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The Gainesville fiajjle.
Official Organ of Hall County.
Official Organ of White County.
Official Organ of the City of Gainesville.
Entered at the Gainesville Postoffice as
Second-class mail matter.
W. H. CRAIG,
Editor and Business Manager.
Thursday, July 28, 1898.
Democratic Ticket.
Foi Governor,
A. D. Candder.
For Secretary of State,
Phil Cook.
For Comptroller-General,
W. A. Wright.
For Commissioner of Agriculture,
O. B. Stevens.
For State School Commissioner,
G. R. Glenn.
For Attorney-General,
J. M. Terrell.
For Prison Commissioner,
J. S. Turner.
For State Treasurer,
W. J. Speer.
For Chief Justice,
T. J. Simmons.
For Associate Justices,
W. H. Fish,
H. T. Lewis.
For Congressman,
F. C. Tate.
For State Senator,
J. K. Thompson.
For Representatives,
A. R. Smith,
W. B. Sloan.
For Clerk,
T. M. Bell.
For Sheriff,
A. J. Mundy.
For Treasurer,
J. R. Boone.
For Tax Receiver,
W. R. Robe jtson.
For Tax Collector,
M. J. Charles.
For Surveyor,
T. Moreno.
For Coroner,
A. B. C. Dorsey.
SPAIN HAS ENOUGH.
Spain has sued for peace. After a
hopeless struggle for more than
three months, during which time
Spain’s navy has been destroyed and
her three most valuable possessions
practically taken from her, the
ministry has finally appealed for an
ending of the war.
The appeal comes through the
French minister at Washington,
who is acting as an intermediary be
tween the two governments. In
seeking peace Spain has acted wisely.
• She has lost in every encounter.
Her present act will prevent much
sacrifice of human life.
The terms upon which this govern
ment will agree to peace can be no
less than the terms demanded by
congress and mentioned in the
declaration of war. Cuba must be
relieved entirely of the Spanish yoke.
Under the protection of the United
States, a republican form of govern
ment by its own people must be es
tablished. Spain must absolutely
withdraw. Spain must also cede
Porto Rico to the United States.
The disposition of the Philippines
is a serious question. Certainly this
government will demand to hold as
its own a coaling station in the
Philippines and one in the Ladrones.
Whether it will force Spain to cede
these islands to the inhabitants of
the same, to be governed by them as
a republic, is a matter which can
only be decided after the main
questions which brought on the war
are settled.
LOOKING TO THE NICKELS.
The Confederate reunion drew a
big crowd to Atlanta, and from all
accounts many of the Confederate
veterans were greatly disappointed.
No doubt these disappointed ones
will return to their homes with their
memories iefreshed as to the cost of
living during the latter days of the
Confederacy.
All day Wednesday, it is said,
many of the old veterans sat on the
curbs or stood in the streets in the
hot sun expecting something, and
their expectations were not realized
Those citizens of Atlanta who
were not busy advertising themselves
for office or their business were busy
taking in the dimes and the dollars
from the city’s visitors.
Thos who had plenty of money
had nothing to complain of. Noth
ing was too good for them. They
found satisfactory entertainment at
the hotels, but the poor veterans who
had read of that forth-coming, un
bounded hospitality by which Atlanta
was to make up for all past short
comings in the hospitality line, were,
to state the fact mildly, disappointed.
Comparisons, not to Atlanta’s
credit, were made by Kentuckians,
Virginians, and veterans from other
states, between the Richmond, Va.,
reunion and the one in progress in
Atlanta. How many recalled the
generous hospitality of Richmond !
It is expected, of course, that
Atlanta wiU always hustle for her
self. She has a reputation for doing
that which she is most careful to
sustain. She made that reputation
early in her existence and she is
very proud of it. She hustles for
every thing in sight. Only recently
she made a great effort to have the
United States volunteers encamped
within or near her limits; then she
wanted the Spanish prisoners of war,
and she finally succeeded in getting
some sick and wounded soldiers. By
her hustling schemes she dosen’t fool
her own people, but outsiders not in
frequently get roped in. She got
the Confederate reunion, but unless
the sentiments of the Confederate
Veterans change greatly she will
never get the veterans to assemble
within her gates again—not, at
least, until their number is reduced
to a hundred or so, when their en
tertainment wouldn’t cost much
But Atlanta wouldn’t want the re
union then, because there would be
no money in it.—Savannah News.
