The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 9, 1898, Page 3

THE S FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1898. HIRTEEN AMERICANS KILLED IN A FIERCE BATTLE AT MANILA ENGAGED " THE SPANIARDS NEAR MALATE California Troops Took a| Prominent Part in | the Fight. ~Hundreds of the Enemy Slain. The Monterey and Three Transports Arrive. CAVITE, Aui. 6, via Hongkong Aus. ©.—The Ameri- can forces engaged the enemy before Malate on Sun-| day night and compelled them to retreat with heavy losses. Our troops wounded. - It has been impossible to ascertain the exact losses of the Spanish. The fighting lasted four hours. The American troops engaged were part of the Tenth Pennsylvania, First California and the Third Regular Artillery. g The Spanish led in the attack, attempting to dislodge our-troops by a flanking movement from the strong position they-have been holding near the enemy’s lines. The posi- tion‘is stiil held by our troops. = The king force comprised more than 3000 men. -~The-énemy’s loss was nearly 200 killed and nearly twice number wounded. The three transports which hailed from San Francisco With:General Merritt, but which were delayed at Honoluluy, arrived to-day. The monitor Monterey also arrived. lost thirteen killed and forty - seven sh 5t DEATH CLAIMS GEORG EBERS. Passing of the Noted Egyptologist and Novelist at His Villa Near Munich. MUNICH, Bavaria, Aug. 8.—A dis-|T ble occupation in im- patch from Villa Ebers, near this place, O o ancient announ the death of Georg Ebers, h like several of has been translated ish by Clara Bell. This was the the Egyptologist and novelist. : iis works of fiction based upon Geo! Chers. orientalis ancd Lors It e in the history of Egypt, for he had AR A e previgusly, in 1864, published’ “An Egyp- birth of his son, the latter recei tian Princéss,” which has been translated CLE L I T T into English by B. Grove, anu which e attractive form of a romance school subsequently. studied in E of Goet- a_description of popular life in Egypt TYPHOID FEVER CLAIMS & Co. bid $1.0502 all or armers Loan and Trust Com- 8194 for $3,000,000 worth. Death of One of the Brave Veterans of the Civil War Who Volun- teered for the Present ! — Ends His Life With Toison. SAN JOSE, Aug. 8.—Willlam Balbach committed suicide this morning or last night. A junk man who called at his house in Cottage Grove this morning by appointment found his body lying in the | vard, cold in death. It is supposed that | he took poison at an ea hour, probably about 2 or 3 o'clock. He usdd carbolic a He was about 40 years of age aves a widow and two children. Balbach left home 1 then Balbach had be er at Ashe born Typhoid Fever Victims | FORT THOMAS, Ky., Aug. 8§.—Frank was promoted to | hant July 6, 1861; captal 1 rose to his present McVey, Third Regular Cavalry, died in of. the Seventeenth United € hospital to- of typhoid fever. Infantry August 1, 1891 He was appoin JACKSONVII Fla., Aug. 8—Privat ed -brigadier general of volunteers May | Thomas M. B. Ya Pirst \\'Xscur.slne, 4, 1508 died to-night of typhold fever. e service FERNANDINA, . '8.—Captain n nrf l.:", R i \\\" V(—r,T Third Harry H. o ull Run. othe: Adams, Twenty {ichiga 2 - he 1 rted were tne | day of typhold £ jolisan Aeags rticipz battles of £ Sh Gans Defeats Ernst. NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Joe Gans of Bal- timore defeated Billy Ernst of Wullams- burg, Brooklyn, in the eleventh round of what was to have twenty-five round fight at the lightwelght limit. Gans outfought and outgeneraled his op | ponent all through. Y been a at :Eh;" | = s AL o ea he was 27 A e manding the Second Division, ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE First Army Cory Chickamauga Park; at heral Poland a very able and St = o T eor aud canscientions o the | - Harriet 8t a young girl whose harge of every duty. His standing in | mind is at ‘on a doorstep at Army was of the highest, his feilow- | 2231 e e him 7 to end her existenc ‘officers " considering by swallowing forty e bEder of ability and discretion, espe- | oy ing o a swz ety e ot SRR perform imnortant ;‘”:‘;j"‘;o ot {""\“-";vllm A passing police- aties requiring ity, professional | ma und her in a semi-cons on- duties requirir ciyy pEoTe! dition. He hurriediy bcloun. cont ang in for - trol wagon, and while 1t was en route the unfortunate girl was removed to a photograph gallery, where she was . re- eved of her se of - leipiotiher headache pow- Shortly af regained conscious- ness she was taken to the department for the insane, adjoining the Receiving Hospital, where she will be detained un- ;u her mental condltion can be inquired nto. Some years ago Miss St. John was an inmate of a private institution at Liver- more, and after remaining there for some time was discharged as cured. Im- agining that her old trouble was return- ing, she tried to end her life and escape the agonies of an insane asylum. —_——— yzeal and good SPANISH PRISONERS . Stdrts From Santiago With a Major- ity of Toral’s Sick and Wounded. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.— Informa- as received by Adjutant Gencral from Colonel Humphrey, in Charge of the transportation arrange- at Santiago, that the Spanish ship Alicante sailed from there to-day with 800 of the Spanish prison- ers for ,sed that the VADIEE BOAD WORK Alicante v of the sick | The work of dredging and bankin and.wounded of General Toral's & ulong the line of the Valley road fm,,f ‘as he would natur v send them 1rst. | Stockton west I8 progressing rapidly. An- _The War Dey P no definite | other dredger will be added to the three {nformaton as to the sailing of other [now in dally use. Two dredgers are now Spanish vesse at work west of Old River, where they Aire throwing up an embankment tu @ half miles in length. o between Middle River and Whisky One dredger is . City of Astoria at Keflhau. At the univ 0 tingen ‘and Berlin he ' m: btology | @bout the time of the Persian war of con- his central and at the termination 4 srdinary success of his acad carcer he visited the By the author principal m ptian antiqui- turn his Eg: still_further ties in_ Furi he established | o account for lite >s. He com- himself at private tuto the 4 in sucs Homo Sum,” a novel and antiquities, and | (1878); A _romance (1850); to Leip- | and ‘“The s1), the scene of ali 1. Apart | these work ng laid in Egypt. Mean- while Ebers did not neglect the acquisi- tion of solid learning. It is true that his splendid work on “Egypt—Descriptiv Historical and Picturesque” (1878, En lish transiation by Clara Bell, with intro- duction and not. Dr. Birch, 1880), is ic t of doctor “O Dynasty, In his second he succeeded E, which was after him. This . gh Goshen {o work written In with Guthe on Descriptive, Histori (1881). On the otk al and Picturesque’ and, his numerous rel tant on account of the I di on the Egyptian into the language and cultur atiquities, his remarkable e A e _“Papyrus 'E, a Hieratic the important biogra al of Egyptian Medicine” (2 vols., the “Amen em Ne In afford ample proof of the most pro- sclentific study. His later works of severe attack of paralysi T s ness the further development of his liter- n are “The Burgomaster's Wife: a {s mainly attributable, for | Tale of the Siege of Leyden,” of which a of his health incapacitated nslation by Clara_ Bell ‘appeared in him from pursuing more seri n in 1882, and “‘Serapis, a Romance” he sought and obtained a m T T [ls resolved to act scrupulously in ac- ALL DEPEI\D N\ [ cordance with the letter and spirit of LY liies disagree in the interpretation of ’ T | the constitutional law. It is believed | | u | I 2 I = Py | ABOLISHED THE OFFICE. Trustees of Sacramento Solve a Long- that the direct negotiations will occur | ‘werqorg Bunsixg in Paris. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. | - o | SACRAMENTO, Aug. 8. — The City | S UERT e Washing- | Trustees to-night abolished the office of "W YORK, Aug. 8.—The Washing- | T ! 1is office o hr.‘r?-,.nnd .t telegraphs to the | Captain of Police. The Trustees and ton correspondent tel Mayor Land have not been able to agree Herald: If Spain’s reply when pre- : sition. and the pres- gented be not satisfactory orders will ¢ Capta iy has nover been ; : confirmed. or has kept him in be given Admiral Sampson directing | ;mc. “however, and now the, Trustees the departure of his squadron on its | hav ken an effective method of getting mission to the coast of Spain. Simul- | him out. taneously with its departure from | uantanamo an auxiliary fleet consist- - E ‘;;1‘? of colliers and supply ships con- “]"‘f””‘j”'foN Aug. 8.—Acting Gen- voyed by the auxiliary cruiser Yosemite | Sl uperintendent Grant of the Rail- will leave Hampton Roads for a ren- | Way Mall Service makes the following dezvous which has been designated. | announcement to-day: “Complaint has "The Minneapolis, which has been un- | been made that the mail for the Pre- dergoing repairs at Newport News, has sidio, Cal., is inciuded in direct pack- not been assigned to the astern ?Kmhfflr San Francisco. This Is owing squadron Up.to this time and unless [{0/the fact thal mall Is frequentiy. ad- s residio, San Franecisco, the department should further reinforce | caj’ The Presidio is, however, a Eepa_. Admiral S?’mm"‘l;s cun:maadh stk;]e will | rate office and mail addressed as above c ceed to e east. Vhether or | g " S O D tara have been given the Minne- | SHpuly, e st fo uhak oibeg endimge to apolls, the authorities decline to state, | Wiliiam W. Baugh has been appoint- but it is probable that any further ser- | ed a fourth-class Postmaster at San vice she will perform in the present | Juan, Wash., vice Cora H. Drewry, re- on a man for th ent Captain, R, Of Interest to the Coast. War will be confined to