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' the MORNING NEWS. I
ff.ubUehed 1850. - Incorporated 1888.1
E j H KSTILL, President. I
si no n
Four More Cities Peacefully
Surrender.
longing for liberty.
Natives Hail the Americans As
Liberators,
Uprising of file Native* In the Inte
rior Against the .Spanlard* Feared.
Danger They \\ ill Itoli, Kill and
Destroy Property In Itevenge for
.Spanish Misrule—Only Chance for
u iinttle Appears to Be at San
Juan Volunteers Deserting the
Spanish Army—Miles Keeping His
Artillery Well In Advance.
Port of I’once, Porto Rico. July 29, 4 p.
m. (Delayed in transmission)—Without
e , elm; or hearing anything of the enemy
the advance guard of Gen. Henry’s di
vision. which landed at Guanica on Tues
day, arrived here to-day. taking en route
the cities of Yauco, Tallaboa, Sabana
Grande and Ponuelas.
Attempts by the Spaniards to blow up
bridges and otherwise destroy the rail
road between Yauco and Ponce failed,
only a few flat cars being burned. Our
troops have Hied up the locomotives and
arc now operating the road from end to
u i, carrying supplies, messages and men.
At Yauco ihe Americans were welcomed
in i address made by the alcalde and a
public proclamation was issued, dated:
• Yauco, Porto Rico, Uniled States of
America, July 27.
"Maj Webb Hayes, of the Sixth Ohio,
son of former President Hayes, hauled up
the flag ou the palace amid cheers from
the populace. Tile people seemed really
p id that the Americans were here, but
they fear an uprising of the natives in the
interior, who, it is asserted, will rob, lull
: and destroy property in revenge for many
yrtirs Of Spanish misrule.
Gen. Henry has made a report to this
effect to Gen. Miles and advises that a
guard be left to protect the captured
cities. The empty transports have left
for Tampa.
A delegation of nurses of the Red Cross
Soei. ty from the hospital ship Lampasas
wailed on Gen. Henry at Guanica yester
day and asked to bo allowed to return
home with the sick. They said their sup
ple s had given out, and that the condi
tion on board their ship, which was crowd
ed with patients, was terrible. They are
wild to go back at once.
Gen. Miles Is in constant communication
wit i all his forces and is keeping the ar
tillery steadily In advance. By to-morrow
night he will have the entire army en
camped along the military road to San
Juan, but he does not say when he will
put them in motion. He is acting through
out, however, with a promptness which in
rates quick action all along the line as
soon as the transports containing the re
maining troops arrive.
A eorrei ted list of the injured in the
first day’s battle at Guanica follows. All
the injured belong to the Sixth Massachu
setts:
pt Edward J. Gihon, shot in the left
hip.
I’rivate James Drummond, Company Iv,
shot twice in the neck.
I’rlva'.c Benjamin Bostick, Company K,
bhot in the right shoulder,
1 "i pl. \\ illiam F. Carpenter, Company L,
shot 111 the right hand.
1 ot p,. Henry Gary, Company K, shot *n
the neck.
tjporge Carlton of Battery B,
ifth Siege Artillery, died from typhoid
I and was buried at once,
ritis makes five deaths from that dis
e.is,. on the transports.
*' Arthur Draper of Company M,
1 tssachusetts, has been promoted
i lieutenancy for gallantry In action,
uesday he le-d the final charge which
.ro\ o b:i< k the Spaniards. He is the son
V. tdiam F. Draper, American am
' v '!‘lor to Italy.
‘' l: ’ vs tllat Spain had consented to
*■' ! r peace was recived here in a dis
he Associated Press and was at
'v ink ef^t 10 Gen - MHe - The eenerat
it Vv .n b H Sr ','. v . e brow when he read
I j | he t,;d oot know what effect
p , ve ° n hi* expedition, but ne
J pu * h . on ahead and take San
I’ mug orders from the President,
r i <i , * >reM dispatch boat car
t: , w . I f 'f7 l ‘? t,on ou l to the fleet and
ti. f' ~- ,l velebration at the first indlca
weakening on Spain’s part.
1 ii ,• ,y,,hold fever on the trans
'h ;im v ,he General health
f . ® excellent, and there
1 no trice of Yellow fever thus far.
MI S U V,TI 'G FOB BROOKE!.
! ° r,,nril Movement Fntll Ileln
foreenfents Arrive
ISOS, by the Associated Press.
-.'via'sf°TT, 0 RlC °’ FrWoy> July 29 ’ sP
forward m U W J ” July --No
for J. T fm ' ' U ° ! the army '■ expected
tie,, l'r„! a , . da>3 ' The transports, with
j €l .' /.. r s arm >' c ns and the remain-
Our * rSt Cori,s are arriving slowly,
nuietly u ,.;„ pr * > J )ab,y Dmain here
dlKutbark a l " k ° f the army ha "’
arrived sin ' ° n!> thrce transports have
appeared Th<Vy hav * J " st
Ihe ofjlng, and only one lias
1
been made out. It has on board the Fifth
Ohio Cavalry.
