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V OLUME XVI. DALLAS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY. AUGUST Such Statement is Given Out. L Only tup Onfalls of Proposition Needed to Mad Hostilities. The President Receives the Information. A special cable to the New York Evening Journal from Madrid pub* lished in a late extra edition of that paper Tuesday saya: "Spain accepts the principal condi tions of peace as set forth by the American government and only the peaco details are neeeded to cause all hostilities to cease at once. "A peaoe delegation will be chosen at once to confer with the representa tives of the United States. The peace conditions set forth by President Mo- Kinley were discussed at length by Minister Sagasta, and at the conclu sion it was given out officially that the terms of the United States would be acoepted. There are one or two amendments to the proposition of the United States that Spain will ask to be made, and if this is done peace will be declared at once. ” Caintion Ha. Spain'. An.wer. The Madrid correspondent of the London Standard, telegraphing Tues day, says: “The government’s reply to the American terms, .was forwarded yester day (Monday) evening through M. Cambon and there is a strong prospect that peace will be concluded. It is not to be supposed that the United States government will o'bjeot to representa tions being made on the Philippine question anil upon some pecuniary claims which were mooted by the United States in the West Indies. On all nie remaining main issues Spain shows a disposition to assent to the American demands. “No cabinet oouncil wns held Tues day nor are the ministers likely to meet again until fresh intelligence is received from Washington. The gen eral impression is that both govern ments are disposed to put an end to the war as honorably as possible for Spain, which would have been easier had the United States not imposed such hard conditions with regard to the Philippines.” Information Unofficial. A Washington special says: Shortly before midnight Tuesday night Secre tary Alger, as he left the white house after a conference with the president, said the administration had received no official information that the Madrid government hail accepted the terras of peace proposed by the United States. Unofficially, the president had been informed that the Spanish ministry had acceded to the terms of this coun try for a cession of the war. The unofficial advicos reached the president in the form not only of press dispatches, but of private dis patches from confidential agents ef the United States government. While the government has strong reasons for believing that its terms of peace have been agreed to by the Madrid government, the president is taking nothing for granted. Arrangements for pressing the war to a successful conclusion are going forward precisely as if no negotiations for pence were in progress. At a conference participated in by the president,Secretary Alger and Ad jutant General Corbin at the executive mansion Tuesday night, a final decis ion was renched as to the constitution of the provisional corps for Porto Rico to bo commanded by General Wade. HOBSON THE TOAST. Lieutenant Ilntl Possession of Atlanta, fin., For a Whole Da)’. Richard Pearson Hobson has had at least two warm receptions in his life. One was under the belching fires of Morro; the other wns in the midst of Atlanta’s hospitality Tuesday. The hero of the Merrimac was the toast of the whole town. From the time he arrived Tuesday morning until he de parted Tuesday night he received one continuous ovation from young aud old, big and little, patrician ami ple beian. The reception of Hobson prov ed that Atlanta is not lncking in her appreciation of true bravery. PEACE TERMS OF THIS GOVERN. MENT ARE DISCUSSED. PRICE BISMARCK IS DEI GREATEST DIPLOMAT GERMANY EVER PRODUCED. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS WANTED'. Negotiation. May Soon B. Vtonclnded Satisfactorily nml the Wnr Brought To An Knd. A Madrid special saya: Tho cabinet Teoeived a cablegram from M. Cambon Monday and held two long sessions discussing peace. The members re fused to talk further than to say that the United States had imposed another condition entirely new besides those already known. No hint is given as to what this condition iB. Duke Almodovar, minister of for- eighn affairs, conferred at length with the French, Austriau and German ambassadors and then consulted Sa gasta. The universal impression is that the cabinet will finally aocept the principal conditions imposed and agree to evacuate Cuba aud ourren- der Porto Rico, time securing an ar- mistioe and discuss less hurriedly other minor conditions and details of evacuation. A second dispatch states that the Spanish cabinet council sat Monday afternoon and again for four hours at night dismissing the peace terms. A dispatch wus then sent to Washington for further explanation of some diffi- onlt points. When the replies are received the cabinet will reassemble. Senor Sa gasta, the premier, confirms the report that some “modifications of the origin al terms have been obtained." Waiting At Washington. A Washington special says: All eyes were turned toward Madrid Mon day, for it was realized that on the Madrid cabinet depended the restore' tion of peace. Any question that nmy have arisen as to the powers of the French ambassador was set at rest by a short, gnardod and concise state ment issued from the embassy itself. There wan much speculation as to the nature of tho change made at the in-., stiftice of