The Eagle most heartily concurs
in the above. There is always a
string attached to Atlanta’s offers
of hospitality.
Here is an incident of the big rain
in Atlanta, as reported by the Con
stitution :
Veterans walked through the streets,
and after having been wet, continued to
stroll along not minding the water in the
least. These presented a very pitiful
sight with the water running from their
hands in streams and blinding them as it
found its way into their eyes.
In the same paper we see a big
blowout given by Uncle Billy Hemp
hill, the nickel-squeezer of the Con
stitution, at his “elegant residence on
Peachtree. Those poor dripping
devils on the sidewalk would have
been happy to have got a few crumbs
from Billy’s table and the privilege
of a shelter in his wood-house.
Uncle Billy seemed to us the big
gest man at the reunion. In every
issue of his paper there was the pic
ture of the hero of the Constitution’s
cash-box, along with the heroes of
the Lost Cause.
And immediately following the
paragraph about the wet vets we see
Atlanta’s commercial spirit—the
milk in the hospitality cocoanut —
creeping out. Speaking of the rain,
and the submerged vets :
It caused hack drivers to reap a harvest
and for a short while during the after
noon a hack could not be obtained for
love of money.
And then follows a masterpiece :
On Wednesday the Decatur and Mc-
Pherson fine took in 15,000 fares and on
Thursday it collected 26,000 fares. The
Consolidated collected 80,000 fares on
Thursday. That was the greatest day in
its history.
When you accept Atlanta’s hos
pitality it would be a mark of thrift
and enterprise to take a few biscuits
along in your coat pocket. 4
HALL COUNTY RAPIDLY COMING TO THE
FRONT.
The work of our faithful County
Commissioners is attracting the at
tention and admiration of the people
in different portions of the State.
We live in an age of progress, and
the citizen, the county, the State, yea
the nation, that is alive with the
spirit of work and progress on all
lines that tend to the upbuilding of
the country, will and always d< es
command the applause of the world.
The office and labors of County
Commissioners bring them in closer
touch with the real business interests
of their people than any other oflii
cials. The State of Georgia today
owes much to this class of her citi
zens for the steady advance along
the lines of progress.
The largest and most enthusiastic
State convention of County Commis
sioners that ever assembled in Geor
gia met in the city of Atlanta on the
20th instant and discussed quite at
length many questions affecting
county government, and especially
the ever-living subject of good roads.
In electing officers for another year
Dr. E. E. Dixon of Hall county was
elected president and F. T. Davie
one of the vice-presidents, there be
ing one vice-president from each
Congressional district in the State.
Hall is one of the best counties in
the State, and with her rapidly in
creasing population of Anglo-Saxon
blood, a race destined to rule the
world, her future is bright indeed.
Blessed with a lavish distribution
of God’s good gifts as to soil, climate
and resources, she is rapidly forging
to the front as the garden-spot of
Georgia.
Let the spirit of progress move on;
and it may be the present grand jury
will have the honor of inaugurating
the good-roads movement. So mote
it be.
BETTER THAN FREE SILVER.
A comprehensive inquiry into
present agricultural conditions at
home and abroad has been conducted
by the Orange Judd syndicate of
agricultural weeklies. It leads to
the conclusion that America in par
ticular and the world in general will
see several years of good times based
upon the bedrock of agricultural
prosperity.
One thousand millions of dollars
will hardly measure the increase in
the farmers’ receipts for last year’s
produce over the values that pre
vailed as late as 1895. More than
$100,000,000 of farm mortgages have
been paid off during the past two
years. Millions in chattel mort
gages have been wiped out and the
paying up of other forms of indebted
ness has become almost a mania in
the west.
WHERE MCKINLEY WAS RIGHT.
There was a great deal of criticism
offered at the time because of Pres
ident McKinley’s refusal to recognize
the Cuban republic. The extremists
who had been shedding crocodile
tears over the down trodden, patri
otic, hen ic Cubans were disappointed.
But the President was not to be
moved by their lamentations or by
their abuse. He was evidently con
vinced of the justice of his position.