Gen. Miles will retain his headquarters at
the custom house at the Port of Ponce,
while Gen. Wilson will be in Immediate
command of the troops In the city.
Gen. Wilson pushed Gen. Ernst's brigade,
consisting of the Second and Third Wis
consin and the Sixteenth Pennsylvania
regiments, out a mile and a half on the
military road after dusk last night, re
tabling two companies of the Sixteenth to
act rs a provost guard in the city.
Capt. Allison has been appointed provost
marshal and with the aid of the local
constabulary has preserved excellent or
der, although almost the entire population
of the city remained in the streets cele
brating the arrival of their American
liberators until long after midnight.
During the night ail sorts of wild ru
mors were brought in to Gen. Wilson.
The first was that the Spanish were to
attack the city in force. In view of this
a strong line of outpost was maintained
by Gen. Ernst, and the men slept on their
arms.
This report, however, soon gave way to
rumors that the Spanish were retreating,
putting entire villages, plantation build
ings and houses to the torch and murder
ing and ravishing as they went. Some of
the wealthy plantation owners of the vi
cinity became horror-stricken and appeal
ed wildly to Gen. Wilson to despatch
troops to the rescue, but it was manifest
ly impossible to divide so small a force.
None of the reports was confirmed when
daylight came, except that the Spaniarde
were in full retreat. That they indulged
in excesses of a cruel, vindictive charac
ter is doubtless true, but the town of
Juana Dias, which was reported to have
been burned last night, is known to be
standing this morning.
Gen. Jose Garcia, who is in immediate
command of the Spanish regulars—not be
lieved to number more than 500—was de
serted by most of the Spanish volunteers
in his command during the night and
they began straggling back to the city
with the dawn.
They immediately presented themselves
to the provost marshal and surrendered
their arms. The appearance of the vol
unteers aroused in the breast of the na
tives, who had suffered at their hands in
the past, and especially in the political
prisoners who were released when we
took the city, a desire for revenge, and
they began to ferret out all the Spaniards
in the city who had ever been in the vol
unteer service and dragged them to the
plaza. Bloodhounds could not have been
more savage.
Most of the Spaniards in hiding, upon
being discovered, were hauled in triumph
in hooting, jeering mobs to Gen. Wilson’s
headquarters or to the provost marshal
office in the municipal building. Some of
the natives even began looting the resi
dences of the Spaniards. They mistook
liberty for license and were crazed with
a thirst for vengeance.
Gen. Wilson, however, told them that
revenge could not be wreaked under the
prolection of our flag, and peremptorily
ordered that the arrest of Spanish sus
pects 6hould cease. Such volunteers as
presented themselves were, however, re
ceived and released after their names had
been taken. They will all report to-mor
row and be formally paroled. Many of
them had been forced into the service of
Spain to escape persecution.
Business in the city has enjoyed a great
boom since the arrival of the Americans.
The merchants who closed their places
yesterday opened them to-day, and are
eagerly engaged In comjietition for the
American dol ars. American gold is at a
premium of 100 per cent.
Yesterday prices were cheap; to-day they
are enormous. Y'esterday the price of a
breakfast at the Hotel Francais was 25
centavos; this morning it is 1 peso. Every
thing else has risen in proportion.
The newspaper corerspondents have diffi
culty in obtaining horses, even at S2OO
gold.
The natives imagine that the pockets of
the Americans can emit a countless flow
of eagles and double eagles. There is a
plenty of provisions In the city, except
rice, one of the staples, which is quoted at
a very high figure for this country.
Our army will not lack for fresh meats
in the march across the island. The broad
savannahs which lie between the undulat
ing hills swarm with cattle, at reasonable
prices end of excellent quality.
Gen. Garrctson’s brigade is massed at
Y'auco, the terminus of the railroad, fif
teen miles off, and will [irobably remain
there until the army is ready to move, but
it is thought that the artillery will be
brought here immediately.
The railroad is in good order, but much
of the rolling stock has been destroyed.
Yesterday Gen. Roy Stone found several
engines wrecked. The machinery had been
dismembered by Spanish sympathizers at
the round house und hidden.
Gen. Slone gave orders to get the engines
in working order, under penalty of impris
onment; and in less than no time the en
gines had steam up and were ready to
move.
The Spaniards will probably retire as
far back at Aibonito, about thirty-five
miles on the road to San Juan, where
they are likely to make a stand, if they
receiver reinforcements. They left here
entirely without artillery, which makes it
even more obvious than an attack at this
point was never dreamed of by them. Not
a gun was mounted. The garrison was
small and poorly manned.