the Cuban and | moved. Porto Rican waters. | Penslons have been granted - ‘After the destruction of Admiral | lows: 5 ag ik Camara’s command, if that should be| California: Original—James M. Pa- found necessary, a portion of the fleet will continue oa its way to Manila. In administration circles it s believed that before it passes through the Suez canal Spain will have come to her senses and a thorough appreciation of the situation and will accept the terms which the President will dictate. In any event, as the Herald has stated, reinforcements will be sent to Admiral | vey, Grand Junction, $6. Restoration | reissue and increase—George P. Price, | Soldiers’ Home, Los Angeles, $8 to $12. Increase—William H. Harding, Pacific Grove, $17 to $24. Original widow, etc, —Belle Williamson, San Bernardino, $8. Mexican war survivors—James M. Har. bin, Pine Ridge, $8. Increase—Nelson S. Moore, Oakland, $8 to $12. Oregon: Restoration and supplemen- are also his | ‘Palestine— | Dewey and the number of ships that tal-William H. Crosby (dead), Forest Wrecked. i ition to the ver steamer Jo- o SEATTLE wrecking of I .seph W, officers re- s.port” the lc ner City ot 2. She was blown nt, nine miles below and wiil probable’prove a total loss. were lost. E e . -Five Victims of the Heat. SW YORK, Aug. S—Protracted high perature and extreme humidity caus- ‘ed five deaths In this city to-day. The highest temperature offielallv reported -was 92 degrees at 1 p. m., -but on the street the readings were above 100, TR e Bids for New York Bonds. BW YORX, Aug. 8.—Bids were opened the Sinking Fund Commissioners to- Slough, throwing up an embankment, which is to be five miles and a half long, and the fourth dredger will be used to hurry the latter work. The distance from Stockton to Whisky Slough is seven and a half miies, all of which is reclaimed land. From Whisky Slough to Middle River it is five and a half miles across the tules. From Middle River to Old River it is one mile and a half, all of which distance will bhe bridged and trestled. West of OId River to the end of the marshes it is a distance of two and a half miles, making seven- teen miles in all where the work Is being actively pursued. The Franklin tunnel is being drilled from both ends, and great progress {s noted. On the east end an entrance of 371 “~nt hag heen made, and on the west end 513 feet, amounting to about one-sixth of the complete work. will be assigned to his squadron will depend to a great extent upon the situ- ation as it exists after the destruction of Camara’s command. SPAIN NOT DISPOSED TO WASTE ANY TIME LONDON, Aug. 9.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Times says: The promptitude with which the Spanish Cabinet accepted the terms on receipt of the American explanations shows that it does not desire to waste time in Grove, $8. ‘Washington: Original—Henry A. ‘Wood, Granite Falls, $6. Californians in Washington—, Bartlett of Los Angeles, Willard’s, P. Richards, San Francisco. Iron Mountain Affray. REDDING, Aug. 8.—A fatal stabbing affray occurred at Iron Mountain at 2 o'clock this morning. A party of miners had been carousing last night up to that hour, and whlle together outside a sa- loon, one of their number, Dan Horgan, was stabbed in the abdomen and died a few hours afterward. The responsibility” for the crime is hard to fix, as all the members of the party were under the in- C e 5 P WL dilatory procedure. The question when direct negotiations will begin is rather doubtful, probably because the Cabinet fluence of liquor at the time. Two have been arrested, John Lyons and Dave Johnson. taken merel, ‘| the Bitter |WHO WILL BE THE NEXT SECRETARY? Speculation as to Day’s Successor. MANY NAMES ARE DISCUSSED BUT EMBASSADOR HAY SEEMS TO HAVE FIRST CHOICE. The President Has a High Opinion of the Diplomat and Will Probably Give Him the Portfolio. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—The Herald’s Washington correspondent telegraphs: Secretary Day's coming retirement from the Cabinet which was announced this morning has been the source of much discussion here to-day and the Secretary and other members of the administration have been much ques- tioned about it. Secretary Day had nothing to say about it, but other mem- bers of the Cabinet have confirmed all that was published. The question of his successor divides interest with the question of the commission to treat with Spain for the final treaty of peace. Many names are under discussion, but the President has not yet indicated even to the members of his Cabinet that he has decided who will succeed to the head of the Cabinet. Embassa- dor Hay is one of the men most freely mentioned, and his selection is con- sidered in well-informed circles to be quite probable. He is from Ohio, the State which has held the State De- partment portfolio in President Mc- Kinley’s Cabinet up to this time, and he has ample means, a desirable quali- fication in a man who must on account of his official position entertain freely during the social season. The President, too, has a high opin- fon of his ability and accomplishments. Secretary Day is to serve on the com- ‘mission to negotiate a treaty of peace. After that he may go back to Canton to practice law. He may, however, be given a judicial position by the Presi- dent, being appointed either to the Circuit bench or to the Supreme Court should a vacancy occur. GREAT DESTITUTION UP AT ST. MICHAEL Many Men Who Started During the Rush for Gold Are Now Beg- ging for Fooa. