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2 mi Mill OF Onsffli Regular and Volunteer Foots Up 227,000 Men. SECOND cJITrEGRUITS Enlistment Progressing Fairly Well. Now Only 17,000 Short of Total Nuuibar of Volunteers Authorized. Georgia Is Among Delinquents. Wash’. - on. Jul ID- —1 orly good tjrogress has boa made v h the re . rn.tmont 1 r the volunteer army un- Oer t. ideut's t vuud call fur 75,- 400 vol i-i ■•; . The j..an adopted by lie war dc *l i, '.t \. t-> r. cruit :■.! the volun- i er o >n in thi ar.Hy up to '1... ir i . m.iuiii <-nli: ted strength be- Jo' . ci.;. : u; the recruitment of S' I Ji:! :.al tr.s. Ihe total number of tnen i squired to fill out existing regi- • . . .... to the u i.i. ::■ inn . : t'i ll enlistment un til r th; ■ plan V'.' »> n. In ord. r o show the progress of re <n ;i ng u ■ r the second call a state ment In ■ .1 prepared in the office of it!, .a!. ..t.ini g neral of the army base 1 vn the : ■; returns. Jt shows the Sollo.. ing ■ nllstmi ills: .... number required, 7ttj Slumber ba. Vn, a, nti.'.h r required, 990; num tier ei.listed. 294. i: ■; a. i. .in: . required, 704; num ’!■ r enlist. .1. 255. indana, Mu n --.ta Missouri, New Jersey, ;.in>.; • island, ’West Virg.m.i. and Wis m.' n have .exceeded their I a th.- others are behind in the Slljq.lj of troops. The n.iidelinquent is North Caro lina. wii. 'i Im furnished only 55 sol ei. neat .is quota of 783. (•’.her delinquents are olorado, LouiS ana, • 'aska, Tennessee, and Vlr fc"ii. i, ea.-h of which has supplied less than .ne-thii.l the number of men re qui'd. A :bama, Massachusetts. -Ar bans.s. C. >rga., 'Mississippi, Oregon un i ar <- have done little better, and tar.- iil b.-h'ind in meeting the rcqulre- S: in . Complaint ihaa teen made also tli.it ip several of ’the states an effort lias Ken ma le to foist poor material on (the government. 'file total enlisted strength of the regular army to date .s -about 44.000 tnen, being IS,OOO short of its legal com iplement. The volunteer army consists of 183,000 in: ii, and is only 17,000 short of i.s {maximum authorized strength, under Itlie two vails issued by 'the president. The strength of the army, regular Bnd 'volunteers, is 227,000, as now or ganized. WRECKING PROGRESSING. Cruiser Maria Teresa Will Be Floated by Sunday. ■\V’a e h!ngton» July 21.- The following re port has been received from Admiral f irnnson: ‘•i nii'tl States Kingship New York.” “Playa del Esto, July 2d. ’’‘Secretary of the Navy, AVashington, J). C.: “I’rogresrt In wrecking the Maria Terena *Vt ry .satisfactory. The company think** tiie ship will probably be raised by Sun day next. No information regarding the icJ.t'r .'•hips. B urd of oflicers examining clit- Reina Myrcen s today. She will j to’iibly also be rais< 1. Lieutenant Ci>m w is I’iihhury, eomn’.inding the V<- >uvii. ii.i.s L-c t .supervising the wreck* i: a >f these vesrw la un the part us the navy. (Signed.) “SAMPSON.” FINALLY PUT TO SEA. ♦ —— Troops at Charleston Have Sailed for Porto Rioo. Charleston, July 21.—Tiro expedition, which started for Porto Rico from here AV.-ditoday evening, finally got to sea ilod.iy. 'l'lie Grand Duchess mid No. 30. with General Wilson and the Second unit Third Wisconsin, vpent 'the night off Fort Sumter. At 8 o'clock litis morning tugs took them out through the Jetties. It was not till 8 o'clock tonight that they were followed by No. 21, carrying tile Six teenth Pennsylvania and two companies ■of the Sixth Illinois. UNVEILING OB’ THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT Great Crowd Pays Tribute to Dead Heroes at Luray, Page County, Va, Richmond, July 21. —At Luray, Page county, today, the Confederate monu ment designed toy Hubert Harber, was unveiled with appropriate ci-retnoniea. 'Prior to the unveiling there was a par ade, headed by the Newmarket band. .In line were the Luray Zuaves, young ladies on hors 'back dressed in gray' several beautiful lloat.i, one with 11 young ladies on it representing ihe Confederate states; veterans and citi zens on horseback. During the_unveiling ceremonies Mirs Jennie Montgomery recited i poem written for the occasion by Mr. T. H. Erooton. The address was made by Mr. D. C. O'Flalierty. of Fronliojai, and Mr. Robert Leedy, of Luray, re cited a poem writtem by himsi-.f, "The Donnie Blue Flag,” "America,” and “Dixie” were sung, and Miss Pearl Roller, of Luray, recited “Latane,” in effective style. The monument is 28 feet high, and consists of a pedestal surmounted by the figure of a Confederate stidier in heroic Rose. The faces of the pedestal are suitably inscribed, and one bears a bas-relief of General R. E. Lee. The str.tue is of Virginia, marble. A great crowd attended the unveil ing. HUN DOWN BY LOCOMOTIVE. Fe'.er Brown, of North Carolina. In-, stantly Killed. Philadelphia, July 19.