He had allowed himself to be forced
further in this war than he really
liked, but he drew the line at recog
nition of the Cuban government—
because, as he rightly held, there was
no Cuban government worthy of the
name.
And since we have been brought
into closer contact with these down
trodden, these patriotic, heroic
Cubans we have seen quite enough
to convince the most of us that Pres
ident McKinley was right. As great
as the clamor was a few months ago,
probably not five per cent of the
American people now favor the re
cognition of Cuba. It is not selfish
ness, greed nor the love of conquest
that prompts this feeling. On the
contrary, it is purely and simply
disgust for the Creatures in whose
behalf this war was brought on.
But for the Maine affair and the
natural desire to see peace in Cuba, a
vast majority of our people would
now openly admit that the present
war was a mistake. There is no
denying the fact that the Cubans
have proven a sore disappointment;
they have shown themselves to be all
that the Spaniards ever charg'd.
They have demonstrated the fact
that they deserve no higher recog
nition than the Spaniards accorded
them.
Our people are practically agreed
on the proposition, notwithstanding
ill-advised declarations of a jingo
Congress, that the United States
cannot afford to deliver Cuba over to
the insurgent cut-throats. Our
moral responsibility to the peace
able inhabitants of the island is to
great. We must, now that we have
undertaken to answer for Cuba,
govern her as a territory, without
the rights of statehood, until we have
Americanized the Spaniards on the
island and civilized the Cubans.
We are in the attitude of a man who
has rescued a half-civilized child from
a brutal parent: we must adopt the
child until it is able to take care of
itself.—Macon News.
SANITATION IN CUBA.
Cuba must be held by the govern
ment until it is rendered immune as
far as yellow fever is concerned, as
immune at least as Vera Cruz or
Kingston have become. There* is
abßolute~lmmunity from epidemics
of yellow fever in both of those
towns, and they were formerly hot
beds of the disease. What the
English did at Kingston and Presi
dent Diaz in Vera Cruz, this country
must do in the cities of Cuba, par
ticularly in Havana and Matanzas.
Any proposition to hand over
Cuba to the Cubans or to anybody
else before the coast cities are
thoroughly cleansed and reorganized
should be stoutly and uncompro
misingly resisted in the south. This
is the south’s opportunity to rid itself
of a standing menace to its pros
perity. Foul Havana bay has long
been the breeding place of a disease
that has inflicted untold injury on
southern interests. It cannot be
put in a sanitary condition in a
single year. Cuba should be held at
least five years in order to do so and
in order to test the sanitary work
needed there. To such a holding
the entire south should stand
pledged. An immune Cuba should
be demanded at every turn of the
question as to Cuba’s future. This
matter cuts very deep, and the
south cannot be too insistent con
cerning it.
GEORGIA’S GOOD CREDIT.
Governor Atkinson, of Georgia,
has borrowed in New York for the
State $200,000 at 2 1-2 per cent.
The arrangement was made with the
National Park Bank upon the mere
promise to pay without collateral.
The president of the Park Bink is
Mr. E. E Poor, who has always
shown himself liberally inclined to
ward the South, and the first vice
president is Mr. Stuyvesant Fish,
who is not only interested as presi
dent of the Illinois Central Railroad
in the development of a rich section
of the South, but who is also one of
the best friends of the whole South
in the metropolis. The ease with
which this loan has been secured
speaks well for Georgia’s credit
abroad, and is another indication of
the friendliness of Northern and
Eastern capital to States of the
South which show a disposition to
keep up w’ith the procession of mod
ern progress.
THE GREAT"REUNION.
The Confederate reunion in At
lanta last week was an immense af
fair, attended by no less than 60,000
visitors. All the notable survivors
of the Lost Cause, including Mrs.
Jefeerson Davis, Miss Winnib
Davis, and Mrs. Stonewall Jack
son, were there.
Gen. J. B. Gordon was again
elected commander.
Charleston was selected for the
next meeting place.
The location of the Confederate
Battle Abbey was decided, and given
to Richmond.
PORTO RICO.
Porto Rico is small in comparison
with Cuba, having only 3,67 b square
miles, while Cuba has 41,655. But
Porto Rico is much the more densely
populated. With only about one
twelfth as much area as Cuba it has
more than half as much population.
