' of the rtality will be awful. Tell your pa- bad ‘fever months the | per to try, if there is no military reason | for their retention, to get the men out.” WOUNDED SPANIARDS TAKEN TO HAVANA Call and the New York 4, 1898, by James Gor- s . 3.—This morning at 10 o’clock ‘an American ship was in sight of Morro Castle with a of truce. The American ship d two miles off Morro. It was re- d she brings about four hundred and sick soldiers belonging and Gibara garrisons. she brings documents an Consul and the com- the warship Geyer. The unboat Pinzon will go out to ican ship. Province a local guer- at El Estante an in- 1 g nz > fought and under Antonio Trana, the that neighborhood, killing him second | lieutenant, Manuel ind to hand. ops had aban- | | Regarded as the Island’s Deliverers. : Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 155, by James Gor- don Bennett. PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. 2 (by Call- Herald dispatch boat to St. Thomas, D. W. L, Aug: 3).—American troops ‘under General Stone have been given a hearty welcome . to Adjuntas. Members of the Fire Department there - have been armed by the Americans and-now are acting as a local police force. There is a disposition among the country peo- ple to torture the Spaniards, but the Americans will not tolerate such a course. In Juan Diaz and Coamo the officlals have greeted the invading forces as de- liverers, and American flags have been raised over the principal buildings in both: places. It is General Stone’s plan to advance Porto Rico as rapidly as possible. He is making. his way toward Arecibo, in the northern part of the jsland, at | which point the Spaniards have been landing supplies, for there has been a blockadé of Arecibo and the Spaniards, taking advantage of that fact, have been landing supplies there without hindrance. A railroad extends from Arecibo to - San Juan, and by this method it has been possible to keep the to prevent the transportation of fur- ther supplies to San Juan and the pre- dicament of the Spanish troops there e = nd making some prisoners. | capital well supplied with all -neces- by the Little Steam Launch TOWN OF GIBARA 1d ammunition and a | sary articles. General Stone, by tak- ot EheGunboat important docu- |{ng possession of Arecibo, will be able Bancroft. from Adjuntas to the northern coast of | Fudson for Porto Rico, and at 5 o'clock ware and First Maryland. The First Ohio Cavalry, now at Tam- pa, will form a part of the next expedi- tion to be sent to the assistance of Gen- eral Miles in Porto Rico. Orders went out to-day for a confer- ence of leaders of the regimeats to ac- company General Wade to Porto Rico, and within twenty-four hours some of the. troops of this expedition will be boarding the transports at Newport News: GENERAL FRED GRANT SAILS FOR PORTO RICO NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Aug. 3.—The first detachment of the Third Brigade, Fir¢t Army Corps, in command of Brigadier General Fred D. Grant, em- barked late to-night on the transport | i « the President French Embassador, the latter acting as the representative of Spain, Secre- tary Day emerged from the White House and announced conference fore the parties to it had agreed tosay nothing to the public as to what had pending evacuation—are also matters touched upon in Spain’s note. There are no material changes, however, in the general terms proposed by Presi- dent McKinley, and as Spain has clearly indicated a willingness to accept these terms the authorities confidently expect to-night there will be an official announcement of a cessation of hostilities before the end of the week. 3.—After a WASHINGTON, Aug. conference on the peace question last- ng just an hour this afternoon between and M. Cambon, the that to-day’s was inconclusive, where- sccurred.. The Secretary did not ap- pear to be discouraged as he made this statement, though he admitted that no time had been set for another confer- ence. From this it is gathered that the long expected answer of the Spanish Gov- ernment to the President’s note, upon being received, had turned out to be just as it was expected—either a coun- | ter-proposition or a request for a fuller | statement in detail upon some of the heads of the President’s note. Up to the middle of the afternoon it was stated by all parties concerned that the Spanish answer had not been | recelved and that the only formal nflte| that has come to hand was one from the Madrid Cabinet to M. Cambon, ¢ {ing for information upon some points