—A man sup posed to be Peter Brown-, of Greens boro. N. C., was instantly killed and Charles JI. Craig, of Attleboro, Mass., was seriously injured tonight by being struck by a locomotive on the Penn sylvania railroad in Weat Philadelphia awhile beating their way from Balti- Auore to Nev; York. PRECEDING HOISTING OF AMERICAN FLAG How General Toral Was Received by General Shafter. SANTIAGO WELL FORTIFIED Inspection of Defenies Demonitratei That Slaughter of American! Would Have Been Terrific Had City Been Stormed. (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Preus.) Santiago de Cuba, July 18, via Kingston, Jam.Hi u, July 19, 11:15 a. m.—The events jsecivillng the hoisting of the American ling ow-r the governor’* palaeo here, were full id' Interest. Shortly after (> o’clock on Monday moan ing Lieutenant Crook, of General Shaf ter's stuff, entered the city and ull the urms In the arsenal were turned over to him. Tic work of removing the mines, which obstructed navagutton at the en trance of tiid harbor, had been progress ing all night. , At about 7 o’clock, General Toral, the Spanish commander, sent his sword to General S laftec us evidence of hie eub in,- ion, and at 8:45 o'clock all the gen ii,il otliccis and their atuffe assembled at General Shafter's headquarters and each regiment was drawn up along the crest <>i the heights. Geii.ral Shafter un<l his generals, with mounted escorts of 100 picked men of the Second cavalry, then rode over our trenches to the open ground at the foot of ino hill on the main road to Santiago, midway to the then dwarfed Spanish v. oil,*. Thorn they were met l>y General Tor.il and ills staff, all In full uniform an I mounted, and u select detachment ot Spanish troops. What followed took place in full view of our troope. The <u>w in picturesque and dramatic. Genual Shafter, with Ills generals und staffs grouped immediately In the rear, and with the troops of cavalrymen with drawn sal,res on the left advanced to nii- 1 *! the vanquished floe. Alter a f,'W words of courteous greet ing. General Shafter's ilrat act was to return Genii.il Toral's sword, q’lie Span ish general appeared to be touched by the < I.mp'.imentary w i oils with which Gen eral Shafter accompanied thia action, and lie thanked tile American commander feelingly. Then followed u. short conversation as t<, the pl.or selected for the Spanish forces to deposit th"ir arms, and u Span ish Infantry detachment marched forward to a position facing our cavalry, whore the Spaniards were halted. The lattei were without their colors. Eight Spanish trumpeters then saluted and Were diluted in return by our trum peters. both giving flourishes for lieuten ants ami major generals. General Tornl then personally ordered t he Spanish company which, in miniature, represented tin’ forc.es under his com mand. to grouqd arms. Next, by his dl rce.ion, tile company wheeled and march ed across our lino Into the road and tlience to tile place oeleetrd for camping them. Tito Spaniards moved rapidly, to tile quick notes of the Spanish march, placed by the trumpeters, hut It im pressed one like the "Dead March’” from “Ba ul." Although no attempt was made to hu miliate them, till' Spanish soldiers seemed to feel their disgrace keenly, and scarcely glanced at tlielr conquerors as they pass ed by. ■Hut tills apparent depth of feeling was not displayed by the other regiments. Without being sullen, the Spaniards ap peared to be utterly indifferent to the reverses suffered by the Spanish arms, and some of them, when not under tile eyes of tlielr officers, eeemed to rejoice nt the prospect of good food and Im mediate return -to Spain. General Toral. throughout the cere mony, was sorely dejected. When Gen- ; cisil Shafter Introduced him by name to ■ each member of hi* staff, the SnaniHh general appeared to be a wry broken man. He seemed to be about SO years ot ago and of trail constitution, though Stern resolution is shown In every fea ture. The lines are strongly marked, and his face is deep drawn, as If In pliyaleul pain. Ginernl Toral replied with un air or abstraction to the words addressed to him. ami when ho accompanied General Shafter, at the head of the escort, Into ■the city to tako formal piwse>ssion of Santiago. General Toral spoke but few words. Tlie appealing faces of the starv ing refugees streaming buck into the city did not move him. nor did the groups ot Spanish soldiers lining the road and gaz ing curiously at the fair skinned stal wart-framed conquerors. The desperate character of the Spanish resistance, as planned, amazed our offi cers. Although primitive, it was well done. Each approach to the city was tilllee barricaded and Hie barricades were high enough and sufficiently strong to withhold shrapnel. Tlie slaughter among our troops would have been