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VOLUME XVI.
DALLAS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1898.
NUMBER 39.
Answer to Peace Terms Approved
After a Week’s Discussion.
IMM to the Queen Regent by Sapsta
THE FOUR BASES OF OUR PROPOSITION LAID
DOWN WERE NOT TOUCHED UPON.
The President Did Not Modify the Original Peace Terms In the
Least, and the Acceptance By Spain Wan Necessarily
On That Basis—Official Notification Awaited.
A Madrid special of Sunday says:
The cabinet council terminated after
having completely approved the reply
to the United States, which, it is said,
aocepts the American conditions.
The reply will be telegraphed to
Senor Leon y Castillo, the Spanish
ambassador to France, so that M,
Cambon, the Frenbh ambassador at
Washington will receive it immedi
ately.
The government is fully convinced
that the note will be satisfactory to
the Washington government, and that
a suspension of hostilities will be its
immediate consequences.
The queen regent has approved the
reply accepting the conditions laid
down by the United States.
From a wpll-infurmed source it is
learned thflt while the answer to the
United States' terms does not dis
cuss the four bases which the United
States makes an essential preliminary
to peace, and which Spain accepts
without reservation, it points out
that in order to avoid the definitive
negotiations being in any way compli
cated by incidents of the war, it is'ex
pedient to agree beforehand to a sus
pension of hostilities.
It is reported that Duke Almodovar
de Bio, the minister of foreign affairs,
and Monsignor Merry del Val, Span
ish ambassador to tbe vactican, will bo
selected to represent Spain in the
negotiations.
The newspapers make no comments
on the situation owing to the strictness
of the censorship.
Senor Sagasto has submitted the an
swer to the queen regent and her ma
jesty approves the general lines, which
the premier fully explained to her.
The government believes that the
United States will accept Spain’s an
swer, and as a consequence hostilities
will immediately afterwards be sus
pended.
As the reply to the American terms
was only snbmitted to the queen regent
Saturday, all the reports of her pre
vious approval of the American de
mands were necessarily without found
ation.
Content, of the Note.
According to the most reliable
sources of information the Spanish
note is couched in dignified language.
It asserts that Spain bows to the force
of circumstances, having done nothing
to provoke the war, into which she
has been unwillingly led in the de
fense of her rights and territory.
It expresses a willingness to appoint
delegates to meet the American com
missioners to discuss a regime for the
Philippines.
It is understood that both Senor
flagasta and Duke Almodovar de Bio,
the foreign minister, the queen regent
that they felt deeply the painful duty
circumstances imposed upon them.
New. From Washington.
A Washington special of Sunday
says: Although as yet without official
confirmation of the report from Paris
that the Spanish government has de
cided to accept the terms laid down
by the United States as essential to
the negotiations of a treaty of peaoe,
the officials at the capital are proceed
ing under the conviction that the end
has come and are giving attention to
the steps to be taken next. In view
of the delay in coming to this conclu
sion the idea was beginning to prevail
that the Spanish government wn»
about to enter a plea in abatement,
and that tho answer would again be
inconclusive.
The president did not modify the
original peace terms in tho least, and
tho acceptance by Spain must be on
the following basis, the synopsis of
the terms being officially stated by
President McKinley:
"The president does not now put
forward any olaim for pecuniary in
demnity, but requires the relinquish
ment of all claims of sovereignty over
or title to the island of Cuba, as well
the immediate evacuation by Spain of
the island; the cession to the United
States and immediate evacuation of
Porto Bico and other islnnds under
Spanish sovereignty >iu the West In
dies; and the like cession of an island
WILL NEED ARMY.
Dl.bandinent Will Xr>t lie Drought About
dual Vet.
A Washington special says: As
suming that Spain has decided to nc-
oept our terms for tho negotiations of
peace, it is expected that hostilities
will be suspended at oueo.