The last census placed the population
of Porto Rico at 806,708. At the
beginning of the insurrection Cuba
had 1,631.687 people,, but war,
famine and disease have reduced the
number greatly.
Porto Rico is a very fertile coun
try, and eyen under the careless
cultivation of the present population
has a large variety of produets. The
commerce of the island is already ex
tensive. Its importations in 1896
amounted to $18,945,793, gnd the
exports from the possessibn to $17,-
295,515. The trade with the United
States in 1893 is showij by these
figures: Exports to the, United
States, $4,008,623; imports ftom the
United States, $2,610,007.** In t 897
the exports to the United States
were $2,181,024; from the
United States, $1,988,888* Among
the articles which have been
profitably exported from the United
States to Porto Rico are-4ronware,
glassware, chemicals, textiles, paper,
lumber, machinery, dried
and salted meats, butter, grease, cod
fish, flour, coal and fruits. With
more liberal commercial regulations
and severance from Spanish ryisrule,
the trade of the country with the
world could be greatly increased.
About one eighth of the imports into
the island in 1896 came frtmi the
United States.
Porto Rico is much healthier than
most parts of Cuba, and its
is more pleasant. Should this island
pass into our permanent possession
it will offer a very attractive field for
enterprise and investment.
The Glades, Ga.
Editor Eagle :
Dear Sir: A would-be funny but
irreverent fellow, nameless, with
more cunning than wisdom, and sin
than sense, writes “The Shepherd”
in your last issue as from The Glades,
Ga.
I would not think of answering a
fool in his folly, but I write to unde
ceive you in respect to the residence
of this character. No such fellow
resides in The Glades, though he
may get his mail here. The Glades
is the private property of A. G. Jen
nings, and as Mr. Jennings’s repre
sentative I keep out such characters
as your nameless correspondent.
We have no use for them
Glades. •’
In regard to new^a^^ l^ 8 W
notice that Vhe"moreenTigti omit
community and the more infl,fl e ?aT
the press established in its mi£ef the
less will anonymous correspondents
appear in its columns. lam sure, in
a community in which you exercise
so much influence for good, you
would not knowingly admit in your
columns any writing designed to
ridicule the phraseology of the Bible,
which we and our children hold si
cred as being the very best form of
words expressive of divine truth and
revelation of God to man.
Chas. R. Clemons.
MASKED CATARRH.
A Disease Which Afflicted a Ten
nessee Lady for Years.
Endometritis is the medical term
for catarrh of the womb. Catarrh of
the womb is very common, producing
what is generally called female dis
ease. Dr. Hartman’s remedy (Pe
ru-na) cures these cases promptly.
Dr. Hartman answers all letters free
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of charge. He
treats over 20,-
000 women an
nually for some
form of female
disease. Write
him at once.
In a recent let
ter. Mrs. Lucy
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L. Wilson, of Nashville, Tenn.,
states: “It is with the greatest
pleasure that I write to inform you
how I am getting along. I have
been delayed some time in writing to
you, but nevertheles I now consider
myself well and do give you great
thanks for it; your wonderful medi
cine has done me all the good. 1
had tried a great many doctors and
did not find any relief from any of
them, but now I can say that I am
well. I feel like a new person all
over. May God bless you and be
with you always. L»shall never be
without your medicine as long as I
can get it.” [This case was one of
endometritis.]
Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus,
0., for a free book; to women only.
Sunday is a lucky day in the
American war calendar. Dewey
won his victory on the first day of
the week, Cervera’s squadron was de
stroyed on that day, and it-.was on
that day that the Spanish army at
Santiago laid down its arms while'
the stars and stripes went up over
the surrendered city. Thus far no
objections have been heard from the
most rigid Sabbatarians.
T. B. Rice, Druggist, Greensboro, Ga.,
writes as follows: “In the past eight
years, I have sold mate of Dr. Pitt’s
Carminative than all the soothing syrups,
colic drops, and othef\baby medicines
combined.” Sold by E. E. Dixon Co.
ARMISTICEIS
NOW POSSIBLE
President Will Answer the
Peace Message of Spain
Without Delay.
NO QUIBBLE OVER TERMS
Administration Is Determined Not to
Lose Ground Already Gained While
the Madrid Government Haggles at
Conditions She Must Accept.