frightful, had it ever became iu>,'osr»arv to storm the city. Around the hospitals and public build ings. and along Hie west side of the line there were additional works and emplace ment# for guns, though no guns were mounted in them. Few expressions of any kind wore heard along the route. Here and there was a shout for free Cuba from some Cuban , yniputhlzer but us a rule there were only low mutterings. Th.e bettor class of Spaniards remained In do.qs and satisfied their curiosity from behind drawn blinds. Several Spanish ladies in tumble-down carriages averted their faces as we pass ed. The squalor in the streets was frightful. Tile bones of dead horses and other ani mal# were bleaching iu the streets and buzzards, us tame as sparrows, hoPucn aside to let u# pass. The palaeo was reached soon after 10 O'clock. There General Toral introduced General Shutter and the other American generals to the aleade, 'Senor Forer, ano to '.lie chief ot police. Senor Gulltlllerrez, as well as to the other municipal authori ties. Luncheon was served at the palace, i he fruit supply of the city was absolute ly exhausted and the Spaniards 'hud noth ing to live on except rioo, on which the soldiers in the trenches of Santiago, have subsisted for the last 12 days. In addition. Hie water supply of the city had been cut oft' for the last few days. Since the refugees left Santiago and tho surrender of the city was seen Io be in evitable, a reign of terror has existed. The city business was stopped, the stores were closed and the troop# were seeming ly allowed to sack and plunder nt will. At noon, after the American flag had been raised, General Shafter turned the city over to General MeKlbbln, who, with the Ninth Infantry, will enforce order in conjunction with the civil authorities. The Spanish soldiers are encamped be tween the lines, on the reverse slope of the hill on which are our entrenchments. Mane of them believe, as they have been told so, that the United States has pur chased the island of Cuba and that our government will pay them their arrears of pay and return them to Spain. They repudiate the idea that they have sur rendered. Don’t let those Spanish prisoners see a ticst-class baseball game. With two men out in the ninth Inning and a rocky decision from the umpire, they would witness a scene that would make them «igh for the peace of a bull fight and yearn to be back under tho rain of Schley's shells again.—Worcester Spy. TTTE AUGUSTA CIffiONTCLE FRIDAY JULY 22 1898 ■IM Ilf niTii M iws General Shafter Favors Sending Troops to North Carolina. SAYS MUST LEAVE CUBA General Wheeler'* Command Sent Into Mountain* to Recuperate. Most of Troops A>till Encamped on Fighting Line. Hanflagn de Cuba, July 20, via Kingston, Jamaica, July 21, 10:15 a. m.-Generai Shatter haa opened a cable otfhe b"C» J f and Ik !n communication with Washing ton regarding the disposition of the Filth army corps, which consists of those troops that came with birn from Tampa, ana ihe reinforcements from the lour trans ports, whlcrh have since been unload’ I. Except the Thirty-third and part of the Thirty-fourth Michigan, none of the bit ter have been in action, but are all camp ed in the eamc place, and, so far ils health considerations go, General McKib l»ln Hcems *to have held the opinion that the Fifth corps could join the Porto Rico expedition under General Miles as soon ns Santiago should fall. This whs the evident intention when the invasion army left the United State**, but the condition of the men now, according to the phy sicians and commanding officers, Is sm h that the entire corpn should return north at once. General Miles has cabled that he does not. want, and will not need, a single man among them, and he believes that, after iheir hard campaign, they should be giv en a rest of tit least two or three we ka. General Shafter's messages to the same effect have been most urgent, and the doctors way the men should be sent into camp in the mountain* of North Carolina or Western Maine for a month. Washington agrees to this, and will do everything possible, tlu* cable dispatches today say, to carry the army away from here. But there is a lack of transports. The cavalry division has been sent into the mountains, at its own request, to see if it cannot get into »<hape to join Gen eral Mites, and if no fever develops the men may go -to Porto Rico. The Twenty-fourth Infantry Is acting as guards and as nurses at the hospital at Jurngua, and more of them are need ed. The colored troops are all likely to remain here to attend the nick and hold Santiago. General Shafter has cabled to WaXliing ton that It is imperatively necessary that he should have more immune! sent to him quickly, and the probability is that a corps will Leave within the next 10 days. All our men are now encamped on the