This will not bo followed at any
earlier date by tho disbanding of tho
nrmy, but on the rontrnry, tho period
befori tho signing of tho formal peace
treaty and its ratification by tho sen
ate will be devoted to perfecting a
com mu-1 and effective organisation of
the'1|my and cleaning and repairing
11 tfbvossols of the navy. Tho sick
!nd| I'ftdod of tho army who arc ro-
ardoff-ns incapacitated for further
service will probably bo given their
discharges at an onrly date. The men
who are in good condition or are suf
fering only temporary disability will
be held togother and put in the best
possible Bhapo for sorvioo. A part of
the forcos sent to Torto Blco will be
kept thero and othor seut to Havana
and othor Cuban cities for garrison
duty. It is regarded as quito proba
ble that somo of tho best of Shatter’s
army now recuperating in tho United
States may have to be sent again to
Cuba.
The so-called immuncs who will take
the place of Genernl Shatter’s forcos
at Santiago nre in many cases, it is be
lieved, renlly immune, and it is there
fore probable that some of tnem will
not fall victims to tho climnt.e. Tho
protest of Senator Bacon against send
ing the Georgia “immunes” to Santi
ago indicate lack of confidence in the
TO BUINU THE ARMY AT 8ANTI*
AGO HOME.
Tho Itn.ult of Frotc.t of OHirer. Under
General Shafter -l’olnt. Selected
For Convnluscoutii.
M. TITLES CAVBOIT*
(The French Minister who Is aettog for
Spain In tho peace negotiation..)
the hew tbince msBAncx:
(To Horbert, the sod of tho late Frlnoe, haa
descended the tltloot his Illustrious
father and the estato of Frtedrlehsrah.)
locality from which tho so-called im
muuos come in their ability to with
stand the heat. Communications to
tbo department from frieudB of some
other “immunes” shows the feeling of
anxidty which exists. The depart
ment, however, whilo anticipating
that there will be sickness among tbe
immunes and that somo of them will
have to be brought back incapacitated,
does not fool that the great anxiety
expected is warranted. The rogiments
sent to relieve Shaftor’s. whether actu
ally immune or not, will land there
under much better conditions than
General Shatter’s army and will be
provided with every comfort possible.
“IMMUNES” GET^OFF.
in the Ladrones. The United States
will occupy and hold the city, bay and
harbor of Manila, pending the conclu
sion of a treaty of peaoe which shall
determine the control, disposition and
government of the Phillipines. ’’
Some reference has been made in
the dispatches of British newspapers
to a desire on the part of the Spanish
government to include in the prelim
inary agreement a clause exempting it
from liability from the Cuban debt.
The formal statement of the points
of the United States note given out
from the white house made no refer
ence to this subject and it cannot be
known as yet whether or not the full
text shows anything more. But pre
suming that no reference whatever is
made to the Cuban debt it is possible
tbe subject may be regarded ns one
that should be treated by the peace
commissioners who are to most later
to frame the treaty, which, of course,
will embody many details that are left
untouched in the main proposition,
though cabinet officers have authorized
the statement that no part of the
Cuban or Porto hican debts would be
assumed by tbe United States.
CUBANS FILE CLAIMS.
They Want United State, to Par Damage.
Inflicted Dr Spaniard*.
The announcement that the United
State* government will assume liability
for the claims of the insurgents against
the Spanish government on account of
injuries and damages sustained in the
Cuban insurrection has caused the
filing of a large number of claims with
the state department.
Very many of these are not based
upon events occurring during the last
rebellion, but date back for many
years and relate to excessive custom
collections, damages sustained through
municipal maladministration, alleged
THEY ABE IMMUNE.
illegal confinement and such thiugs. | men immunes.”
Canadlan-Amerlcan Laglnn A.k. Permis
sion to Go to Cubs.
Yellow fever has no terrors to the
Canadian-American legion, of Chicago,
and its officers and mon are ’’eager to
fill the places of those driven from the
front by the plague. Many of tbe
men are fever immunes, having served
in the British army in Egypt, India,
South America and the West Indies.
At a meeting of the officers Saturday
the following telegram was sent to
Governor Tanner:
“The Canadian American legion vol
unteers to relieve troops at Santiago.