that were not clear to the Spanish Min- isters. However, just after 3 o’clock the Secretary of the French Embassy, M. Thiebaut, called at the State Depart- ment and arranged with Secretary Day for a meeting betweeen the Presi- dent and the Embassador as soon as | possible. The meeting was set for 3:45 o'clock, and Secretary Day was at the | ‘White House in season, but was obliged to wait about ten minutes for the French Embassador. As was stated, after conferring for an hour the parties separated, having been unable to reach a conclusion as to the acceptance by Spain of the peace conditions laid down by the President and binding themselves to the observance of the strictest secrecy as to the proceedings until further progress had been made. Thus it is practically assured in‘ad- vance that any attempt to state what occurred at to-day’'s meeting at the White House will be nothing more than pure guesswork. Meantime, in consonance with the de- clared purpose of the President at the beginning of the overtures, this confer- ence is not operating to restrain mili- tary operations in any degree. in the morning the Hudson will steam | out of Hampton Roads. The troops on | board are six companies of the First Kentucky Regiment, in command of Colonel Castleman. BLOCKADE RUNNER TAKEN INTO PORT Clever Capture of a Spanish Schooner 1 KEY WEST, Aug. 3. — The Nor- wegian steamer Franklin of about 500 SANITARY CONDITI 3. ington—Santiago report for August 2: Total sick, 4290; cases of fever, 694; cases of fever return- ed to duty, 705. Johnson, ON OF SHAFTER'S ARMY WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—The follow- ng bulletin was posted at the War De- partment at 1:10 o’clock this morning. SANTIAGO DE CUBA (via Hayti), Aug. . —Adjutant General of the Army, Wash- total fevers, 3033; new Deaths July 31: Private C. C. Conrad Company A, First Infantry, KEY WEST, Aug. 3.—Captain Del : = s s me st desperate. = ¥alle Tgnacio of the insurgent forces Loccupled by | will De s e e Dt fleet | tons, bound from Vera Cruz with a | acute dysentery. St ek was, brought here this morning by the of Cuba, who had | operating about Porto Rico have been |cargo of food supplies, was captured by ;;\;sg;tgé‘!gg;hm,em-,m, S5 thenta: folo gunboat . Helena, which took him bara garrison, and | ordered away. They are the Massachu- | the converted yacht Siren on Monday fi)wmg Yellow fever. ebeard - Tunez de Caso, on the w er machetes. The - | chetts, Columbia and N;\\;} York. Thg off Francis Key, near Caibarien, and Corporl'al Jmmfis Ml.tfrg;;(eefilg%{npany L, 1th. épast of Cuba,, 0 Iy . slaughter was that the | Columbia, which grounded on a reef | 2 Second Massachusetts, dysentery. A f Cuba, on July 2. He |gyerrillas were Cubans whe wers Sght. | Gonn Guanica, has been taken off in | a8 brought here to-day by a prize | ®§,cqre Andrew Ryderbers, Company D, iat on July 9 Geveral Miguel | 1o for Spnin g e I and all three vessely | crew under command of Lieutenant | Third Infantry, yelow fever, ; der whom he served in the | " Rignt™ insy approached the | have gone to Guantanamo. Littlefleld. She had already landed a | August 2 Private James I Wheeler, district of the province | town of Sanc AUDroRche 8| have g ortion of her cargo when caught. Company E, Secon assacl s , attacked the town of | with a flag of tru &')'Tflmc e n.lgn e = p'.l‘he converted yacht Eagle, under d'é""hm Richard Bearse, Company B 0 ne: P P e > | s ot K ce 12 comma ve 3 erge: v » 50 ‘men and ,"r‘.”,1 Lo lof the garrison allowed the ropmmander | AN JUAN RESIDENTS command of Licutenant Southerland, | Second Massachuetts, nostilgfa = & 2 T A D s | Enrique Jir o enter the city e ' | " Private 0. W. Jo 5 s te flag. Three dynamite{ alone and ge to e M‘f}""' the city ANXIOUS FOR PEACE |which arrived from the blockade off the | pourth Artiliery, vellow fever. > ms-Dudley gun, he | ters. Jiminez s \--nfi]};‘,,' ,s\‘1n 1];;.2;\;;\1;; it Isle of Pines on thbe lsnuth coaist of Cuba TCorporfal lz;\‘r;_\‘;r;\mlfls)}mr;”ggn;gggg F, the ot the | Spiritus soclety. ¥ o v this afternoon, brings an interestin; ‘wenty-four! .Y Sl 1 v « Spiritus soclety. He has been in arms al cable to The Call and the New York Stiry resaraibe tEs captive blia smafi Private Albert J. Chapman, Company Spaniards and hundred and | were taken, and the Ignacia left General ng plans to attack.the 1" 10" restore. communication | en the eastern and western prov- h has been on block- 7 4 month, sank a := and lighters at why the elements now hostile should | Two hours later upon the arrival of Cagllda las sent e little BEGINNING TO MOVE |not biend harmoniousiy. the Eagle and the Bancroft at their tug, the M ich surrenderat in — FREEMAN HALSTEAD. |apchorage the little prize was observed | Feateriune o K, to Guanta-| WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—In accord- : 2 close up to the wreck of the Santo Do- —_———— SURGEON STONE SAYS THE ARMY SHOULD BE MOVED Speelal dispateh to The Call and the N, Heraly Copyrighted, 1595, by Javeey conk £ 3 | ITAGO, Aug. 3.