lighting line, where they have been for •two weeks, except General Wheeler’s men, who have been sent into the hills. General Wheeler is still 111, but he re sist* the pU’ns of his friends to return to the United States. CONFEDERATES BUT ALL LOYAL AMERICANS (Continued fi’din page 1.) reunion. This has been made the «pe oial order of business for 11 o'clock. There are three cities spoken of for the next reunion and each ot them has been promlised the support of several divi sions. The cities are Charleston, Louis ville and Baltimore. Louisville has lost ground steadily dttrng the day. The Charleston contu gent argue that $75,000 was put up by the Louisville people for the entertain ment of the Grand Army of the Repub -Ic, yet, uecordng to telegram from Mayor Weaver of Lousvlle today, but $15,000 haw been ‘promised for the Con federates. Charleston clams that Louis ville is out of the way; that the firs, gun was fired In South Carolina, ami that it Is time Charleston had the gtatherlng. Louisville people have put up a steady and hard fight, but Jt is tbelieved tonight they are beaten. Tex as and Tennessee have both come out strong for Charleston, while Louisiana, Virginia, and West Virginia are still wavering. Baltimore is not cutting .much figure in the contest, but, to gether with Louisville, will make a final stand 'tomorrow. Owing to the increasing age and rapidly thinning ranks of the veterans, the next encampment will probably be held in October, 1899. The summer heat fa most trying to the veterans, and as the desire to keep up tlie yearly gatherings is widespread, the encampments in future will be held at a time which will give the most com fort and ease to the old warriors. The most prominent arrivals of the day were Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and Miss Winnie Davis. They were met at the depot by reception committees and escorted to the home of those who will entertain them during the reunion. The confusion which libs existed for the past two days among the various states as to the headquarters, is at an end. and the headquarters have been established in easily accessible build ings In the heart of the city. Gen. John B. Gordon was given an other proof of the undying love for ■him in tlie (hearts of all surviving Confederates, in a unanimous re-elec tion today to the position of comman der-in-dhlef of the United Confederate veterans. All of the officers were re elected amid a scene of great enthusi asm. The convention was called to or der at Piedmont park at 10:30 o’clock by General Gordon. In taking the chair he said: "We are all Confederate soldiers, we are Confederate men and women, but we are also Americans, and we are ■people of God. God has blessed us as he has blessed no other nation. It be comes us who have been spared by his providence to sing a song of praise to Him in acknowledgement of His many mercies. “I want the men whose shouts have been 'heard on many battlefields to join in a hymn of praise to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, whom wa all acknowledge and worship.” Committees on credentials and reso lutions were then announced, the lat ter committee being constituted as fol lows: Gen. A. C. Kelly, of Tennessee, chair man. Texas—Captain Hill. Arkansas—J. U. Smit he. Missouri—J. G. Gant. Georgia—W. L. Sheuhard. WRECKjaF SPANISH WARMPHT MANILA Reina Crisfnft Shows Most Com plete Instruction— Charred Bodies Near the Ladder. Six-incSi Shells Played Havoc|With the Ulloa. New York,«uly 21.—A correspondent of the JourAl, writing from Cavite, Manila, July W, relates ithe result of an inspection otAhe hulls of the Spanish warships sura in 'Manila bay 'by the squadron of Amlra.l Dewey. The crulsei> Rlena Marla Cristina shows the m*st complete destruction. The course of the Olympia's 8-inch shell Is Clearly trailed by a line of ruin ex tending fromjher stem to her waist. AU her wood frock is totally destroyed. There are vejy few large shot holes through her liuil, the principal ones be ing from a 64n< h shell, arnidship, and from some 4-trw h shells. Charred human remains were seen In several placefr A large heap of remains nc*ar the laxklfr shows that the rush to es-ape was made by the engineer's force. All wajre lost, as the hatches to the engine a.id fire room were Pios -d. The erulsei fastlllia was less burned, 'but was terrißly. wrecked. There were plain traces where six big shells tore infnense holes in her wood en trull. Whjn the fire started the weight ot the guns caved the hull in ward. The warship Is now a mass of twist ed iron and marred beams, a very bad wreck, resembling that of tihe Maine in appearance. ■Everything aft from the engines v. erclshattered. Three large shells entered amidships. The num'ber of deaths was not so large as on ihe Reina Cristina. The lAon Antonio de Ulloa d'id not burn. Who sank quickly, riddled '.jy shells of ail sizes. The greatest havoc was done by the 6-inch (shells. A number of dead bodies, all huddled together near the ladder leading to the Miperstruetui*',- shows tir.it the men were killed by a shell as they were at tempting to lift the treasure dhest to the superstructure and save it. MJC'KEY NOMINATED. Wilmington Republicans Put Him Up for Judge of Sixth District. Wilmington, N. C., July 19.