Large proportion of our officers and
Transport Ralls From Savannah Hound
For Santiago tie Culm.
The transport Bio Grande sniled from
Savannah, Ga., Monday with two
battalions, the first and third, of the
Fifth United States volunteer regi
ment, from Columbus, Miss., for San
tiago de Cuba.
Tho only member of the regiment
who refused to go to Cuba with tho
troops was the chaplain of tho regi
ment. About an hour and half before
the time first arranged for sailing, the
chaplain, Bev. B. D. Wear, of Bir
mingham, announced to Col. H. H
Sergeant, in command of the regi
ment, that he had decided not to make
tho trip. The colonel was surprised
and told the chaplain that he was a
commissioned officer. That did not
make any difference to the minister.
MARKETS BENEFITED.
Peace Neim Engender* Strength In the
London Stock Kxchnnge.
A London cnblo dispatch says: A1
thongh there are fears of possible
complications, the acceptance of the
peace terms by Spain strengthened
prices all around on the stock ei
change Monday, especially in the case
of American and Spanish securities,
though the business done was not e*
teusivo in view of the settlement.
CONDITIONS SATISFACTORY,
Hut Spain Cannot Cede Territory With-
out Consent of Cortes.
A Madrid cable dispatch of Monday
says: The government accepts the
United State’s conditions ad referen
dam, believing that it is not authorized
to cede territory without the vote of
the cortes. If McKinley objects the
cortes will be convoked this month,
A fresh note from President McKin
ley, replying to Spain’s reply is ex
pected during the course of the week
The promptitude with which the
cabinet accepted the terms on receipt
of the American explanations, shows
that it does not desire to waste time in
dilatory procedure.
MMEDIATE ACTION WAS TAKEN.
TO ENFORCE SANITARY LAWS.
A Washington special of Friday
says: Tho war department has order
ed tho largo floot of transports at
Ponce to proceed to Santiago, there to
join with tho transports already at
Santiago in bringing General Shaftor’s
army back to this country. There nro
ten large transports in tho fioct at
Ponce, some of them, like the Mobile,
having a capacity of 1,000 mon. In
all they have a capacity 6,540 men.
This with tho capacity of ships al
ready at Santiago will give a carrying
strength of over 12,1Q0 mon in a trip.
In addition to tho transports an
nounced by the war department as
being now at Santiago, it now appears
that tfye Orizaba, capaoity 650 men,
is also available. The Yale will also
be brought into service in the conrse
of a week or ten days. At present slio
to be utilized in taking Goueral
Fred Grant’s brigade to Porto Rieo,
after which she will return by way of
Santiago and take on a load of Shat
ter’s men.
The press dispatches from Santiago
saying that tho troops were greatly
elated over the prospects of beginning
the homeward move are accepted with
satisfaction by the war officials. They
eay that the embarkation has already
begun, and that tbe Louisiana, which
left last Wednesday with cavalry on
board, is now well on her way homo.
With the arrival of Shaftor’s army
in this country, ovory facility will be
given to -the troops to recuperate. This
will apply not only to the sick, but to
the well, as it is appreciated that the
hardships through which the men have
gone must have taxed the vitality even
of the strongest.
There will bo no yellow fever cases
brought to this country, as such cases
can be best handled without removal.
Tho less serlouH cases of sickness not
involving contagion will be brought
here if the potionts nre convalescing
to a point where removal will be ad
vantageous. Surgeon General Stern
berg has in view several points for pa
tients and convalescents.
The actual hospital will probably bo
located at Montauk Point, where a
field hospital for 500 patients is being
prepnred, in addition to the hospital
equipments which General Sbafter’s
forces will bring along with them.
But in addition to this, General Stern
berg has in view two fine locations,
where the bracing mountains and lake
air will help convalescents to recov
ery.