All the guns, with one exception, that
were abandoned In the arsenal when they
beat their hasty retreat Wednesday night,
were Remingtons and Mausers.
There was not a mine In the harbor of
I’once, although two ancient affairs, cov
ered with barnacles, were found at Puerto
de Guanica. These had been placed there
three years ago. and resisted every effort
to explode them.
It is very evident from the wholesale de
sertion on the part of the Spanish volun
teers that Capt. Gen. Macias must depend
as a last resort upon the regulars. These
do not number over 8,000 in lhe whole isl
and. and everything thus far indicates an
easy conquest.
Gen. Wilson thinks he could take the Isl
and with his own troops, unaided, and he
ptedicis that if the troops now expected
arrive, Porto Rico will lie ours In less titan
three weeks.
MANILA CAN’T HOLD OUT.
Governor General Cobles That Aid Is
Indispensable.
Madrid, July 31.—The governor general
of Manila, telegraphing under date of July
25, says that aid Is indispensable to resist
the impending attack of the American
forces under Gen. Merritt.
Tire foreign warships In the bay, the
dispatch adds, answered the salute in hon
or of the Queen's .Saint day, and the
American vessels displayed the American
flag.
Advices from Havana confirm the report
that Gen. Garcia has relinquished his com
mand and gone to Cainaguey.
SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY'. AUGUST 1. ISOS.
WAITING FOR SPAIN’S REPLY.
RESPONSE NOT EXPECTED BEFORE
TO-MOHKOW.
Spanish Cabinet Must Give Terms
Extended Consideration and Care
fully Frame the Reply—Nntorc of
the President's Concession on the
Philippine Question Not Mude Pub
lic Retention of Manila Quite
Likely Part of His Demand—Fif
teen It eg f men t * to Go to l’orto
Hico.
Washington, July 31.—The persons best
informed as to the probabilities declare
that the answer of the Spanish govern •
ment to the terms of peace outlined by
(he government of the United States is
not to be expected before Tuesday.
This opinion is based upon a knowledge
of the lime when the United Slates’ com
munication was received in Madrid, which
was not until an catly hour this morning,
the time to decipher it, the ne
cessity for an extended consideration of
the matter by the Spanish cabinet, and
also the necessity for carefully framing
the rejoinder.
It is not meant by this statement to
question in any manner the full plenipo
tentiary powers of M. Cambon, the French
ambassador, in dealing with the subject.
On the contrary, they are in latitude wider
titan those usually conferred in such
cases.
But his position is somewhat similar to
that of the President himself, who is oblig
ed to secure the sanction of the United
rftates Se ate to any treaty of peace that
he may { epare, lor the ambassador must
submit to the Madrid cabinet for its ap
proval any agreement that he may enter
into.
But in the drafting of such an agreement
he Is fuily authorized to proceed in his
discretion, and to guard against any pos
sibility of repudiation of his action he has
been given the minutest definition of the
concessions that will be made by the Span
ish government on every point that by
any possibility could be expected to arise
in the course of the negotiations.
It was not known to our government
that M. Cambon had such powers when
he appeared yesterday afternoon at the
White House to receive the American an
swer, but although the President was sat
isfied that he was competent to deal In
an authorized manner with our govern
ment, the production of his credentials
wits hailed with satisfaction, as tending
to hasten the reaching of an agreement
without loss of tfhie and In the most direct
mtrnner, for technically the United States
is now treating with Spain without the
intervention of any third power.
It may .be said also that M. Cambon is
proceeding with straightforwardness to
ward his object, and that there is no fear
of devious diplomacy being introduced in
to the negotiations.
There is much speculation as to the na
ture of the amendment in the answer of
the United Slates that the ambassador
succeeded in inducing President McKinley
to make, after the document had been
so carefully constructed by his cabinet.
All that can be knowingly stated is that
it relates to that part of the answer
which deals with the future of the Philip
pines. It is known that trio Spanish ef
forts were concentrated upon the reten
tion of the islands, and the Madrid cabinet
was willing to make almost any sacrifice
in its power to secure that end.
Whether or not the ambassador pre
vailed in this is not known, but there is
reason to believe that the success he at
tained was limited and that the United
States proposes to retain some foothold a
little more important than a simple coal
ing station in the islands. Had our de
mand been limited to a coaling station,
there would have been no doubt of its ac
ceptance, and it is even probable that the
concession might have been made of a con
siderable tract of land for a naval station
and a supporting zone.
But it is believed that there was stren
uous objection to the cession of the city
of Manila, the metropolis of the group,
and particularly to the reference to a com
mission of the question of the future gov
ernment of the itcands, for the Spanish
government is desirous that its full sov
ereignty shall remain unaffected und with
out question. It is assumed that it was
this point which was the subject of amend
ment at the hands of the President yes
terday, though what form that change
took Is still unknown.