Washington, July 27.—8 y tomorrow
our government will have determined
and communicated to the French am
bassador just what form the steps lead
ing toward peace shall take. It is likely
that if the Spanish government is really
in earnest in its desire for peace that
our government will consent to an arm
istice as a preliminary. But, it can be
stated positively, the president is de
termined to lose no ground through
Spanish diplomacy.
The armistice, if granted, will be con
ditioned upon the most binding pledges
that it is to be followed by a treaty of
peace. Moreover, the preliminary agree
ment that provides for an armistice
must constitute in itself an undertak
ing on the part of Spain to submit to
certain broad conditions imposed by the
United States as the basis of peace.
Military operations are to go steadily
forward, so far as the United States is
concerned, until the negotiations have
advanced much further than at present.
They are subject to interruption at any
moment by an armistice, but it must be
said that this is scarcely expected im
mediately.
It is realized that when the Spanish
government leani® the extent of the de
mands to be made by the United States,
the first effect will be to induce a reflex
movement, which in turn will result in
the continuation of active hostilities for
a time. This time, it is expected, how
ever, will be brief, only perhaps so long
as is necessary for General Miles to
completely invest San Juan de Porto
Rico.
That stroke, it is thought, will bring
the Spanish government to a realizing
sense of the hopelessness of further re
sistance if it has not before that time
yielded to the earnest representations
of those European powers that have
been so persistent in their efforts to
•ecure peace.
Armistice Is Looked For.
Military experts allow two weeks as
the maximum period of time necessary
for General Miles to secure this com
manding position, and therefore it is
hoped that within that space of time
the Spanish government will have been
brought not exactly to the approval of
a treaty of peace, but to an application
for an armistice that in its conditions
will amount to a concession of those
things most desired by the United
States government.
It is pointed out that the
promise on a large scale to duplicate
those existing at Santiago when Gen
eral Toral surrendered. The Spaniards
surrendered with provision for a com
mission to adjust the details of the sur
render. Likewise Spain may secure an
armistice and provide for a commission
to adjust the details of a peace treaty,
but the effect of the first action will be
like that of Toral’s surrender.
As to the terms to be imposed by the
by ited Stews, it seems probable that
tted l.stat^ a 4lpiartment is again about to
- ■■-*Sfcliolomats of the old woflfTa
lesson in straightforward dealing,
abandoning the devious paths of old
time diplomacy and striking straight
forward and without double dealing oi
hairsplitting toward the object in view.
In such negotiations, conducted on the
broad and nigh plane which has char
acterized the attitude of the United
States government from the very be
ginning of the controversy with Spain
which led up to the war, there will be
little chance for the successful exercise
of what is termed Spanish diplomacy.
It cannot be tolerated for an instant,
it is announced, that through the in
dulgence of the United States by grant
ing an armistice or otherwise in the
early stages of the peace negotiations,
the Spanish government shall covertly
receive a breathing spell to" recuperate
and rally for further resistance to the
American arms.
Terms of Peace Named.
As far as can be gathered, our govern
ment in a general way has already pre
pared itself to announce the outlines of
the conditions it will seek to. impose in
the consummation of peace.. It is not
deemed proper now officially to make
any public statement of those, but much
light is thrown upon the situation by
unofficial utterances.
Captain Accidentally Shot.
San Francisco, July 27.—Just after
the close of the target practice by the
First Tennessee regiment, the pistol of
Lieutenant Law of Company-C was ac
cidentally discharged, the bullet passing
through the calf of Captain Reed’s
right leg. The captain will be confined
to his tent for several days.
Bismarck on the Sick List.
Hamburg, July 27.—The health of
Prince Bismarck is again causing his
friends uneasiness. He has been con
fined to his bed for three days and
suffers from insomnia. Besides his
physician. Dr. Schweninger, Counts
Herbert and William Bismarck, with
their wives, are now at Friedericksruhe.
Five Die In an Explosion.
Pinole, Cal., July 27.—At 1:40 this
morning an explosion took place in the
nitroglycerine house of the Pinole Pow
der company. No one was in the build
ing. A crew was sent to clear away
the debris and 4:15 a terrific explosion
took place, killing five men and injur
ing 12 others, some fatally, perhaps.