—C. P. Lockey, of Wilmington, was nominat ed for judge at the Republican con vention of the Sixth judicial district at Warsaw today. Delegates from three counties, On slow, Jones and Carteret, who wanted to postpone nomination until after the state convention, bolted the conven tion. No nomination for solicitor was made, resolutions being passed offering the united supiswt of Republicans in the district to the Populist nominee for that office, provided the Populists would support the "Republican nomi nee for judge. North Carolina —Maj. C. R. Barker. District of Columbia —Col. F. S. Mackey. * South Carolina—Col. George B. Lake. Alabama-r-Col. J. W.», A. Sandfiord. Indian Territory—-J, JW. Gollidge. Kentucky—Col. Benton H. Young. Florida—Gen. John G. Law. Mississippi—L. L. Miller. West Virginia—John A. LaFoy. Louisiana—Col. David Zoble. Virginia—J. li. Moyler. (iklahoma—'Robert Reed. California was represented on both committees by the members from Texas. The historical committee, of which Col. Stephen D. Lee Is chairman, pre sented its report. The report voiced the patriotic American spirit which has pervaded the whole country, by saying: "In the just war in which our coun try is engaged our comrades now liv ing and the descendants of those who have passed away, have nobly used tlhe opportunity to demonstrate to the world the ardor of their patriotism and their readiness to d vote their lives in defense of one reunited country.” The committee recommended: The establishment of chairs of Amer ican history in universities and col leges. The exclusion of partisan, sectlonal and unpatriotic works from all schools. Tlie adoption of measures to secure more reliable records of the respective states. That active historians be appointed for all divisions und camps of the Uni ted Confederate veterans. That authorship tn the south be en couraged by a more liberal patronage of literary productions. The report was adopted. General Lee then introduced a reso lution pledging Hie life and treasures of the Confederacy to a reunited country, and it was adopted in a manner which gave no evidence of a lack of sincerity, A resolution was then introduced thanking the president of the United States for appointing General Wheeler and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, gallant Confed erates, to command in the army of the United States. It was adopted with cheers. Colonel Ellison, of Virginia, then put in nomination the present officers of the United Confederate Veterans' as sociation, and they were elected. * In acknowledging the compliment which had been paid him, General Gordon said: “My Comrades—"No words of thanks I could command would do justice to the promptings of my own heart or to your generosity. 1 do not deserve this compliment ” Voices: “Yes, you do; you do; you do.” "But by God’s help I shall end my days by keeping my face always An the direction your faces have been since 1861. (Applause). And while I say that. I want it understood by every man within the sound of my voice, and by the whole world as well, that there beats no truer heart in any breast for this reunited country, for the honor and glory of the American republic, for the prosperity and freedom of this liberty-loving people, than in mine. (Applause). "Again, I thank you, my country men, and pledge myself to devote to your service, to the welfare of our common country, to the enlightenment of the youth of our land the remain ing days of my life,” The question of selecting a place of meeting for next year was made spe cial order of business for 11 o’clock to tomorrow. After this adjournment was taken. SPiIJ MENAiTO BI MS MOWERS Are Securing and Stdring Arms and Ammunition- GOVERNMENTJELPLESS Arrest of Cirlist Leaders at Thi* Time Will Precipitate in Civil War—Carlist newspapers Are Being Suppressed. London, July 22. —Despite the denial of the Madrid, correspondent of the Times, other special dispatches from Madrid to the London morning papers, especially such as come byway of the frontier and elude censorship, continue to assert that the Carllsts are active. B'or Instance, the Madrid correspondent of the Standard says: "The government continues to receive from civil and military authorities In many provinces alarming Information as to Carlist preparations. Arms and ammunition have ‘been Introduced by many mountain passes