The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1898, Page 1

Call SAN FRANCISC THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1898 SAGASTA’S R PEACE PROTOCOL DELIVERED NI O CAMBON'S HANDS ‘He Expects to Receive Authority From and Ac Madrid to Sign cept It. Hostilities Between Spai n and the United States May Be Declared at an End To-Day. We have agreed upon a protocol embodying the proposed | terms for the negotiation of a treaty of peace, including the evac- yation of Cuba and Porto Rico, a col will be executed.—Secretary of NEW YORK, ‘The Wash- ington cor: Herald 1 Spain’s re- con: y the admin- a definite acceptance of roposed by the President. have been put in to the This protocol was hands of nbas- abled it to Mad- to receive authority Gquernment to for- sign it in behalf of | Aug. beer | , who ties between the | n will cease jus aval and military c two governments in and the Philippines | i | drawn up, is an elab- printed this morn- e the" dates for[ ,anish troops. a de- | Porto £t to be arranged | ers of the United understanding be- | ation | and and forces. | hall be | al of and oc 1 by Amer that there withd a affairs throughout nd will be administered horitles of the United now being done in lowed to evacuate the and Porto Rico with all her troops taking and equipment: cretary Day, it can be said p , will be one of the peace commis- There are the best reasons for of the com- Senators Allison of be Gorman of Maryland, Justice ‘Brown of the Supreme Court of the 1 States and either Embassador »r Porter. Spain, it ved, will be represented on the on by her Minister of Foreign nd her Embassadors at Lon- who participated in the nd by other men who 24 experience as diplo . The ident hopcs the commission will able to complete its work by No- ional elections, g0 as y ratified with the HOSTILITIES SOON MAY .- CEASE IN PORTO RICO S NEW YORK, Aug. 10—The Wash- Ington correspondent of the Herald slegraphs the following: Gener:! Miles ing - about moving upon San ‘It does not seem to be the plan administration to needlessly ex- ihe United States troops when the may be occupied without blood- ve good reason to believe orders 4 n directing that hos- soon as the peace ne- h the point where that orders will then be . ny by the adjutant , under order of the President. THERE. MAY BE DELAY " oF A DAY OR TWO SHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The pre- v pegotiations looking toward “the .confirmation of peace advanced a Iong step to-day when the Secretary of ; and the French Embassador & upon the terms upon which fu- egotiations for a treaty are to be _conducted and reduced these to the form.ot-a protocol. THIs protocol, it 18 ivne, is yet to be signed and is to be " gubmitted to the Spanish Government ;.péfore the formal signatures are affixed, ‘the administration views as to the g made to-day was set out in Day’s sentence: is expected that this protocol will b executed.” *rFere must be a delay, possibly from fwenty-four to forty-elght hours, be- “‘$ara the next step can be taken and the | | ae | the other bér 1. If this result is reached an 4 jon of the Senate will be | probably immedliately nd it is expected that the proto- State Day in an interview. | protocol n e binding upon both the d States and Spain by the at- nent of the signatures of the plen- , Secretary Day for the tes and M. Cambon for The delay wi be largely at- ble te physical causes. believed that the protocol car- hin itself provisions for the n of hostilities. 1 contingent is urgent that our nt adopt the fusing to enter into an ar- . without acquiring some sub- stantial pledge to secure the consumma- on of peace. What they particularly fre is that our Government shall demand a: condition of the cessation of hostili the surrender to the United States military forces of Morro Castle at the entrance of Havana har- bor and some such points of vantage at rtant ports in the terri- our control. tory soon SPANISH LOSSES VERY HEAVY AT MALATE y Works for Two Hours Carry- ing Off the Dead After a Brush at Night. SOL N. SHERIDAN. Enem BY Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1895, by. James Gor- don Bennett. CAMP DEWEY, Aug. 3 (via Hong- kong, Aug 9).