Alfonso Has the Measles.
London, July 27. —A special dispatch
from Madrid says the king of Spain is
Buffering from an attack of the measles.
Knoxville Beit Line Sold.
Knoxville, July 27.—The belt line
which encircles this city was bid in at
chancery sale by the Southern railway
at $9,000. The Atlanta, Knoxville and
Northern road enters the city over the
belt line and it is reported here that this
road may raise the Southern’s bid and
come into possession of the property.
That portion of the belt which is used
by the Atlanta road was sold for $3,000.
A raise of 1® per cent will entitle the
Atlanta road to the property if it is not
then increased by the Southern.
San Juan Not Cut Off.
New York, July 27.—The central ca
ble office of the Western Union Tele
graph company has been advised by the
West Indian and Panama Telegraph
’ company (owners of the cable to Porto
Rico) to decline to accept business for
all stations in Porto Rico except San
Juan.
Alabama Private Succumbs.
Miami, Fla., July 27.—The first death
in the Second Alabama since that regi
ment was mustered in occurred when
Roger N. Alston, aged 24, a private in
Company G, Eufaula, breathed his last
in the division hospital, a victim of
typhoid.
PEACE MOVE
IS WELCOMED
Lively Satisfaction Expressed
In the Newspapers All
Through Europe.
END NOW THOUGHT CLOSE
Formal Negotiations Likely to Consist
Principally of the Formulation of
Terms Already Virtually Agreed
Upon by the Two Countries.
London, July 27.—The equivocal de
nials from Madrid recently when inqui
ries were made on the subject of the re
ported peace negotiations, were seem
ingly given out at the Spanish capital
prior to Spain’s formal application at
Washington for peace. Many similar
communications intended for home con
sumption n*iy be expected during the
negotiations, but the only purpose of
such denials is to allay Castilian sus
ceptibilities and they will not affect the
real point at issue.
The liveliest satisfaction is expressed
in all quarters and in the newspapers
throughout Europe at the fact that Spain
has at last done the right thing for the
first time during the war, and peace is
looked upon as being within measurable
distance.
It is taken for granted that the open
ing of negotiations implies a cessation
of hostilities, and it is believed here
that the United States was at first un
officially approached and gave a gen
eral idea of the conditions she would
insist on before M. Cambon, the French
ambassador at Washington, presented
his note and that the formal negotia
tions will consist chiefly of the formu
lations of terms already practically
settled.
negotiationsHunder way.
Spanish Foreign Office Admits Making
the Peace Overtures.
Madrid, July 27.—The government
denies that it has been occupied with
the question of peace. Premier Sagasta
contradicts the statement that official
negotiations are in progress, but the
foreign office announces that negotia
tions, due to private initiative, are pro
ceeding.
A big rise in prices on the bourse here
today is looked upon as denoting great
confidence that peace between Spain
and the United Stateswill be concluded.
The Spanish authorities have decided
to reilluminate the lighthouses in the
Balearic islands, which were ordered to
be extinguished shortly after the out
break of the war.
Inquiries made at the palace here to
day confirm the report that the king is
suffering from the measles. The attack
is following its usual course.
ALL EMBASSIES NOTIFIED.
Government of France Proclaims the
Overtures For Peace.
Paris, July 27.—The following official
note was issued here today: “At the
request of the Spanish government, the
French ambassador at Washington has
been authorized by the French govern
ment to present a note from the cabinet
at Madrid to the president of the United
States. It is in the Same of Spain that
M. Oamboh, Who is charged to watch
Spanish interests in the United States,
made this communication to President
McKinley at the White House yester
day afternoon in the presence of Secre
tary Day.”
The government of France has no
tified all the French embassies of the
fact that Spain has made proposals
through M. Cambon, the French am
bassador at Washington, for peace with
the United States.
IRENE AFFAIR EXPLAINED.
Mission of the German Cruiser to
Sublg Bay Revealed.
Berlin, July 27.—A dispatch from
Shanghai today says an official state
ment from Prince Henry of Prussia in
regard the Irene incident at Subig bay,
Philippine islands, has been published
in The Ost-Asiatische Lloyd. It says
the Irene went to Subig bay to take off
some Spanish women and children who
were in distress.