M. Cambon' in tho list of American demands. It was consider ed in some quarters that no change bad been made, in others that an im portant modification bad developed. Tho administration believes that the change is not essential and that it cer tainly does not alter the principle of the document. Pencil Term. Made Public. The following statement prepared by the president nnd cabinet in re gard to the terms of peace bos been given out: “In order to remove any misappre hension in regard to the negotiations as to peace between the United States and Spain it is deemed proper to say that the terms offered by the United States to Spain in the note handed to the French nmbnssador ore in sub stance as follows: “‘The president does not now put forward any claim for pecuniary in demnity, but requires the relinquish ment of all claims of sovereignty over or title to. the island of Cuba os well as the immediate evacuation by Spain of the island; thecession to the United States and immediate evacuation of I’orto Rico and other islands under Spanish sovereignty in the West In dies; and the like cession of an island in the Ladrones. Tho United States will occupy and hold the city, hay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclu sion of a treaty of peace whioh shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines. “ ‘If these terms are accepted by Spain in their entirety it is stated that commissioners will be named by the United States to meet commissioners on the part of Spain for the purpose of concluding n treaty of peace on the basis above indicated.’ ” The statement as given out is a mere synopsis of the full terms, the orignal numbering 1,100 words, writ ten in diplomatic language,and cover ing all the details. The commission will be actually a peace commission and will prepare the treaty which will terminate formally the war with Spain. However, a sus- oension of hostilities may be sooner declared. DIRECT WIRE TO PONCE. MADE POSSIBLE GERMAN EMPIRE. am Warrior Nation. Wcie A. Tot. In HI. Hand.—Brilliant and Sn«- caa.ful Career, General Greely Bai K.tabll.bcd Commie nicntlon Wifi Mile., General Greely, chief signal officer, was able to announce with a great deal of gratification Monday that he was now in direct communication with General Miles’ headquarters at Ponce. Heretofore all messages from the general have come via a dispatch boat to St. Thomas sod thence by cable, in volving a delay of from twelve to twenty hours. When the Spanish forces retreated from Ponce thev de stroyed the cable instruments. Gen eral Greely succeeded in getting the officials at St. Thomas to Bend over new instruments. A^pecial from Berlin states that Prince Bismarck died shortly before II o’clock Saturday night at Fried- richsrnhe. The death of the ex-chancellor came as a surprise to all Europe. Despite the family denial, there was an under current of apprehension when the sinking of the prince was first an nounced, inspired more by what the family left unsaid than by any infor mation given. Prince Bismarck never for a moment believed himself in danger until the last day. It appears that the ex-chancellor's death was not precipitated by sudden complications, but was rather the cul mination of chronic diseases, neural gia of the face and inflamation of the veins, which kept him in constant pain, that wns borne with the iron for titude which might have been ex pected. The beginning of the end dates from July 20th, when the prinoo was confined to his bed. HO had been sev eral days prostrated before an inkling of his decline reached the world. The prince was unconscious for sev eral hours before the end came and his breath nlmost failed repeatedly. He died without a struggle. Brief Sketch of the Iron Chancellor. Prince Otto. Eduard Leopold Bis marck von Schonbnusen was horn of an old noble family of the "Mark” (Brandenburg) at Schonhausen, April 1, 1815. He was created a count Sep tember lfi, 1805, and prince (Furst) Von Bismarck in March, 1871. He was educated at the universities of Gottingen and Griefewnhl, spent some timo in the nrmy and subsequently settled down ns a country gentleman. Brought up in political faith of the junkers, or Prussian Tory squirearchy, lie became, in 1840, n member of the provincial district of Saxony and of the Prussinn diet, in which ho first attracted attention by his fiery speeches in defense of tho old monarchial party. Bismarck was sent as ambassador to St. Petersburg in 1850 nnd held that position until 1802. In May of 1802 he became Prussinn ambassador at Paris. Five months Inter lie wns mnde first minister of the Prussian crown. Within the next ten years ho hum bled the Austrinn empire, destroyed tho French empire and created the new German empire. He remodeled the map of Enrope, dismembering Denmnrk and Frnnce. Ho enlarged the frontiers of Prussia by the annex ation of vnrious provinces, including the dominions of three dethroned Ger man princes nnd succeeded in placing Germany, which had previously been the weakest and less respected of nil the grent powers, at the head of all the states of Europe. Bismarck’s next achievement was to prevent the attempted annexation of Luxembourg by Napoleon III in 1888. In 1888 Bismarck withdrew for some months from active public life, hut he was in power again before the end of the year. Thor came the Frnnco- German wnr of 1870, and after a cam paign consisting of nn unbroken ae ries of victories, largely due to the strategic genius of Count von Moltke, King William was nhlo, through his chancellor, to dictate terms of peace to his nssnilnnt. Of the