into Navarro, Aragon and Catalonia, It Is supposed, with the connivance of the local au thorities on both sides of the frontier. “The Carlist agents and leaders know that they can act with a certain amount of impunity, because, so long as the pretender and his representatives and newspapers In Madrid patriotically dis claim all intention of disturbing the peace, during the war with the United States, they feel certain that Senor Sa gasta and the authorities will not dare arrest or molest Carlists. They assume that Senor Sagasta cannot afford to af front a large section of the people and risk civil war when his hands are so full. “In some few places, however, the military governors have suppressed the Carlist newspapers and have warned the Carlist juntas that stronger meas ures will be taken if they persist in agitation. The Carlists in Madrid say the first risings will occur in western, central and southern Spain, their an cient strongholds, in order to sho.w the extent and power of their organiza tion.” FIRST CORPS OFF FOR PORTO RICO Received Marching Orders Late Yesterday Afternoon. MAJOR H/HNES IN COMMAND Leave Today for Newport News for Transportation Others Will Follow at Early Date—Will Move the Entire Corps. Chickamauga Park, July 21.—Tonight it looks as if at least two-thirds of the troops a£ Camp Thomas are to be or dered to the front as an expeditionary force to go to Porto Rico under General Brooke. The movement will begin tomorrow morning, when the Second brigade ot the First division, First corps, com manded by Brigadier General Haines, will leave for Newport News. This brigade received marching or ders a few minutes before 6 o'clock this evening. The regiments of the brigade are the Fourth Ohio. Third Illinois and Fourth Pennsylvania. The order to move was greeted with the wildest en thusiasm. This brigade is the only organization that will leave the park tomorrow, bat if there is not a sudden change In the plans, as they are understood here to night, the entire First First corps will follow, the different brigades going out as rapidly as transportation can be ar ranged. But for lack of transporta tion, the reserve ambulance company, four batteries of light artillery and the signal corps would have been ordered out tomorrow. They will, however, follow not later than Saturday, and by that time the arrangements will have been completed for a steady movement day by day until the entire force is out. While General Brooke Sn person had nothing to give out for publication, one of the most prominent and best post ed officers of the First corps, admitted ■that it was the purpose to move the entire corps, which numbers about 86,990 officers and tnen. It is not definitely known tonight when General Brooke and his staff will start. General Brooke will be succeed ed in command at Camp Thomas by Major General J. F. Wade, who is at present in command of the Third corps. ANOTHER EXTENSION OF THE POSTAL SERVICE. Military Station Established in Porto Rico—J. P. Willett will Be Post master, Washington, July 21.—Postmaster Gen eral Emory Smith made another exten sion of the postal service today In estab lishing Porto Rioo as a military station under the portoffice at Washington, Post master J. P. Willett tn charge. Facilities will be established for the transaction of money order and registry business, the sale of postal supplies and the receipt of dispatch of mails. H. M. Robinson, of the Atlanta office, has been appointed special -agent of the department, with W. H. Hahr, J. H. Kemp, S. W. Kingsmoce. and Edward Jlfkins as assistants. The four last named clerks have, for some time, been waiting at Tamp prepared for this ser vice. This order will go into effect im mediately upon 'the landing of United Statew troops at any point in Porto Rico. Washington, July 21.—General Palma, president of the Cuban junta, Is In the city. He does not credit the stories about the reported friction between Cuban sol diers and the Americans. Os the bog moss, opliangnum, there are no fewer than 215 specimens, about 600 varieties. (AW SAYSSPAIN ffIIfOMERBI Havana and Porto Rico Await Santiago’s Fate- CAMARA’SJLEET HIDING Said to Be at Cartagena Safest and Strongeit Fort on Mediteraasan. The Spanish Ships Seek Places of Safty- London, July 22.—A special dispatch from Madrid says: “Everything is done to keep the where abouts of Admiral Camara's squadron a secret, but there Is no doubt he is at Cartagena, which Is the safest and strongest port of Spain in the Mediter ranean. All the Spanish vessels are hur rying away from Cadiz, owing to the knowledge that most of the guna on the forts ace useless, in consequence of the corruption of the government depart ments. “General Martinez de Campos, inter viewed at San Sebastian, is represented as saying that Santiago's fate was await ed at Havana and San Juan de Porto Rico from the same cause—shortness ot provisions. He advocated peace, the struggle being unequal. He eaid: “ ’The government which made the war must make way for new men.’ “The latest dispatches from Captain General Bianco represented that the In surrection in Cuba had dwindled to in significant proportions throughout the whole island, except In the provinces ot Santiago de Cuba and Puerto Principe. He said that, for these reasons, it seemed to him inadvisable to assume the offen sive against the Invaders or the rebels during the rainy season, and will try to husband the Spanish resources and ob lige Hie enemy to take the risks ot the climate and disease: Commenting upon the American dis patches. El imparclal says: “All Spaniards are delighted to see the hour of expiation fast approaching for the Cuban rebels. The Americans must inevitably awaken to their utter worthlessness.” Other newspapers comment upon the dispatches In the same sense, while the courtesy the Americans show the Spanish prisoners has made a profound impres sion in Spain, and is materially assisting the prospects of peace ” AMERICAN FORCES MOVING ON PORTO RICO (Continued from page 1.) patching the Watson squadron to European waters were going on uniniterestlngly, but that the de parture, necessarily, would await the movement of the warships at Porto Rico, the Massachusetts and other ships being required fbr convoying the troops to Porto Rico. This disposed of a report circulated during the day that the expedition hal been abandoned. It was felt that ihe report was the more mischievous at this time, as it Indicated a purpose to yield to the Implied threats, from an European source, that an European coalition would result, if the American warships attacked the coast of Spain. Neither the state nor navy depart ments look for any embarrassment from European quartette outside of Spain, as a result of the naval move ment against the peninsula. During the day orders were sent to Norfolk to hurry forward work on the colliers which are to accompany the Watson expedition. Had the army troopships been able to go to Porto Rico without a naval convoy, the Watson squadron couid have got away within the next few days, as the war board had wished to close all preliminaries by next Satur day. But as the battleship Massa chusetts, cruisers Columbia, Cincinnati, Dixie and Yale, together with several lesser craft, were considered necessary as a patrol for the Miles expedition, this changes the plans slightly. The Dixie is almost certain to be in the Watson squadron, and the Massa chusetts is likely to be. Secretary Long expressly ©ays, how ever, that the delay of the Watson squadron is incident to the convoying of the troops to Porto Rico, aud does not mean that the start will be post poned until the Porto Rico operations are concluded. The report from Barcelona that th* people were so fearful of the approach of the Watson (squadron that they were urging France to establish a protector ate over all the Catalonia district, in cluding Barcelona, was dismissed by officials and by members of the diplo matic corps best informed on the affairs of France, as fantastic speculation, un warranted by any actual movement now on foot. It is said to be thoroughly well es tablished that France is not lending a helping hand to Spain in any of her afflictions. ENGINE COLLIDES WITH TROOP TRAIN. Bryan’s Regiment in Wreck at Macon. Cars Smashed UP, But No One In jured. Macon, July 21.—The third section of the train bearing William J. Bryan's Third Nebraska regiment to Jackson ville, while backing into the depot here today’ was run into by a switch en gine. A caboose at the rear end of the Pullman car, in which were Major Scharman, of the Third battalion, and several officers, was stove-in. Nobody was injured and after a couple of hours’ delay the train proceeded. A large crowd waited most of the af ternoon to welcome Colonel Bryan, but he was delayed and comparatively few people were at the depot when he came in. Customer —“Do you suppose you can take a good picture of me?” Photographer—"l shall have to an swer you in the negative, str.”