—J6hn H. Stone, regiméntal surgeon of the Sixteenth In- fantry, said to me this morning: *#Qur- troops should-be moved out of | here immediately. The men are worn out and“dre suffering. from great men- tal and: physical depression. Those at- gacked in this reglon with fever are ut- | since the beginning of the war. He went to the commandancy through Real street, armed and on horseback, and papers General Lara, without giving an answer, ordered Jiminez to be ac: companied by officers of the civil guard to a point outside of the town, CAMP ALGER TROOPS Department last night the regiments of the Second Division at Camp Alger prepared to move to-day. At noon the regiments of the Third Brigade—Firs¢ Rhode Island, Second Tennessee ang Third Missouri—were on the march in the direction of Manassas, Va. The First Brigade, consisting of the Twen. ty-second Kansas, Third New York and One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Indiana, started at 2 o’clock. The Seventh Iilj- nois and Fourth Missourl were ordered to move an hour later. Forty-eight cases of typhold fever have been reported since yesterday aft- ernoon. Bpeo) Copyrighted, 1593, by James Gor- erald. dnr:‘ljcnnr-n. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 3.—The still have hopes that Spain will agree to the peace terms. A local paper expresses some surprise at the size of the army the Americans are.sending to Porto Rico. If peace is arranged, it says, it can see no reason PROVISIONAL DIVISION WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The follow- ing regiments have been designated to constitute General Wade’s provisional division for service in Porto Rico: First Rhode Island, First North Carolina, First New Hampshire, First New Jer- sey, Second Texas, First Maine, Fourth Missouri, First Alabama, First Ver- mont, First West Virginia, First Ken- tucky, Third Tennessee, Twenty-second New York, First Arkansas, Fifty-sec- ond Iowa, Third Virginia, Fi the Cubans. The Cu- | delivered documents from his 1o city is still tranquil, although the land- was one killed and three | Jose Miguel Gomez, to General siee | ng. of additional American troops in- e By {:‘:é’;gfl"’fs;e“;flgn;hjtf:,’,‘é1 Aara. er a C o 'AK 7 a t v, i T | | rique Lara. After he had recelved the | creases anxiety. Residents of San Juan at Maugh Point, farther up the catst. rst Dela-~ |, Spanish schooner by the crew of the Bancroft. The Bancroft’s steam launch, unaided, effected the capture in Sigua- The little schooner, in charge of the boatswain’s mate and one seaman, was sent to an anchorage near the place where the steamer Santo Domingo was sunk some time ago while attempting to run the blockade. several men could be seen, indicating that the vessel had been recaptured by the Spaniards. Captain Clover immediately sent the Maple to the rescue. On arriving along- side he ascertained that the mate in charge of the prize had, by a clever ruse, captured two more boats wi their crews, which were stripping the Santo Domingo. Seeing wreckers at work the mate had hoisted the Spanish flag, and, sailing close enough to the Spaniards to get them under range of his rifles he demanded and received the surrender of the two boats and their six occupants. I H, Thirty-fourth Michigan, malarial fever and acute gastritis. Seventy-first New York, lowing malarial fever. A, Thirty-fourth Michigan, malarial fever. ennett, Company cate Thomas R. Private remittent ers, Company I, exhaustion, fol- SHAFTER, Major General Commanding. e Private Willlam Cheev: |CAMARA’S SQUADRON IS PRACTICALLY USELESS None of His Ships Fit to Go Into Action—Should Peace Fail They Will Seek Refuge. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—A dispatch to the Tribune from Gibraltar says: It is now an open secret that not a single fighting ship of Admiral Cama- ra’s squadron is in fit condition to go nto action. The Pelayo’s boilers have given out, the firing gear and turrets of the Carlos V are unmanageable, the Audaz is completely used up by the re- cent excursion to Suez, and the arma- ments of the auxiliary crulsers are lamentably defective. In case of any hitch in the peace ne- gotiations the Pelayo and Carlos V would under no circumstances under- take an engagement here or in the open sea, but would take refuge be- hind the formidable forts of Cartagena. | The auxiliary cruiser Alfonso XIII/ and the Pelayo have sailed from Cadiz for the Canaries. | Admiral Camara, with his flagship, the Pelayo, the Carlos V, the Rapido, | the Patriot, the Audaz, the Geraldo and the Buenos Ayres, still remain. The garrison at Cadiz now consists | of about 26,000 men. On Iriday and Saturday additional torpedo defenses and mines were laid in the entrance to Cadiz harbor. The lighthouses re- main extinguished. Three guns of 24- centimeter caliber have been placed in position at San Felipe, but their sup- ply of ammunition is limited. HUNDREDS TURN BACK AT THE YUKON'S MOUTH Intended Treasure-Seekers Sell Their Outfits and Attempt to Reach the States. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug.' 3.—The steamer Manuense arrived from St Michael, Alaska, to-day with 260 pas- sengers and between $150,000 and $200,- 000 in gold dust. Of the list of pas- sengers only thirty-four were miners who had spent as much as one winter in the mines, the remainder being those” who had gone there this spring and concluded not to remain. The pas- sengers all agreed in the statement that hundreds of men are arriving in St Michael daily from Dawson and vicin- ity seeking passage to the States, and that there are upward of 1000 men in that part who have lately come from coast ports and are trying to get up | the river. Many are turning back af- | ter learning the conditions at Dawson and up river points. A larger part of the Manuense’'s pas- sengers are returning to.their homes in California, Washington and Dakota. The river steamer Monarch is report- ed aground about 250 miles from Daw- son. St. Michael harbor and the island pre- sent a lively appearance. A forest of masts covers the bay and the seashore is lined with people. Boats come in every day or two from up the river | with scores and hundreds of dis- appointed gold seekers whose stories of ill-luck and hardships are vividly told in glowing colors to the multitude that has come here to take passage for the mines. This results in many selling their outfits and returning to the States. The hotels on the shore are mightly taxed to their utmost capacity in.ac- commodating guests, and almost every craft in the harbor is utilized as a tem- | porary hostelry. News that no gold has been found on Kotzebue and Norton Sound, too, adds to the discourage- ment of the general multitude. In the harbor of St. Michael are thirty-five steamers and sailing vessels, all heavily laden with passengers, gen- eral cargo and knockdown river boats. Several steamers have large lists of passengers who purchased tickets di- rect to Dawson and other up-river points, and on arriving learned that arrangements had not been made for their river transportation. The steam- ers insisted upon landing passengers on the beach, thus throwing them om their own resources. PROMOTIONS ASSURED HEROES OF THE NAVY Board to Be Created to Investigate and Report the Names of the Deserving. _ NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Full recognition of the meritorious gal- " lant conduct displayed by American offi- cers and men during the existing -war is given by President McKinley. That there may be no just cause for cont laint that the Navy Department overlooked any meritorious cases Secretary Long proposes to appoint a board of ranking navy officers which shall carefully inves- tigate numerous cases brought to its at- tention and report the cases of the ‘men to be advanced for heroic service. The instructions under which the board will act will be carefully drawn. It is not intended that it shall pass upon the acts of officers of flag rank or captains. The President and Secretary Long feel they can determine for themselves which of these officers are entitled to recognition. From the present indications the Presi- dent will promote Commodore Schley and Acting Rear Admiral Sampson In _the order named ana the captains of ships which participated in the battle with Cer- vera's fleet, ‘The board will be required to Investi- gate the conduct of officers of lesser rank who may have participated in the battle of July 3, that in Manila Bay or of the numerous engagements which ive taken place along the Cuban coast.