At Isla Grande the German warship
happened to meet a steamer belonging
to the insurgents, which left without
any difficulty arising. On returning
the Irene met outside Manila two United
States ships which did not speak her.
In conclusion, the statement sets forth
that the removal of women and chil
dren was “effected from motives of hu
manity and with a strict observance of
the rules of neutrality.”
Fast Mall Train Wrecked.
Columbia, S. C., July 27.—The fast
mail train from Charleston to Columbia
on the Atlantic Coast Line was wrecked
4 miles from this city. The train was
running about 40 miles an hour. When
coming around a curve on a very high
embankment the engine jumped the
track. The whole train went down the
embankment, turning over on its side.
Engineer Willis Johnson stuck to his
post and crawled out from under the
engine in a cloud of escaping steam.
He was dreadfully scalded, but will re
cover. About 15 passengers were in
jured, but none seriously.
MORGAN PROPOSES TERMS.
Alabama Senator Discusses Overtures
For Peace by Spain.
Washington, July 27.—Senator Mor
gan of Alabama, senior Democratic
member of the foreign relations com
mittee, regards the peace proposals as a
sign of submission by Spain
“The power of Spain is broken,” said
he, “and it is plain that there is noth
ing to stop us now short of the Spanish
border.”
Concerning the terms of peace Sena
tor Morgan has clearly defined ideas.
“My first proposition,” he explained,
“would be the complete surrender by
Spain of all territory over which her
flag floats. This would include Cuba,
Porto Rico, the Philippines, the Caro
lines and the tadrones. I would make
this surrender the subject of a separate
and exclusive treaty. I would demand
of Spain a surrender unconditional in
every particular and without any refer
ence to what we may wish to do with
the territory hereafter.
“I would also demand as one of the
first conditions of peace,” added Sena
tor Morgan, “the opening of jail doors
to all prisoners confined for political
offenses. I would extend this proposi
tion so as to include all political prison
ers from Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philip
pines. I should free all who have been
imprisoned because of participation in
the insurrection.
“After this treaty covering the sur
render of dominions and release of po
litical prisoners has been concluded,”
he continued, “I would take up the
matter of war indemnity. This covers
several topics, some of which I do not
care to discuss at this time. Individ
ually, I should want to consider the
matter of a coaling station in the Ca
nary islands, off the coast of Africa.
“Further, I would require,” added
Senator Morgan, “a guarantee from
Spain that she will assume all responsi
bility for any debts that might prove a
Hen upon Cuba—or upon Porto Rico and
the Philippines, for that matter.”
ONE WEEK’S
WAR NEWS
A Record of Events In the Fight
Between America and Spain.
More Soldiers For Dewey.
The German steamer Wuetan arrived
at Hong-Kong Thursday from Cavite
and reported that the United States
transport China, with American rein
forcements for Admiral Dewey, reached
Cavite on Saturday and that the
other transports, Zealaudia, Colon and
Senator, arrived on Sunday.
The Wuetan also brought the news
that no advance had been made by the
American forces. They were awaiting
the coming of General Merritt, who was
expected to reach the place within ten
days.
Miles Off to Porto Rico.
General Miles, leading the military
expedition against orto Rico, started
at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon from
Siboney, Cuba. A formidable naval con
voy accompanied the expedition.
Porto Rico as the Price.
The authoritative statement was mad®
in Washington Thursday that the island
of Porto Rico would be held as a per
manent possession of the United Statei
as the price of the war.
Men Leave Camp Thomas.
Three regiments, the Fourth Ohio,
Third Illinois and Fourth Pennsylva
nia, commanded by Brigadier General
Haines, left Camp Thomas Friday for
Newport News, there to board trans
ports for Poto Rico.
Wood Governor of Santiago.
General Wood of the rough riders
was appointed military governor of
Santiago Friday, succeeding General
McKibbin, who was made temporary
governor just after the Americans took
the city.
Spain Moves For Peace.
Senor Sagasta told a representative of
El Imparcial Friday that the govern
ment had already entered upon the pre
liminary stage of peace negotiations.
Forts In Nipe Bay Silenced.