—Pick- Me-Up. Mary had a pretty calf And so the world may know it. She shirks no opportunity When on her wheel to show it. —Denver Post. Spring Is the seasan tor new life in nature,! new vigor in our physical systems., As the fresh sap carries life into the trees, so oar blood should give us renewed strength aud vigor. In its impure state it cannot do this, and the aid of Hoad’s Sarsaparilla! is imperatively needed. It will purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and with this solid, correct foundation, it will build up good health, create a good appetite, tone your stomach and digestive organs, strengthen yonr nerves and over-! come or prevent that tired feeling. This has been the experience of thou sands. It will be yours if you take Hoodb Sarsaparilla Greatest Msdl elne. Bold by all drugglsto- *1- HoOd’S PHIS PRESIDENT THOROUGHLY AROUSED Ordered Sampson to Furnish Convoys for Porto Rican Expedition, Feared Expedition Which Left Charleston . Would Reach Rendezvous Before Miles. ORDERS WERE MOST POSITIVE Were Susceptible to No Misconstruc tion—Were Imperative to Degree Seldon Employed Except in Cases Extreme Emergency—Sampson’s Action Has Also Retarded Depar ture of Watson’s Squadron for Spanish Coast—Formidable Fleet to Participate in Reduction of San Juan Fortifications—Monitors Ordered to Proceed There. Washington. July 21.—President Me* Kinley was thoroughly aroused over tha ] delay which occurred in the starting ot i General Mlles and the expedition under j his command for Porto JRico, For- several days General Miles and hia I troops were aboard their transporta at, Playa del Este awaiting the naval con voy, which was to be furnished by Ad miral Samp<»on. The troops had been sweltering in the crowded ships, under the broiling heat o£ a tropical sun, while General Miles had been chafing undec what he believed to be inexcusable de lay and was bombarding the war depart ment with dispatches urging, in the strongest terms, that the navy be hurried in its preparations for the expedition. Instructions of the most positive nature had been cabled to Admiral Sampson to supply the necessary convoys for Gen eral Miles' transports, but, notwithstand ing these instructions, Admiral Sampson proceeded with his preparation® for tha expedition with a deliberation that ex asperated the officials here. The president, who has been giving ths Porto Rican expedition his personal at tention, as he has given, indeed, all phase,- of the war. finally became deeply concerned lest the part of the Porto Rican expedition that has already sailed from this country should arrive at the place of rendezvous in advance of Generat Miles and the navy. It is feared that If General Wllson’b command, which sailed yesterday from. Charleston, should arrive in advance ot General Miles and the naval convoys, se rious danger and possibly disaster might result, as General Wilson’s ships are ab solutely without protection. Fully appreciating these facts, and re alizing the necessity for prompt action in getting General Mlles and his Cuban expedition started, President McKinley, this morning, issued personal orders, through the secretary of the navy, to Ad miral Sampson, that he should proceed,' immediately to Porto Rico with General! Miles. The president's orders were susceptibiaj of no misconstruction. They were imper-j ative to a degree seldom employed, ex-1 eept in case of extreme emergency. They J were of the sort that will brook no de- 1 lay in their execution. Concerning the naval convoys of Gen eral Miles’ expedition, the navy depart ment tonight made public the following statement: "Admiral Sampson telegraphed this af ternoon to the secretary of the navy that there has been no delay in furnishing am ple convoy to General Miles. A day oc two ago the Cincinnati and New Or leans were both placed at his disposal. "The Columbia and Yale, carrying troops, are both powerfully armed,” says the admiral's telegram, and “this is am ample convoy for his expedition and to effect his landing. The Annapolis, Wasp and Leyden had been ordered from Nlpe, the Gloucester also added, and the threa monitors ordered from Key West. Un der these circumstance®, there certainly has been no lack of naval assistance. 12 General Miles preferred to wait, the delay was his own. However, in further answer! to his request, the Massachusetts and Dixie were also added this morning, and. he has probably started.” ' This statement shows that General Miles will be backed in effecting his landing on Porto Rican soil by a strong squadron of the navy. In addition to the vessels named, it is officially stated that, for tha first time, the powerful monitors Terror, Amohritite and Puritan, which hava been at Key West, are under orders to proceed to Porto Rico to assist in the re duction of the Spanish fortifications there. It is also known to be not unlike ly. Indeed it is probable, that still other, vessels of Admiral Sampsons fleet will: participate in the reduction of the fortl-" fications of San Juan. This was indicated clearly by Secretary: Long’s statement this afternoon concern-} ing the sailing of Commodore Watson'® Eastern squadron to Spain. In the course of that statement, tha secretary said the Eastern squadron would be sent “to Spain later, when the Porto Rican campaign permits.” It seems clear some, at least, of tha vessels will be employed in the bombard ment of the fortifications of Porto Rico’<e principal city.