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 8—The steamer Nordenskjold arrived this evening from St. Michael without pas- sengers, some trouble which the cap- tain and officers refuse to talk of hav- ing caused them to refuse passengers. She brings news that the Progreso is about to start back and was expected | to sall two days after the Nordenskjold sailed with the majority of the passen- gers who went up on her. They are starving, and many of them are going around begging for food from other steamers. There is much sickness on board. A meeting was held on July 23, when some talk was made among the pas- sengers of seizing the steamer, but finally arrangements were made where- by the cargo was landed and an agree- ment made to bring the unfortunates back. The National City passengers have settled their difficulties and have been landed. The purser of the Nordenskjold re- ports that on July 13 his ship, while in Bering Sea, passed a large quantity of wreckage with ofl cases, salmon and whisky cases and heavy timbers. Most | | of the wreckage was apparently from a whaler. While in Resurrection Bay | on July 15 he found fifteen shipwrecked men who had lost their schooner. They were destitute, but he says he could not take them. About twenty miles | from this point he says about 200 men | were working a quartz mine and get- | ting good results. A San Francisco | schooner was lying In the harbor with supplies for them. | Bl ICOLOMBIA INAUGURATES | A NEW ADMINISTRATION Spécial cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 188, by James Gor- don Bennett. PANAMA, Colombia, Aug. 8.—Miguel Antonio Caro, who has been acting | President of Colombia since the death |of Nunez, stepped from the Presi- | dential chair yesterday, when recently | elected Vice-President Jose Manuel Merroquin was inaugurated, President | Clemente not being able to assume the | office owing to {1l health and advanced |age. He is 84 and Merroquin 71. | A new Cabinet has been formed as | follows: Minister of the Interior, Aure- lio Mutis; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senor Paul; Minister of Finance, Pedro Antonio Molina; Minister of War, Olo- garce Riveras; Minister of Education, Tomas Herran; Minister of the Treas- ury, Media Alvarez. ;STRANGLEfiHE PRINCESS AND PILLAGED HER HOUSE LONDON, Aug. 9.—The Vienna cor- respondent of the Dally News says: From St. Petersburg it is reported that a band of thieves entered the residence of Princess Chunkaloff, near Simfero- pol, capital of the Government of Tau- rida, in the Crimea, foully murdered the Princess and two lady companions, strangling them in their sleep, and pil- laged the house. HAMBURG HAS RUN HIS LAST RACE IN PUBLIC NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—It was learned that Hamburg, the best of the year's three-year-olds, has run his last race In ublic. As soon as cold weather sets in e, as w:lrl1 as i‘h:h oz}::nz of vlvlflficu- Daly's string In the hands o am Lakeland, 1 be shipped to the Bitter Root Farm in Montana. H_finhnr s re- tirement is not enforced. e step Is to place him at the head of oot stud. SPAIN’'S REPLY OF ACCEPTANCE AT WASHINGTON Prospect That the Dons Hope to Gain Some cess Minor Con- ions. But if There Is Unnecessary Delay the United States Will Increase the Vigor of the NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—The Herald's ‘Washington = correspondent sends the following: Spain’s reply to the peace propositions of the United States was received at the French Embassy this afternoon, and President McKinley ex- pects it will be presented to him by Embassador Cambon to-rorrow. Pre: ident McKinley and Secretary Day be- leve this reply is an acceptance of the terms proposed by the American gov- ernment as the basis of peace negotia- tions, and the war is accordingly prac- ticall¥ at an end. Though believing that peace is as- sured, the administration is fully pre- pared to carry on the war should Spain’s reply be the rejection of the terms proposed, or should it insist upon substantial modifications of those terms the President will break off ne- gotlations, the Eastern squadron will be dispatched to Spanish waters under command of Admiral Sampson, the war will be prosecuted with the greatest vigor