As some mention has been made in the
public discussions of the possibility of the
acquisition of one of the Caroline Islands,
it may be stated authoritatively that the
matter has not been considered by the
cabinet up to this time.
The progress made in the negotiations
has given rise in some quarters to an ex
pectation that hostilities are to be sus
pended very soon. This will depend en
tirely upon the attitude of the Spanish
government and the nature of its answer
to our demands.
It lias been made clear to the French
ambassador that hbr-tlllt'.es will not lie sus
pended except upon the assurance of a full
acceptance of our conditions, and he has
undoubtedly informed the Spanish cabi
net that it depends upon Spain when the
war shall cease.
Meanwhile, as an earnest that our gov
ernment has not interrupted the execution
of its campaigns, an order was issued from
the war department to-day for the dispatch
of on entire army division to reinforce
Gens. Miles nnd Brooke in Porto Rico.
This will he known as the provisional di
vision, and will be commanded by Maj.
Gen. Wade, at present in command at
Camp Thomas, Chiekamauga, He Is or
dered to turn over that command to Maj.
Gen. Breckenridge, inspector general of the
army, and to report to Secretary Aiger in
Washington for instructions before depart
ing for Porto Hico, bringing with him his
adjutant general anl his aides. The pro
visional division will consist of fifteen full
reg:m*nte, and Gen. Wade will select them,
not from the trooiiers under his old com
mand alone, but with particular reference
to an equitable representation in the Porto
Rican campaign of all of the Males of the
Union.
Secretary Alger feels that his department
has been subject'd to some unjust criti
cism upon the selection of troops for act
ive service, and pronounces as without
foundation the allegation that polities have
dictated these assignments.
In the case of the Fifth Illinois Volun
teer Regiment, which w~s withdrew*
from the Porto Rico expedition in favor
of an Indiana regiment, just as the troops
were about to board the oars, it had item
already explained by authority that the
change was made In recognition of the
Justness of the complaint that Illinois
already hn<l two regiments in active ser
vice at the front, while Indiana had r.ot
one. In that case, however, Secretary Al
ger did not make the selection of the regi
ment to be held back; he simply instruct
ed the general commanding the expedition
to select one Illinois regiment for de
tention without designating It.
Secretary Alger is hastening the prepa
rations at Montault Point for the recept
ion of the Fifth Army Corps now at San
tiago. Surgeon General Sternberg has
just dispatched Col. Forwood of his bu
reau to the site of the camp with In
instruetlons to erect at once a hospital
capable of accommodating no less than
500 soldiers.
Gen. Shatter has been authorized by a
cablegram from Secretary Alger to notify
his soldiers of the good fortune in store
for them in order that the men may lie
cheered up to wait with patience for their
removal. This cannot be effected imme
diately, owing to the condition of the men
themselves. The present plan is to login
as soon as possible the transporta:ion to
Montauk Point of such ot the soldiers as
have recovered from the fever and of
those who have not contracted tt.
The sick must wait, for physicians say
that the climatic change Involved in
bringing them North would prove fatal
in many cases. But the delay Is not likely
to be extended. Surgeon General Stern
berg says that convalescence in fever of
a type as mild as that at Santiago does
not usually occupy more than ten days,
although as the season runs on and the
virulence increases, this period Is greatly
extended.
As soon as that period is passed the
men will be embarked for horn. The
matter of securing transports for this
work is already under consideration and
is likely to be adjustsd very satisfacto
rily.
The navy department has concluded
that ii can dispense with the four big
American line steamers formerly known
as New York, St. Louis, St. Paul and
Paris and the war department has began
negotiations for chartering them.
Air. Griscom, the president of the line,
will meet Col. Honker, in charge of trans
poration, 10-morrow by appointment at
the war department to make the necessa
ry arrangements by which the soldiers of
the Fifth corps can make flying trips on
iliest vessels from Cuba to the North,
The war department has corrected a
statement mode yesterday as to the re
markable casualties among the officers
of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, in connec
tion with the death of Capt. Dodge. Whal
was meant to have been stated was that
every captain of the‘regiment had been
either killed ot Incapacitated by wounds
or disease since taking the field in the
present campaign. *
TROOPS TO LEAVE THE SOUTH.
Alger to Remove Every Camp In tile
North. *
Washington, July 31.—The SocretarjF of
War has declared Ills purpose lo take
ad the troops out of the South and place
them at Northern camps. He did this in
the course of a talk with Senator Bacon
yesterday, nnd he did It 'ln a way that
showed he was earnest in his declaration.
Senator Bacon came to Washington for
the purpose of calling the attention ofjhe
war dtpurtmont to some of the conditions
prevailing at -CMckamauga and to urge
upon the secretary the wisdom of scat
tering the troops through the more healthy
portions of the Souih, so as to remove the
dangers incident upon having so many
thousand men huddled together. The
health of the troops there has been great
ly endangered by ’crowding the men to
gether In a small space where they have
none of the proper facilities, or rather
where the very numbers bring about con
ditions unfavorable to the health of the
men just as the same crowding Angether
ay Camp Alger and other points ■ has
brought similar results.