These points aro Fort Ethan Allen,
Vermont, and Tadmy post, at Platts-
burg, N. Y. General Sternberg haa
purpose of making these points
hospital camps in the ordinary sonse
of tho word, whore severe cases will
be handled, but only to mnke them
available for tho convalescents already
well on the way to recovery, who heed
good air and surroundings to bring
them completely back to health. Each
post will accommodate Borne 500 to
800 men.
The order designating them for this
purpose has not yet been made, but
General Sternberg doubtless will
make tbe recommendation for their
use. The impression that there is a dif
ference of opinion between the medical
officers at Santiago and those at Wash
ington on the question of removing
the troops of Shatter’s army is said
to be without foundation, ns it is point
ed out thnt Surgeon Goneral Sternberg
has maintained from the first that the
army should be removed as fast ns the
military situation wonld permit.
It is said, however, that the milita
ry situation in the common customs of
field operations dominates tho medical
sitnation, and the latter must shape
itself to the military requirements.
General Sternberg felt that it would
be disastrous for the troops to remain
at Santiago through the late summer
and early fall months, as these are
most likely to breed serious cases of
yellow fever.
Ueoplo of Santiago ltefu.e to Obey First
Dales or Hygiene.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
Tho dirty condition of Santiago, tho
honps of foul refuso thnt oucumber
the streets, tho mnlndorous alloys nnd
byways, tbe laok of sanitary nrrnugo-
ments and drainage of any descrip
tion nro nil matters that will require
remedying if tho plnoo is to beeomo
an Amerloan city. It should bo ro-
membered thnt tho woeks of blocknde,
tho t’onr of bombardmont, tho scarcity
of food and the goneral demoraliza
tion existing in a bosiegod town hnvo
done much to add to the conditions of
filth and poor sanitation thnt normally
provnil.
• For generations tho people have
lived regardless of tho first rule ol
hygiene, tho lowor classes nro ignorant
of all precautionary measures, nml it
is not surprising when our Americnu
officers issue an order through the
civil govornor of Santiago stating that
nil houses must nt ouco be thoroughly
elonnod, inside and out, tho order is
disregarded.
Orders nro constantly issued to tho
people to roport nt onde the donth of
any one in their household and threats
of fine nml onforeed labor as n punish
ment carry little weight. Extreme
measures will hnvo to be takon to
bring about a proper condition of nf-
fairs in this respect nnd it will tako
many months of example nnd strin
gent ouforcemout of regulations to
bring the people to nn obsorvniiee of
what is dearly best for ther health.
Koyul makes the food pare,
wholesome and delicious.
SOLDIERS ON THE MAIICII.
Mile. Degin, General Ailvaneo Through
Forto lllco.
A special cablo dispatch from Ponce,
Porto Bico, states that a general ad
vance of the American force began
Sunday morning. Tho remainder of
General Ernst’s brigade, constitu
ting the advance contor, supported by
two batteries, moved nt 6 o’clock and
a part of the Eloventh infantry, of
Genernl Henry’s division, started to
the left toward Ailjuntas.
Troop A, of Now York, tho Phila
dolphin city troop and troop H, of the
Sixth regulars, nre convoying Gouornl
Brooko’B transportation column along
the coant road through Silnas to Ar
royo.
Wire communication with General
Brooke, on the right, has not yet beou
established,
Colonel Bice, of Goneral Mile's staff,
will probably be assigned to tho com
mand of tho Sixth Massachusetts.
General Miles has moved tho bond
quarters of his division from Ponce to
Juana Diaz.
Ceneral Schwan, with the Eloventh
regular infnntry and two batteries,
moved Snmlay through Yanco toward
Maynguez.
aLAIIAMIAMS invite cervera.
MANZANILLO EASY MARK.
Small Force of Americans Could Cause
City's Capitulation.
A delayed dispatch from Santiago,
nnder date of Aug. 4, says:
Commander Todd, of the Wiiming
ton, reports that the conditions at
Manzanillo, as learned from General
Bios, are as follows: There are about
2,000 regulars, 1,000 volunteers and
500 bombnrdoros thero. They appear
to be well supplied with cattle and
provisions, but are said to be short of
ammunition. Becent events in that
vicinity have disheajtened them and
it is believed the appearanoe of an
American force, oven of only 1,000
men, would result in capitulation.
wok*
POWDER
Absolutely Pur*
ROYAL SAKINQ POWOIS OO.• NOW YORK.