in Porto Rico and the Philip- plnes, and the organization of a great army of invasion for the Havana cam- paign will be pushed forward. So thoroughly convinced is the Presi- dent, however, that the Spanish reply | will be an acceptance of the terms pro- posed in all their essential details that | he is giving a great deal of attention to the composition of the commission which will represent the United States in the final negotiations for peace. The President has already decided that there shall be five representatives of each country on the joint commission. He realizes that Spain will put forward her ablest men to negotiate with the Americans and endeavor to save some remnants of the wreck of the Spanish colonies and he is anxious to have the United States represented by the best men he can select. The men most seriously discussed have practically all been mentioned. Two men as to whose selection there seems little if any doubt are Secretary Day and Senator Allison. There will, it is now under- stood, be at least one member of the Supreme Court on the commission and Justices Harlan and Brown are being considered. Another name that is be- ing discussed in administration circles to-day is that of Senator Gorman of | Maryland. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—The reply of the Spanish Government to the peace conditions laic down by the United States was received by the French Embassador, M. Cambon, shortly before 3 o’clock this afternoon. The reply came in sections, the dis- patch first received giving only the opening passages of the Spanish reply. A few minutes later came a second sec- tion,and they kept coming uninterputedly by a procession of messengers until seven sections of the Spanish reply had been received at ten minutes to 4, when the last part was scheduled to arrive. In the meantime the cipher experts were at work, and by 4:30 o'clock they were abreast of all portions of the re- ply received up to that time, and there was a lull of some time pending the ar- rival of the concluding portions. It was thought a terrific rainstorm which swept over Washington about 4 o’clock might have occasioned delay to the re- mainder. Pending the receipt of the complete reply no steps were taken to fix a time for a conference with the Presi- dent, as the time for that depended largely upon some of the features of the reply, and also upon the explicit instructions concerning the delivery of the answer which usually accompanies a document of this solemn character. The concluding portion of the Span- ish reply was received during the evening, but it was not until a late hour that it was deciphered as a whole | and gone over by the Embassador. No effort was made to communicate it to the United States Government to-night beyond a note to Secretary Day, ad- vising him that the document had been received, but not disclosing its con- tents. It is probable that the reply will be delivered to the President be- fore the Cabinet meeting to-morrow, although no hour has been fixed. There | is complete reticence in all quarters as to the text of the reply, but there is reason to believe it is not an unquali- fied acceptance of the American terms, but is framed on the theory of accept- ing the essentials and trusting to 2 hoped-for concillatory spirit on the part of this Government to moderate to some extent features which the Spanish Government seems to regard as_unessential. - Pending the official dellvery of the answer, speculation was rife as to its contents. There was little or no fur- ther doubt that the length of the reply meant that Spain had not given a sim- ple and direct affirmative to the Amer- ican conditions. It was evident that if the reply was an acceptance it was accompanied by extended discussion and probably by conditions. This caused considerable apprehension in of- ficlal circles here, for while it was felt last week that Spain would surely yield in every particular, it began to be felt that possibly there might be another period of discussion and possibly an in- direct attempt to open up a diplomatic exchange on the nature of the terms. The prevamng view, however, was that the reply was’on its face an acceptance, although not such a one as precluded all possibility of further discussion. All vital points were believed to be con- ceded—the abandonment of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Ladrones, and the estab- lishment of a commission to pass upon questions relating to the Philippines. In the carrying out of this pro- gramme it was believed that Spain would seek to secure an understanding on many incldental points involved, some of them of considerable import- War. |ance. For instance, some doubt was | raised as to whether Spain’s accept- | ance would be operative until referred to and ratified by the Spanish Cortes, land it was understood that the reply might call attention