events in Prineo Bismarck’s life subsequent to the Franco-German war, it may be mentined that he pre sided at tho congress of Berlin in 1878 and 1880, nnd the Congo or colonial conference of 1884. Prince Bismark took a prominent part in connection with the triple al liance between Germany, Austria and Italy. The publication of the late Fredrick William’s dinry, in September, 1888, threw a light upon some of the imperial transactions in which Prince Bisinark has been engaged. Much sensation was created both in Germany nnd else where, by the revelation of the diary respecting the authorship of the idea of German unity. Tho late emperor claimed to have proposed this policy and to have experienced great difficulty in persuading Prince Bismark of its practicability. The reported resignation of Prince Bismarck as Prussian prime minister and chancellor was announced in February, 1890, hut did not actually occur until March 17th of that year, when divergences of opinion between him nnd the emperor 1- d to his retire ment. His departure from Berlin was made the occasion of great popu lar demofistrntion. The desire of the German people for a reconciliation between the Prince aud Emperor William was happily granted in 1895. BY SPAIN TO TREAT DIRECTLY FOR PEACE. HERO OF THE MERRIMAC AR RIVES AT LYTHIA SPRINTS. AMBASSADOR SHOWS CREDENTIALS A JOYFUL WELCOME I«*l«»ll of Being Only a Hearer of Petition He It Given Full Authority to No- yotlate I'eaca Terma. A Washington special says: Events of the most momentous character oc curred at the conference at the white house Saturday afternoon between the president, Ambassador Cambon, of Frnnoe, and Secretary Day, carrying the peace negotiations far beyond the mere submission of terme of peace by the United States and reaching the point of a preliminary basis of peace between the government of Spain and the government of the United States, needing only the ratification of the Madrid cabinet in what was done to bring the war to an end. This was accomplished on the part of Spain when Ambassador Cnmbon presented to the president credentials he hod received from the Spanish gov ernment appointing him envoy extra ordinary and plenipotentiary, with complete instructions ob to the man ner of acting upon, every one of the pence conditions presented by the United States, inolnding the disposi tion of Cuba, Porto Bico, the Philip pines, the Ladrones, indemnity, arm istice anil nil other questions likely to arise iu the oourse of the negotiations. With these credentials authorizing him to spenk as plenipotentiary for the gov ernment of Spain, and with full in struction on every point at issue. Am bassador Cambon, in behalf of Spain, not only received the peaco conditions laid down by the American cabinet some hours previously, but thereupon entered upon tlieir full discussion with- a view to reaching a final and com plete agreement. After strong urgmnont the president and Secretary Day consented to a modification of the American terms in one particular. What that modification relates to is not disclosed, but it is believed not to npply to the condition for tho absolute independence of Cuba, the cession of Porto Rico or ttie granting of adequate coaling stations to the United Stntes in the Pacific or to diminish in nny vital particular the terms on which peace will he restored. The modifica tion brought about practical unanimity tween tho president and Ambassador Cnmbon, as plenipotentiary for Spain, and the latter 1ms now transmitted tho results of tho conference to Madrid for approval, which, if given, will end tho wnr. Denouvnnnt T7n expected. The profoundly important resnlts developed came about most expected ly. Abassndor C'amhon’s cnll was sot 1 for 2 o’clock, nnd it wns expected to last but n few minutes, while the an swer of the United States was be ing handed to him. But since the original proposition of Spnin wns presented some (lnys bofore, M. Cnmbon hnd prepared himself to speak with authority on the questions whioh were to arise. The president himself lmd preferred this courso, although outside of himself and tho ambassador few were aware that the latter would come rondy to treat as the envoy of Spain. The first instructions to M. Gam bon made him merely a medium of coinmuuicating Spain’s first note, but now he appeared with all the attri butes of the direct diplomatic officer of Spnin, empowered to act for the government within his very complete instructions. Iu discussing the points at issue M. Cnmbon, who is a man of fervent olo- quence, spoke with nn intensity of feeli' g which made a deep impression on the president and the others pres ent, He spoke in French, each sen tence being caught up and interpreted by M. Thelmult with rapidity, so that the earnestness of tho ambassador’s impression lost little by this indirect method of communication. Tho pres ident spoke with equal frankness, and in the lengthy discission there was scarcely a point in tho whole range of tho war which was not met and freoly considered. FIVE PICKNICKEKN DROWNED. Kowlng Hunt. Collide and Occupant. Find » Watery Grave In Ue.plninea Itiver. Five persons attending the picnic of tho Chicago Cloakmakers' Union, at Columbia park Sunday, were drowned iu the Despluines river. Tho dead are: Annie Seibvusky, Annie Pogratski, Jacob Harris, A. Schiunberg and Samuel Roche. Thirteen of the merry-makers were rowing about tho river in three boats. In the center of the stream the boats collided and the whole party was soon struggling in the water. Rescuers hurried from the shore a quarter of a mile distant, bnt before they could reach the boat five persons had gone down for the last time. H«lln| Between Mother and Ron Wa. Pathetic and AF.ctlnn.te Ovation. Along tho Way. Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hob son reached Lithia Springs, Ga., Monday morning from New York on a visit to bis mother who is temporarily sojourning at that resort. The lieutenant arrived in Atlanta at 5:10 o’clock, a. m., and notwithstand ing the early hour there were many to greet him and shake his hand. The stop in tba Gate City was for only twenty minntes aud the hero of the Merrimac was soon speeding toward Austell. In the meantime a loving mother awaited a long absent son on the plat form by the railroad at Lithia Springs. When the traiu finally pulled up to the station where the mother waited, a crowd of guosts from tho Sweetwater Park hotel had gathered to join in tho welcome. Lieutenant Hobson alighted from the roar end of the car when his moth er was looking for him to come from the front. He saw her ahead and went to meet her. She turned, aud seeing him, came toward him. The meeting was a pathetic one. The son kissed his mother, who threw her arms around his ueck and for several mo ments rested her head on his shoulder, Bhodding tears of joy. The crowd stood aside in reverence to snch affoo- tion. To say that Mrs, Hobson was over joyed to see her son would express it too mildly. As she walked up the lane from the depot to the hotel, lean ing upon the arm of her boy, her face was allow with happiness. She was, too, justly proud of her son, of whom so much is being made. These two led the way from the railroad station, nnd (he hotel guests followed, two by two. At the hotel the lifutenant was stopped hut a moment to receive the wcloorai) a few guests were eager to extend—tlioso who had not gone to the train. The hotel parlors were decorated with the most beautiful flowers, flags were draped over tho portieres aud the word "Welcome” made of gTeen leaves was spread over the door. A string hand furnished music. The proprietor of the hotel spared no ctlort in his arrangements for bronk- fnnt nnd his table decorations. The flowers used were magnificent and were, after the meal, removed to the lieutenant’s room. After taking hronkfast Lieutenant Hobson retired to his room for a rest aftor his long ride from Asheville, N. C., and the crowd, nevor tired of see ing him, waited eipectnntly for his re appearance. It is easy to nee thnt above the ap plause thnt wnits upon him every where he turnH Hobson’s mind is riv eted on something more substantial, something that absorbs his every mo ment and often loads him off in ab straction. Ho is thinking of his scheme for raising the Cristobal Co lon, the proudest ship of Cervera’s fleet that went down off Santiago. Conversation with him on this suhjoct is easily obtained, although the lieu tenant talkH to the landlubber in technical language that only a naval export could fully appreciate. I MERRITT APPEARS UNEASY. Again Cabin. Wtr Department of Th. IMillIpplne Situation. A Washington special says: General Merritt has again cabled the war de partment relative to the situation in Manila, which he finds very unsatis factory, owing to the attitude of the insurgents. It wns reported to Gen eral Merritt that the attitude of tho insurgents is similar to that assumed by Garcia’s Cubans on the question of their right to enter anil possess them selves of tho city, although in this case these insurgents arc a very much more formidable element, being not only more numerous, but better armed anil filled with the arrogance follow ing numerous victories over tho Span ish forces. General Merritt, however, indicates that he will do his tumost to protect citizens from the savagery of the in surgents, though his task is a delicate anil difllcult one, because of the fact that he must, while fighting the Span iards, bo ready at any moment to repel tho insurgents. The general gave notice that lie wbb about to combine with Admiral Dewey in a joint demand for tho surrender of the city to the United States forces, thus forestalling the insurgents, and this movement may cause a rupture. It is possible, in view of the fact that General Merritt’s cablegram was sent from Cavite last Thursday, that this movement Iisr been made already by the combined American forces. Absolutely Mir* mru wan. mm. aiw vom. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The New Inilu.trle. llepnrl.il In thn South During the Port Week. The more important of ths new In dustries reported the past week from southern points comprise the rebuild ing of the barrel factory recently burned iu South Carolina; a casket factory in West Tennessee; a chair faotory in Texas; a cotton gin in South Carolina; a municipal electric light plant iu Virginia; ii [louring mill in Arkansas, one of 50-barr Is sapaoity in North Georgia, one each in Kontuoky and Virginia, aud two iu South Carolina—one of them a 150,000 investment; a hardwood factory establishment in Middle Geor gia by Pennsylvania parties; ice fac tories in Kentucky and tho Carolines; a knitting mill in North Carolina; a f15,000 water and light plant in Ala bama; lumber mills iu Louisiana and Koutnoky; a mattress factory in Vir ginia; another petroleum company in the Corsicana field; a 8100,000 branch of the American Fish Oil Co., on the East Texas coast; a plaining milt and novelty works in South Carolina; a saw mill in Alabama, and a 825,000 rice, mill in Louisiana.—Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Tenu.) 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