—The Nebraska and the Eighteenth Infantry held the trenches last night. At about 10 o'clock the Spaniards opened fire from Malate. | Private C. L. Lewis of Company E, First Nebraska, was killed by shrap- [nel in the trenches. Several Nebras- | kans were wounded, George Harrison | of Company A seriously, by the same | shell that killed Lewis. The Spanish loss is reported heavy. | They were two hours carrying off the | died early this morning. Pariah dogs were seen from the American lines feeding on Spanish bodies. Winflield A. Schneider of the Pennsyl- vanians succumbed to his wound to- day. | | AGUINALDO AND HIS FOLLOWERS SULLEN Beginning to Realize the Trend of American Policy as Regards the Philippines. ‘able to The Call and the New York d. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett. CAVITE, July 31, via Hongkong Special H, and Paris, Aug. 9.—There has been an im- proved condition of affairs since the natives were prohibited the free run of the arsenal. A sullen disposition prevails in the city. Aguinaldo and his officers and followers are beginning to | realize the development of the Ameri- | can policy on new lines. The visits of | Aguinaldo and his alds to General An- derson’s headquarters were becoming a nuisance and are now to be firmly dis- couraged. Major Tilden of the First California and Lieutenant Mead of the First Ore- gonians are ill with typhoid fever. Private Walter Berdine, Company E, Twenty-third Infantry, of Galveston, died from pneumonia after — . LAN REGULARS Special cable to The Call and the New York Herall, Copyrigh 1895, by James Gor- don Bennett. B gan NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Bulletins from the Herald's correspondent in Guate- mala announce again that the Gov- ernment has had an advantage in all the encounters with Morales. Several combats have taken place between Quezaltenango and Olos. In one of these General Barillas, commander of the Government troops, reports eighty killed of his men and 120 of the enemy. The British second-class cruiser Leandre, by request of the American and eGrman Ministers, has bee nsent to Olos to protect foreign interests there. Morales raised a forced loan at that place and procured $1600 from the American Coneul and $2500 from the German Consul. The insurrectionists took 800 sacks of coffee there, ready for export, with which to build breast- works. Assassination and vandalism are so frequent as to attract no attention. chal Spaniards Will Fight Stubbornly. The Call_and the New don Bennett. ST. THOMAS, D. W. I, Aug. 10— British Consul General Crawford ar- rived to-day from San Juan. He says the Spaniards will maks g stnhhorn re- sistance if attacked. AND INSURGENTS CLASH | | of our sallors, commanded by Lieuten- | ant Atwater, Assistant Engineer Jen- On this point | Napoleonic | | i | SPAN EPLY CONSTRUED S A DEFINITE ACCEPTANC PRICE FIVE CENTS. BIRDSEYE VIEW SHbWING THE SCENE OF THE BATTLE BEFORE MALATE ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 3i, WITH MANILA IN THE DISTANCE. Running from the foreground through Malate and Ermita, just beyond, and thence on to Manila, is the Camino Real, or King’s Highway, which encir- cles the bay from Cavite to Manila. In the fprzground to the right is the road to Pasay, a mile further to the northward, to which the insur- gents who withdrew from the Zm3rican fight retired. Farther up, a littie over half a mile from the Spanish works before Malate, is the line of breastworks thrown up by the Americans, running from the beach on the left to the Camino Real. In the center of this line is the Capuchin Chapel, where four guns of the Utah Battery were posted. To the right of the road is an open space with a thicket beyond, some 250 yards from the east end of the American line, skirting a mangrove swamp that extends nearly over to the Pasig River. It was in this gap between the end of the American works and the thicket, abandoned by the insurgents in the morning and only covered by two com- 3 panies of the Tenth Pennsylvania and a part of the Utah Battery, that the heaviest fighting took place, and where the California boys so unflinchingly met and repelled the attempt of the Spaniards to turp the American right, which would have meant disaster for the whole body of troops at Camp Dewey, some distance below. S FORCE DRIVEN BACK AT CAPE SN JUAN One Hundred of the Foe Slain. ATTACK ON A LIGHTHOUSE GUNS OF THE SHIPS REPEL THE ASSAULT. American Marines and Sailors Inflict Heavy Loss, While but One Man on Our Side Is ‘Wounded. Spectal Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- Gon Bennett. CAPE SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 10, by Call-Herald dispatch-boat Som- mers N. Smith to St. Thomas, D. W. L, Aug. 10.