CAPTAIN CLARK ILL.
Oregon's Itrave Comm under Is llelleved
nf Ills Duties.
A Washington dispatch says: A
good deni of concern in felt nt the
navy department nt the breakdown of
Cnptnin Clark, of tho Oregon. Not
the slightest information has reached
bore ns to tho nntnro of the captniu’s
illness; all thdt is knowu is that Com
modore Watsou, his immediate supe
rior, ordered n medical hoard to exam
ine him, with the result that he was
condemned nnd ordered home.
It does not stnto that the captain’s
collapse is permanent, and his splen
did physique nnd unusually vigorous
health afford reasonable ground for the
bolief that he will regain his health in
the north.
Captain Bnrkot, who was in com
mand of the Newark, has been assigned
to the commnnd of the Oregon in place
of Captain Clnrlt.
robhk:
119 MAKE RIG HAUL.
Captive Spanish Admiral Allied to VU1
lloh.on'i Home.
Jjs response to an invitation extend
ed in the name of the people ’’of
Greensboro, Ala., to visit Lieutenant
Hobson’s home, Admiral Corvera
writes, saying:
I thank yon very much and also
the citizens of Groonsboro for the kind
expressions contained in your lettor,
and yon will nllow mo to nny thnt it in
I who should rondor thanks, which I
do with the greatest pleasure, for the
kind nnd generous trontmeut which I
am receiving at tho hands of the Amer
ican poople.
“It would be gratifying to me to
accept your invitation to visit Greons-
boro, where was born the brave Lieu
tenant Richmond Pearson Hobson,but
it will bo impossible for me to do so,
for nn soon as the war is ar led, it will
be obligatory upon me to return im
mediately to Spain to account for my
conduct, which must be judged ns pro
vided for by tho law. Nevertheless, I
shall not fail to carry through all my
life the remembrance of such brave
officers as Lieutenant Hobson and also
the flattering invitation tendered me
by the city of bis birth. I subscribe
myself, etc. Paschal Cebvbba.”
Hank In Dlcltlantl, Michigan, Looted By
Gan. of HU Outlaw..
Ono of the most daring and success,
fnl bank robberies evor perpetrated in
Michigan was onrriod out at Richland
by six robbers Thursday night. Some
of thorn came from the east on a hand
car nnd evidently had confederates
with a horse and carriage. They secured
about 85,000 in cash from the Union
bank and 34,000 in notes. There were
three explosions, which awakened
many people.
EXPRESS COMPANY WILL PAY.
Agrees To Abide lly Decision of Georgia
IUIIrood Commission.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., sayst
Tho Southorn Express Company will
abide by the decision of tho state rail
road commission and will pay for tho
revenue stamps affixed to the reoeipta
for packages to he sent to points in
tho state of Georgia.
On interstate business the patron
ill have to pay for tho stamps as
heretofore, as the company does not
presume that the state railroad com
mission has jurisdiction over inter
state business.
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Tran.port Gate City Hall. From Santiago
With Detachment of Cavalry.
The United States. transport Gate
City nailed from Santiago Saturday af
ternoon for Long Island loaded with
cavalrymen. It was stated that the
transports Miami and Mntteawau would
also leave at once. Each vessel sails
individually.
MACIAS GETS ORDEKS.
Captain General nf Porto lllco Advised
Not to Desist Miles.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Madrid says:
The government has given orders
that the minister of wnr shall not force
resistance in Porto Rico to the utmost.
This is at the instigation of Premier
Sagnsta.who deplores any unnecessary
loss of life, knowing that Porto Bico
will inevitably fall into the hands of
the Americans.
Captain General Macias has been
instructed to obtain terms like those
obtained by General Toral, or better,
so as to save Spanish honor as much
as possible.
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