The senator had just introduced his sub
ject when Secretary Alger cut him short
by the deciaration that he hail determined
to bring all the troops out of the South
and place them at Northern camps.
He did not go into detail? as to his rea
sons for doing this, but indicated that the
complaints of iil-heaith and the spread of
fevers at some of the camps was the im
pelling motive.
Senator Bacon asked if he had made up
his mind irrevocably on this point, and the
secretary said he had.
Senator Bacon entered a protest against
the reflection upon the health conditions
in the entire South, which such action
would imply. He stated to the secretary,
with great emphasis, that such action
was uncalled for and that the trouble at
Chirkarnauga was not due to the un
healthiness of the climate at all, hut to
the action of the officers of the army in
herding the men together where they could
not have proper sanitary facilities. He
called the action contemplated by the sec
retary unwarranted, and declared that 1f
troops were properly placed through the
South it would be found that the health
conditions were just as good as in New
England, or any part of the country. He
got no satisfaction from the secretary,
however.
From the first the Secretary of War
set-ms to have been prejudiced against the i
South, at lt-asi he has caused many people
to believe so.
It may be that hack of this last deter
mination on the part of the secretary is to
be found the fine Italian hand of some
railroad influences that are desirous of
getting the haul on the troops, but what
ever the Influence the result Is unwar
ranted and uncalled for reflection on the
health conditions through the entifc
South.
PORTO RIGANS VOLUNTEER.
Two Thousand Offer to Join Qen.
Miles’ Army.
Washington, July 31.—Gen. Miles, In
command of the Porto Rican expedition,
sent the following dispatch to Secretary
Alger, which was made public at the war
department at 10 o’clock to-night:
“Ponce, Porto Rico, July 31, 3:35 p. m
Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.:
Four telegrams received and answered by
letter.
“Volunteers are surrendering themselves
with arms and ammunition.
“Four-fifths of the people ore overjoyed
at the arrival of the army. Two thousand
from one place volunteered to serve with
it. They arc bringing in transportation,
beef cattle and other needed supplies.
"The custom house has already yielded
$14,000.
“As soon as all the troops are disem
barked they will lie in readiness to move.
“Please send any naiional colors that
can be spared to he given to the different
municipalities.
“1 request that the question of the tariff
rate lo oe charged in the parts of Porto
Rico occupied by our forces be submitted
to the President for his action, the pre
viously existing tariff remaining mean
while in force.
“As to tlie government and military oc
cupation, I have already given instructions
based upon the Instructions Issued by the
President in the case of the Philippine is*
lands, and similar to those issued at San
tiago Ue Cuba. Miles,
“Major General Commanding.”
GERMANY’S DEAD STATESMAN.
lIEKL.IN SLOAN IN LEARNING THE
NEWS.
A Number of Morning Papers Fulled
to Get tle News —.“ Thanks, M.v
Child," the l.nst Words of the
Prince ns His Daughter Wiped the
Perspirntlnn From Ills 11 row.
Fuller Detnlls of Ills Last Days nnd
Demise.
London. July .11.—A special dispatch to
the Associated Press says: “The news of
Prince Bismarck's death reached Berlin at
a late hour, and was only generally known
this morning. A number of papers, includ
ing the Post, Die Vorwaerts, and the
Deutsche Zeltung, did not contain the news
of the Prince’s demise.
The Yngcblntt this morning Issued a
Bismarck supplement. The papers, misled
by Dr. Sehweininger’s and the family's
statements regarding the Prince's condi
tion, made no provision to obtain news of
his death.
This morning no news of any kind re
garding the funeral arrangements la ob
tainable.
The Hamburger correspondent nnd the
Nachrichten appears with mourning bor
ders and publish long obituary notices.
The Nachrichten gives the fullest details
of the last days and death of Prince Bis
marck. It says; “On Tuesday evening an
Improvement set in In the Prince’s condi
tion, in which repeated changes for the
worse had occurred since October lost, and
he was alilo to appear at the table and
lake part in the conversation, drinking
champagne nnd afterwards smoking sev
eral pipes, which he had not done lately.
“A sudden change for the worse occur
red Saturday afternoon, in consequence
of an acute attack of pulmonary oedema,
and in the course of the afternoon lie
frequently became unconscious.
“On Saturday evening grave symptoms
appeared. Death came easily and pain
lessly. The last words Prince Bismarck
uttered were addressed to Ills daughter,
Countess von Rantzau, who wiped the
perspiration from his forehead. They were:
'Thanks, my child.’