—There was a two hours’ fight before daybreak yesterday. Eight hun- dred Spaniards attempted to retake the lighthouse, which was guarded by forty kins, Ensign Bronson and Gunner Campbell. The Spaniards were driven back by shells from the Amphitrite, Cincinnati and ieyden. Refugees report that 100 Spaniards were killed. ‘Willlam H. Boardman of the Amphi- trite, of Lawrence, Mass, a second class man in the Naval Academy, was sericusly wounded. He was in the lighthouse. The Spanish advance began from Rio Grande, whither the Spanish had re- treated after the first landing of troops at Cape San Juan last week. They marched through Luquillo and pulled down the American flag at Fajardo and replaced the Spanish flag. Terrified refugees warned the light- ‘house force that the Spanish wege com- ing. Sixty women and children wers in an outbuilding of the lighthouse during the fight. The Spanlards opened with a machine gun at a distance of 300 yards. The Leyden, Ensign Crosiey commanding, rushed to within 100 yards of shore and poured one-pounders into the Span- jards. Captain Barciay of the Amphi- trite used six-pounders and the Cin- cinnatt five-inch guns. The ships land- ed 250 men during the fight and rein- [forced the lighthouse. A machine gun, | rifles and ammunition were left by the retreating Spaniards. Ensign Crosley took the refugees off | at daybreak, and has gone to Ponce. Our flag is still on the lighthouse. but the force has been withdrawn. The Amphitrite’s guns cover the lighthouse, ready to annihilate it if our flag is hauled down. It is one of the most important lights on the island. The Cincinpati has gone to San Juan to do blockade dut-. ENGINEER REGIMENT SAILS FOR PORTO RICO NEW. YORK, Aug. 10.—The transport Chester, with the First Regiment of Volunteer Engineers, numbering about g’on men, sailed to-day for Porto co. NATIVES LOSE FAITH IN' CHIEF AGUINALDO CAVITE, Manila Bay, Aug. 3, via Hongkong, Aug. 9.—The . iericans are disgusted with the conduct of Agui- naldo, the ‘insurgent’ leader, whose power Is weakening owing to the fact that the Filipinos are realizing the un- substantiality of his promises. Two insurgent steamers are row in Manila Bay provisioning, i. order to insure Aguinaldo’s escape if necessary. The American fleld hospital worked splendidly under a galling flre at the battle of Malate. KILLED AT MALATE. Fred E. Springstead, Company D, First Colorado United States Volun- teers, was killed by the explosion of a Spanish shell during the attack on the American forces before Manila on the night of August 1. Spring- stead’s home was at Greeley, Colo. TROOPS T0 BE HURRIEDTOTHE Orders Issued by Al- ger to Merriam. LARGE FORCE FOR POLICING ATTITUDE OF AGUINALDO AN UNCERTAIN QUANTITY. Possibly News of a Decisive Engage- ment Will Be Received From General Merritt Be- fore Long. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: It is considered that no less than 20,000 men will be needed to properly garrison the Philippine Islands and I am informed the orders from Secretary Alger to General Merriam to hurry additional troops to Manila look rather to com- pleting the expedition as an adequate military force than to any new move- ment. There was no surprise expressed that advices did not come from General Merritt to-day, as the cable station is 1100 miles from his base of operations and he would not consider it practica- ble to send dispatch boats so frequent- ly. It was recognized that the recent engagement was but an incident to General Merritt's extended invesiment of the ctly. It is by no means certain though there {. some talk to the effect that General Merritt has been instruct- ed not to take the city. I am informed that even had Admiral Dewey taken the city he would have been unable to properly police it with its disorderly population of 300,000 {nhabitants. To do this the presence of an army would be needed and it is felt the next news from General Merritt may give an ac- count of a decisive engagement. There is another theory here, how- ever; as to why the order went from Secretary Alger hurrying forward troops—namely. that the element of Aguinaldo and the insurgents was as yet an uncertain one, and the presence of more troops in case of the occupa- tion of Manila or otherwise would be most timely. PRAISE FOR AMERICANS BY THE LONDON PRESS LONDON, Aug. 10.