to this condition. | The same condition, it was pointed out, | exists as to the United States, for a peace treaty requires the ratification of the Senate to become operative. In case Spain’s answer discussed these | incidental points there promised to be wide latitude for controversy and de- lay unless the President and Cabinet declined to enter the field of discussion. Late in the afternoon the President received an indirect intimation that the Spanish reply would come to the French Embassy. - A Cabinet officer who was with him at this time sald on leaving: “The information that has come from Madrid about the action of the Spanish Cabinet indicates that the Spanish have accepted our terms in a general way, but leaves several ques- tions open that we did not include in | the terms submitted. The communi- | cation offering those terms was ex- | plicit, specifically stating such points |as would be left open to further nego- | tiations. We wiil stand on these | terms.” | The administration has not yet given serious consideration to the personnel of the peace commission, but it can be stated that no one not in accord with the President’s present views as to the disposition of the Phillppines will be | appeinted, and Mr. McKinley favors | keeping at least Manila harbor and bay and sufficient territory around it for its support and protection, if not the whole {of Luzon Island. As to members of | the Cabinet as members of the com- | mission, there are precedents for their |appointment, notably the treaty of { Ghent. | _Senor Sagasta, when asked to-day b: | the correspondent of the Assoclate | Press whether there was any truth in the | statement cabled to the United #States that he had cabled direct to Washington on the subject of Spain's acceptance of | the American peace condltions, categori- | cally and emphatically denied that he had sent any such communication. The | Premier added: ‘“‘The negotiations will | follow the usual diplomatic course, and M. Cambon, the French Embassador to Washington, will present Spain’s note to | President McKinley. hat as soon as the American nor Sagasta will nom- | It is said t | reply is received S The offer was favorably regarded, was not accepted.’” El Liberal says further: “The presence | of a large Brifish squadron near Gibral- | tar is clear evidence of an understand- ing, if not an alliance, between England and the United States.” but AMERICA REGARDED AS SPAIN'S BENEFACTOR and the New York Special cable to The Call Herald. Copyrighted, 153, by James Gor- don Bennett. PARIS, Aug. 8—Le Gaulois places | America in the position of a benefac- tor. It virtually says Spain ought to be - grateful to the Americans; that when peace has been made the Span- | iards will perceive the piece of good | fortune that has happened them; that | they never would abandon Cuba, and | that America has therefore rendered | them great service in taking it from them. Le Gaulois hopes “Americans will not have cause to regret their vic- tories, and that the taste for warlike | enterprises and distant conquests may | not turn them out of the wise path | which has led them along and which | has insured for them fortune, prosper- | ity and liberty.” SPAIN’S REPLY MAY RAISE NEW OBSTACLES MADRID, Aug. 8.—The Liberal this morning says: ‘“The Government ac- cepts the United States’ conditions and referendum, believing that it is not au- thorized to cede territory without the vote of the Cortes. If McKinley ob- jects, the Cortes will be convoked this month. A fresh note from President McKinley, replying to Spain’s reply, is expected during the course of this week.” Continuing, the Liberal expresses the opinion that ‘‘certain passages of Spain’s reply may lead to an exchange of cable messages of a critical nature, possibly creating fresh difficulties.” HOPES AMERICA WILL BE MERCIFUL TO SPAIN PARIS, Aug. 8.—The Temps says it is to be hoped that the noble resigna- tion of Spain will touch the heart of President McKinley and that he wiil consider it honorable to show that the United States is great and magnani- mous enough to spare the vanquished enemy, not to abuse its victory and to desire by the generosity of its acts to make the treaty with the people they have learned to respect on the battle- fields a veritable pact of friendship.. It is certain, the Temps adds, that Spain will be rewarded for her wisdom. Freed from the Cuban incubus she will regain energy and vitality and march with joyful steps toward a calm and prosperous future. Baldwin Horses Seized. LOS ANGELES, Aug. S8.—Constable Quinn went to Baldwin's ranch, in the San Gabriel Valley this morning, and seized four well-known racehorses—San Bernardo, San_Antonio, Rey del Rio and La Garedo. They were taken on an at- tachment in the suit brought by E. C. Short against E. J. Baldwin for $258 55, all edtohsdueshortuwntsum employe of Baldwin on the ranc!