“The whole family were assembled at
the bedside at the time of his death, and
Dr. Schweninger, Dr. Chrysander and
Baron and Baroness Merck were also
present.
"As no breathing movement or pulse
was perceptible for three minutes, l)r.
Schweninger declared quietly and simply
that, the Prince was dead.
“Dr. Schweninger telegraphed the news
to Emperor William, in Norway.
“In accordance with Prince Bismarck's
wish he will lie burled upon the hill op
posite the castle in the vicinity of Hirsch
gruppe.”
DEATH AGONA' PROLONGED.
l’rinee's Last Ilnurs Now Reported
Full of niitreio.
Berlin, July 31, Midnight.—When Dr.
Schweninger arrived at Freidrlchsruhe
railway station shortly alter 10 o’clock
Saturday evening, the two counts, Von
Rantzau, were watting with a carriage
and the physician was driven rapidly to
the palace, where he found the Prince al
ready unconscious.
According to on unofficial account, the
death agony was prolonged. The Prince
died without tuklng leave of the family.
For fully an hour ho suffered terrible
difficulty in breathing and his groans were
fearful to hoar during the death struggle.
He had been placed in a sitting position
end propped up with cushions in order to
relieve the frightful spasms In breathing.
His powerful constitution fought to the
last. The family gathered, in an adjoining
room, was plunged Into the very anguish
of grief by the moans from the death
chamber. The despair was Intensified by
Hr. Schweninger’s absence, although medi
cal art was unavailing. The only conso
lation was that the Prince was uncon
scious during the last two hours.
Hr. Schweninger was in time only to af
ford some relief fn the final moments.
During the agony of dying the Prince re
peatedly pressed his hands to his eyes.
His appearance in death Is said to recall
strikingly that of the first Emperor Wil
liam, ihe smallness of skull as compared
with a large body being remarkable. The
strongly contracted, small, pale features,
greatly emaciated, suggest long and se
vere suffering, though ihe expression Is
calm.
It is reported late to-night (Sunday), but
the report Is not yet confirmed, that Em
peror Wiliiam has telegraphed Count Her
bert his desire to have a worthy public
funeral at Berlin, and that In reply Count
Herbert, after thanking the Emperor, de
clined the offer on the ground that his
father long ago expressed a distinct wish
to be buried at Friedrichsruhe.
SCENE IN THE DEATH CH IMHER.
Severe Struggle and Terrible Pain
Preceded Demise.
Berlin, July 31.—A special dispatch to Ihe
I-iOkai Anzeiger from Friedrlchsruhe says:
"The death chamber is on the ground
floor of the castle. The Prince died on an
oaken bedstead made specially for him of
wood from Bachsenwald. The end was
preceded by a severe death struggle and
terrible pain. As he lies, hls head in
slightly fallen forward on hls breast ar.d
the hands ore folded on the counterpane.
At the foot of the bed stand two watch
ers.”
The city looks hardly different from Its
wont, except that flags are at half mast.
United States Ambassador White et
noon to-day sent the following dispatch
to Count Herbert von Bismarck at Fried
riehsruhe: “On behalf of the whole
American people, whether official or un
official, and of whatever birth or de
scent, X tender congratulations upon the
mighty career now ended and assurances
of the most sincere sympathy for yourself
and your mourning family.”
The funeral will probably be delayed
until the emi>eror's return.
It is significant that Prince Bismarck di
rected an interment near the colossal
bronze monument presented by the Loyal
Anhalt representatives—a noble stag
triumphant over a pack of yelping dogs.
The remains of the Countess will be trans
ferred thither also.
His last will and testament was depos
ited early this morning at the Schwarzen
bach court house, near Friedrichsruhe. On
the family retiring, Count Herbert person
ally locked his father's private room, tak
ing the keys along and issuing strict or
ders to exclude every one. Ingress to the
sellings and Friedrichsruhe to-day has
been denied to all, except under special
order from Count Herbert, the head of
the family.
Neither a plaster cast nor photograph
ing the remains has been allowed us yet,
KAISER STARTS FOR HOME.
Emperor \p pears Deeply Affected
Over the llentli. •
Bergen, Norway, July 31.—When the
Emperor was informed of the Prince's
death early this morning he was deeply
affected and ordered his yacht to return
immediately. The Hohenzollern, with the
Emperor on board, will reach Kiel to-mor
row evening. The flag on the yacht is
flying nt half-mast,
CONDOLENCES CABLED.
Alice Expresses American Sympathy
for Germany.
Washington, July 31.—8 y direction of the
President, the following dispatch was sent
to-night to Hon, Andrew D. White, United
States ambassador to Germany.
“Washington, H. C., July 31, 1898,
White, Ambassador, Berlin: The President
charges you to express in the proper of
ficial quarter lo Ihe bereaved German na
tion, and lo the family of the deceased
statesman, the sorrow which the govern
ment and people of the Untied States feel
at (he passing away of the great chancel
lor, whose memory Is ever associated with
the greatness of the German empire.