News reached Key West Saturday
to the effect that the United States gun
boats Topeka, Annapolis, Wasp and
Leyden had silenced the Spanish forti
fications in Nipe bay, on the northern
coast of the province of Santiago de
Cuba, and sunk the Spanish gunboat
Juan Jorge, which lay in the harbor.
Her crew escaped in small boats under
a heavy fire from the Leyden.
The four ships mentioned, which had
entered under orders from Rear Ad
miral Sampson, pounded the forts for
an hour, when the Spanish flag was
hauled down.
The Americans did not lose a man,
but the Spanish loss must have been
heavy.
Cubans Under Garcia Routed.
According to a dispatch received from
Santiago Saturday, 4,000 Cuban insur
gents, composing General Garcia’s army
for the eastern department of Cuba, were
routed in a fierce engagement with a
detachment of Spanish troops bound for
Santiago to surrender. In this battle,
which took place ata point several miles
to the north of Santiago, 41 Cubans
were killed and many more were
wounded. The Spanish loss was much
smaller.
Fever Situation In Cnba.
General Shafter cabled the war
department Sunday that 1,500 of hu
men were suffering from fever— l3e
genuine yellow cases but only six
deaths had occurred.
This was regarded as very favorable
and Washington officials expressed the
belief that the disease was of a very
mild type.
Spain Draws Up Iler Note.
It was announced in a special dis
patch from Madrid, published Monday,
that the Spanish government had drawn
up a message addressed to the govern
ment at Washington proposing an
armistice for the purpose of discussing
the terms upon which peace with the
United States could be arranged.
Broake Off to Porto Rico.
Major General Brooke, commanding
the First army corps, sailed Monday
from Newport News to rejoin General
Miles, who, it was calculated, had ar
rived off Porto Rico.
Spain Formal 1j- Asks Peace.
The official announcement was made
in Washington Tuesday that the French
ambassador had, on behalf of the gov
ernment of Spain and by direction of
the Spanish minister for foreign affairs,
presented to the president a message
from the Spanish government looking
to the termination of the war and the
settlement of terms of peace.
Two questions were asked the presi
dent. First, was this government will
ing to'entertain the suggestion of peace;
and second, if so, would the president
indicate upon what terms peace would
be considered. To both of these q Bee
tions the president replied in the affirm
ative —this government would entertain
a peace proposition and he would with
in a few days indicate upon what terms.
Miles Lands In Porto Rico.
The United States military expedi
tion under the command of General
Nelson A. Miles, which left Guantan
amo bay July 21, was landed at Port
Guanica, Island of Porto Rico, Monday,
after a skirmish with a detachment of
Spanish troops.
Four Spaniards were killed, but no
Americans suffered injury. The troops
were pushed forward promptly in order
to capture the railroad leading to Ponce,
about 10 miles east of Guanica.
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FIXING FOR HAWAII.
The President has appointed
Senators Morgan, of Alabama, and
Cullom, of Illinois, Representative
Hitt, of Illinois, President Dole
and Chief Justice Judd, of Hawaii,
as the commissioners provided for
by the annexation resolutions, and
these commissioners will during the
recess of Congress formulate a plan
of government for Hawaii.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo. (
Lucas County. J
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that lie is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney &
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pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured bv the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to l»efore me and subscribed in my
presence, this Ctli day of December, A. D. 1896.
( ) A. W GLEASON,
| ??? j Notary Public.
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The Topeka, Annapolis, Wasp and
Leyden, ail vessels of lesser siz? and
armament, although the Topeka has
a heavy battery, had a sharp fight
with three forts and a gunboat, the
Jorge Juan, in Nipe bay last Thurs
day. It resulted in the silence and
abandonment of the forts and the
sinking of the Jorg* l Juan after a
rattling fight of about twenty
minutes. The crew of the gunboat,
consisting of 146 men, escaped in
small boats to the shore and were
soon lost in the thick undergrowth.
Perry S. Heath, first assistant post
master general, and representing
a company of capitalists, will be
authoriz ’d by the comptroller of the
currency to establish the 1' irst
National bank of Honolulu, with a
capitalization of £150,000.
Sptaker Reed is quoted as saying
that “of the two evils, Cuba and
Hawaii, I prefer Cuba; the yellow
fever is preferable to b prosy.” And
Speaker Recd is right.
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