—The afternoon newspapers comment upon the battle PHILIPPINES | of Malate as a repetition of a now fa- | miliar story. They say the ‘“‘Spaniards were brave and incompetent, firing wildly and attacki too late; the Americans we e br , cool and skill- ful, notwithstanding that their opera- tions were conducted in the midst of a | tropical monsoon.” The papers also refer to the “omin- ous neutrality of the Filipinos™” as be- ing evidence of trouble in store for the Americans. F e PRIESTS FAIL IN A MISSION OF MERCY BY SOL N. SHERIDAN. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1893, by James. Gor- don Bennett. CAMP DEWEY, Aug. 3 (via Hong- | kong, Aug. 9).—The attempts to secure the surrender of Manila without fur- ther bloodshed by the intervention: of the church has failed. Since General Merritt's arrival the chaplains, the Paulist Fathers, Dougherty and Mc- Kinnon, have been trying to secure an entrance to the city through the me- dium of the Belgian Consul to see the Archbishop, whose influence is para- mount in Manila. Several engagements made by the Consul to carry the party across the bay in a launch were not kept. Finally the Consul intimated that he would meet the fathers on the Malate lines, showing the Belgian flag, to indicate where to cross. The priests | kept the appointment, going to the front under a heavy fire, but no flag | was shown. This closed the incident. Manila is now left to its fate. — . — |ALL TROOPS NOW HERE WILL GO TO MANILA WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—General Merritt's force in the Philippines is to be increased by the 7000 troops nLow at San Francisco, which will be sent as soon as transports can be obtained. Secretary Alger said to-day that 2000 troops would sail at once. The depart- ment has not sufficient transports at hand to convey the remaining 5000 at present, but the Secretary says that with those already arrived and on the sea, together with the 2000 which are to leave San Francisco at once, Gen- eral Merritt will have a force of 18.000 and theres will be no hurry for the em- barkation of the remaining troops. The department has had an offer of two ships to transport the troops, but con- sidered the price asked excessive, and it is probable the return of the trans- ports that first went to Manila will be awaited. The Secretary to-day cabled General Merritt asking him when it was ex- pected the transports would return to San Francisco. If they are likely to reach that point within three weeks, their return will be awaited, as it will take at least that length of time to get pew transports in readiness to carry troops. Zola Declared to Be in Germany. Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1335, by James Gor- don Bennett. ) PARIS, Aug. 10.—The Rappelsaysthat in uglto of all contradictions M. Zola is at the Hotel de Prusse, in Lelpsic, and that he s ;nveunx under the name of George e GARCIA MAKES WAR ON KIS OWN ACCOUNT Captures the Town of Gibara. SICK AND WOUNDED CAPTIVES HOLGUIN NOW BESIEGED BY THE CUBAN GENERAL. Eight Thousand Troops Engaged. The Surrender of the Town Has Been Demanded From General Luque. e Copyrighted, 153, by the Assoclated Press. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 10— Lieutenant Colonel ' Jane of General Calixto Garcia’s staff, has just arrived from the front with dispatches an- nouncing the occupation of Gibara, on the north coast of the province of San- tiago de Cuba, by General Garcia's troops. Gibara was evacuated by the Span- iards. They left a thousand sick and wounded soldiers, who are being taken care of by the Cuban commander. General Garcia, with 8000 troops, is besieging Holguin, now occupied by the Spanish general, Luque, whose surren- der has been demanded. SPANISH SCHOONER SICVA MARIA TAKEN Captured by the Auxiliary Gunboat Hornet While in Quest of a Cargo of Food. KEY WEST, Aug. 10.—The auxiliary gunboat Hornet arrived here this after- noon with the Spanish two-masted schooner Silva Maria, captured while running from Batabano to the Isle of Pines for food. The Silva Maria car- ‘| ried six men but no cargo. This afternoon Commodore Remey received orders from Washington to release the steamer Tabasqueno, cap- tured by the gunboat Hawk, while making for Sagua la Grande under the French flag. Her case falls in the same category as that of the Bergen, Aladdin and Franklin, under the con- tention that Sagua la Grande is not a | blockaded port.