"Adee, Acting Secretary.”
IIISM ARCK’B RESIGNATION.
Text of Ills Letter Written to Em
peror W illiam in JSffO.
Berlin, July 31.—The Igikal Anzelger
publishes a long article on I’rince Bls
mnrek by Dr. Moritz Busch.
It gives an alleged copy of the original
text of Prince Bismarck's letter to Em
peror William on leaving office in 1890,
which, it Is understood, was only lo be
published after his death. In this docu
ment Prince Bismarck is represented ns
saying: "It is not possible for me to re
tain the position of president of the coun
cil of ministers after your majesty, in re
spect of the same, has urged a capitis
dtminutlo, relying uiwn nn abrogation of
the order of 1R52, which regulates the re
lations of a minister president lo his col
leagues.
“Moreover, In regard to my official pre
rogatives, your majesty has Imposed lim
its which do not permit me to have a pro
portionate share in state business ami its
su|;rvision, or the freedom of action In
ministerial decisions or communications
with the Reichstag or members of the
Reichstag, which my constitutional re
sponsibility requires. It would also, after
the latest decisions of your mojesty re
spectlng Ihe direction to he given our for
eign policy ns set forth in the imperial
autograph letter with which your mujesty
yesterday accompanied the reports of the
consul at be impossible for me to
carry out the inslrucitons therein given
with respect to foreign policy. I would
ihus call in question all the important re
sults for the German empire which our
foreign policy has attained under unfavor
able conditions for a decade past, on lines
laid down by both your majesty's prede
cessors In our relations to toward
the unexpectedly great importance of
which has since hls return from
confirmed to me.
"In view of my attachment 'to the ser
vice of your majesty's royal house and
the*many years during which I have
grown habituated to a position which I
have hitherto regarded us an enduring
one, it is very painful to me to sever
myself from my accustomed relations to
your mujesty and from the general, policy
of the empire and Prussia, but after con
scientious consideration of your majesty's
intentions, for the execution of which I
must be prepared If I remain In office, I
cannot do otherwise than beg your ma
jesty to relieve me of the office of Imixt
rlal chancellor, premier and minister of
foreign affairs.
"According to the impressions X have
received during the last few weeks, ns
well as communications from your majes
ty's military and civil household, I may
assume that my request lo resign meets
with your majesty’s wishes and that I
may, therefore, certainly rely upon its
gracious acceptance. I would have ten
dered my resignation to your majesty
long ago if I had not thought that your
majesty wished to utilize the experiences
of a true servant of your predecessors.
Since 1 have become certain that your
majesty, docs not care lo avoil himself of
them, I withdraw from polittcali life, with
out any apprehension that public opinion
will condemn my decision as untimely."
London, Aug. I.—The Times publishes In
extenso the letter from Prince Bismarck
to Emperor William, in leaving office in
1890. It occupies over a column. •
The Berlin correspondent of the Morn
ing ost, commenting upon this letter,
which be had seen in ihe I-okaf Anzelger,
suggests that ttie power whose name Is
suppressed was Russia, and that the point
fron. which I’rlnce Bismarck's Information
had lieen recently returned was St. Peters
burg, Russia, being probably the scene
of Germany’s successful foreign policy.
He says: "It will then be clear that the
differences between Prince Bismarck and
Emperor William bad to do with matters
of a more serious nature than the main
tenance of the constitutional charter. It
throws new light on the Zanzibar treaty.”
TRIBUTES TO IIISMARCK.
Lend on Graphic Classes Him ns
Greater Than Napoleon.
London, Aug. I.—The space the morning
papers to-day devote to Prince Illsmarek
alone Is uniple testimony that man of
the century has disappeared.
'lie was greater than Napoleon,” says
the Daily Graphic, “for hls work endures.
He was the greatest personality of his cen
tury, the pivot on which everything of im
portance in ihe history of Europe has
turned.”
The obituary in the Times occupies thir
teen columns, i “IBs death,” says the pa
per, "removes the greatest personality in
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BATTLESHIP TEXAS IS BACK.
BIG FIGHTING MACHINE AT THE
BROOKLYN NAVA' YARD.
Patriotic Sentiments Break: Loose ns
Site Conics I p the Ray and She In
Given a Great Ovation—Bears .Many
Evidences of Having Bren In tho
Thick of the Fray With Cervern’n
Squadron and nt Other Folttta Ott
Culm,
New York, July 31.—Back from the
coast of Cuba, battle-scarred and powder
stained and punctured In spots, with hep
formidable guns bristling in the sunlight
and her officers and crew laughing and
cheering like schoolboys on a holiday trip,
the United States battleship Texas, CapL
J. W. Philip in command, steamed slowly!
up the lower bay from Sandy Xlook this
forenoon, on her way to tho Brooklyn
navy yard. \
For a brief period she remained at an
chor off Tompkinsvlile, Staten Island, to
receive the mull and dispatches, and aa
soon as these were got on board Ihe ves
sel proceeded slowly to her destination
amid salvos of greeting from the thou
sands of people, who crowded the decks o(
the outward bound excursion boats.
Salutations of welcome came from all
skies. Every vessel that boasted a steam
whistle let it shriek for all it was worth.
The piping tools of the little tug boats
mingled with the deep-toned roars from
the ocean and coaptwise steamers, and the
usual calm of the Sabbath was supplanted
by a veritable pandemonium.
The sailing vessels were also in evi
dence, and tho elient dipping of the col
ors aboard the pleasure yachts, while not
so demonstrative ns the shrill notes from
the steamers, was equally effective, and
the man In charge of the steam siren or*
the Texas worked like a beaver replying
to the hearty reception.
The cheers of the excursionists and pas
sengers on the numerous ferryboats was
taken up by the people, who watched tho
black painted warship from the New York
and Brooklyn shoes, and the brave sailors
responded with waving caps and handker
chiefs as they stood on the main deck
dressed In white duck suits, which stood
out in bold relief against the superstruc
ture, which still wore that dark colop
which Is known ns "Uncle Sam's war
paint.”
(’apt. J. W. Philip was on the bridge di
recting the course of the Texas, and by
hls side stood hls executive officer, I,lcu
tenant Commander G. E. Harber. Among
Ihe officers who were congregated on tho
qunrler deck was one by whose inventive
genius the death dealing and destructive
power of the two 12-ineh guns in the tur
rets was increased three-fold—Lieut. F. J.
Heaaeler, of whom Capt. I’hillp made spe
cial mention in his report of the destruc
tion of Admiral Cervera’s fleet off San
tiago.
When Ihe Texas reached the navy yard
the doek was crowded with blue Jackila
and marines, who greeted their fellows
with feverish enthusiasm and welcomed
them back with joyous cheers.
Willing hands did the work of securing
the vessel to her moorings at the dock,
and us soon as Ihe gangways were placed
In position hundreds of relatives of tha
men aboard rushed to embrace the heroes
who had fought so nobly and successfully
In the cause of humanity.
The gem ral outward appearance of this
big floating fort showed that the Texan
had had a rough time of it, and a close in
spection revealed Ihe places where the
shells of the lions had penetrated the bow
and starlKiutd and superstructure.
On June 22, while the Texas was bom
barding the Morro at the entrance of San
tiago harbor, u six-inch shell tore through
the port side under the anchor about twen
ty feet from the bow.
This shell exploded on the opposite side
of the gun deck, and on Its way Instantly
killed Frank Blakely, a first-class appren
tice, whose home was In Igjwrence, Mass.
This was the only fatal missile which
struck Ihe Texas during her fighting term,
as none; of the other men who wore
wounded succumbed to their Injuries.
A piece of the shell which killed Blake
ley hit John Lively, a landsman, in tha
leg, and inflicted a dangerous and painful
wound. Lively was limping around tho
gun deck to-day. and said he would sooo
be all right again.
During the engagement of July 3, whet*
the Texas was chasing Admiral Cervera'B
vessels, a big shell, probably from the Al
mir.inte Oquendo, pierced ihe starboard
bulkhead, underneath the bridge. It pass
ed through the ventilator, and after car
rying away the ash-hoist, entered tho
smokestack, where it exploded, but in
jured no one.
Several shots took effect on the brldgo
and other parts of the superstructure, but
nearly ail traces of the damage done by
them were removed on the homeward
trip.
The firing of the port turret gun across
the upper deck shook the vessel consider
ably, and she will need a general over
hauling. as her decks and supports hava
been loosened. If occasion required, how
ever, the Texas could fight at a moment's
notice, her batteries being In excellent or
der.
All the sailors, who were seen to-day,
said that the Texas was a wonderful ship,
and her record off the Cuban coast had
laid at rest the stories which had beet*
circulated as lo her being an unlucky ves
sel.
On t-ho way up from Cuba the Texas
made only about nine knots an hour, but
this was caused by bad coal.
Twenty-two sick sailors and marines
were brought buck from the squadron by
tho Texas and they were all transferred
to ihe naval hospital adjoining the navy
yard. None of them had been injured in
battle and In no cuse Is there any fear
of fatal results.
Dry dock No. 2 is In readiness for Iha
docking of the Texas, which will be done
to-morrow.
CAR LISTS ON THE RI'JL
Troops l Pursuit of a Rand of .‘IOO
Near /.ode t'rgel,
Paris, July 31.—The Madrid correspond
ent of tho Temps says that a band of
300 Carlists appeared near Zo de Urgel,
in Caislonia, and the troops are pursuing
them.