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PORTO RICANS WELCOME MILES
Port Ponce and tie Tow a ol Ponce Capit
ilate Modi in isisiaice.
SECOND CITY OF PORTO RICO TAKEN P0SSES_
SION OF BY GEN. MILES AND niS TROOPS.
So Far Not a Single American Soldier Has Lost His Life in
Campaign—General Miles Reports to Department and Also
Issues Proclamation to the Islanders—Commander
Higginson. of Naval Forces, Sends Message.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Port Ponce. Porto Rico, via the Island
of St. Thomas, D. W. I., states that
the Port of Ponce surrendered to
Commander C. H. Daris, of the aux¬
iliary gunboat Dixie, Thursday. There
was no resistance and the Americans
were welcomed with enthusiasm.
Major General Miles arrived there
Thursday morning at daybreak with
General Ernst’s brigade and immedi¬
ately started for the town of Ponce,
three miles inland from the port,
whieh capitulated Friday afternoon.
The Porto Ricans are glad the
American troops have landed and say
they are all Americans and will join
our army.
The roads are good for military pur¬
poses. Our troops are healthy and
General Miles says the campaign will
be short and vigorous.
The war department received the
following dispatch from General Miles
Friday:
Port Ponce, Porto Rico, via St.
Thomas, D. W. L, July 29.—Secretary
of War, Washingtou:
On the 26th Garretson had a spirit¬
ed engagement on skermish line - Our
casualties, four wounded; all doing
well. Spanish loss, three killed; thir¬
teen wounded. Yanco occupied yes¬
terday. Henry’s division there today.
Last evening Commander Davis, of
the Dixie moved into this port, follow¬
ed by Captain Higginson with his fleet
early this morning. General Wilson
with Ernest’s brigade now rapidly dis¬
ea, barking.
Spanish troops are retreating from
southern part of Porto Rico. Ponce
and Port have population 50,000, now
received American flag. The populace
with wild i—and enthusiasm saluted the flag
era! prizes also—seventy Navy ' has sev
ilgtiW*
Railway stock partly destroyed, now
restored. Telegraph communication
also being restored. Cable instru¬
ments destroyed. Have sent to Ja¬
maica for others. This is a prosper¬
ous eountry. The army will soon be
in monntain region; weather delight¬
ful ; troops in best of health and spir¬
its; anticipate no insurmountable ob¬
stacle in future. Results thus far
have been accomplished without the
loss of a single life.
(Signed) Nelson Major A. Mit General. es,
Hlg£ln*on'* Message.
The navy department has posted the
following bulletin:
“St. Thomas, .July 29, U. S. S. Mas¬
sachusetts,. Ponce, Porto Kico, July
28.—Commander Davis with Dixie,
Annapolis. Wasp and Gloucester, left
A WARNING NOTE.
Report That Spain Will Not Give Up
Porto Rico WJllinsly.
A special dispatch sent out from
Madrid states that the Spanish gov
ernment will combat to the last against
a cession of Porto Rico to the United
States. It would much rather saeri
fiee one of the Philippine islands,
contending that Porto Rico has always
been loyal, and outside the scope of
the war.
HAS MANILA SURRENDERED!
Dispatch From Madrid Say* Town Ha*
Gives Up to Dewey.
A telegram from Madrid to the En
ropean edition of the New York Her
aid at Paris, says that a cable dispatch
has been received at the Spanish cap
its! announcing the surrender of Ma
nila to Admiral Dewey.
The war department at Washington
would not be surprised to learn that
UkAhis Kjt»-.ombined time Manila has surrendered
^^^v-rce American military
^^^end gathered on the shores
off Cavite. How
official confirmation
County . s.
July 27th to blockade Ponce
capture lighters for United States
City of Ponce and Playa stir
rendered to Commander Davis upoa
demand at 12:30 a. m., Jnly 28th.
American flag hoisted at 6 a. m. 28th.
Garrison evacuated. Provisional arti
cles of surrender until occupation by
army. Garrison be allowed;
"First. to sec¬
ond, civil government to remain in
force; third, police and fire brigade to
be maintained without arms; fourth,
captain of Porto not to be made a pris
oner.
“Arrived at Ponce from Guanica
with Massachusetts and Cincinnati,
General Miles and General Wilson and
transports at 6:40 a. m. 28th. Com¬
menced landing army in captured
sugar lighters. No resistance. Troops
welcomed by inhabitants; great en¬
thusiasm. Captured sixty lighters,
twenty sailing vessels and 120 tons of
coal. Higginson.”
Mile* luon Proclamation.
General Miles issued the following
proclamation: prosecution of the
"In the war
against the kingdom of Spain by the
people of the United States, in the
cause of liberty, justice and humanity,
its military forces have come They to occupy
the island of Porto Rioo. come
bearing the banner of freedom, in¬
spired by a noble purpose to seek the
enemies of onr government, of yours,
and to destroy or capture all in armed
resistance. They bring you the fos¬
tering arm of a free people, whose
greatest power is justice and humanity
to all living within their fold. Henoe
they release yon from your former po¬
litical relations and, it is hoped.insnre
your cheerful acceptance of the gov¬
ernment of the United States.
"The chief object of the American
military forces will be to overthrow
the armed authorities of Spain and
wive the people of yonr beautiful is¬
land the Jnrgest measure of liberty
consistent with this military occupa¬
tion. They have not come to make
war on the people of the country, who
for centuries have been oppressed, but,
on the contrary, they bring protection,
not only to yourselves, bnt to yonr
property, promote yonr prosperity and
bestow the immunities and blessings
of our enlightenment and liberal con -
stitntion and government
"It is not their purpose to interfere
with the existing laws and customs,
which are wholesome and beneficial to
the people, so long as they conform to
the rules of the military administra¬
tion, order and justice. This is not a
war of devastation and desolation, but
one to give all within the control of
the military and naval forces the ad¬
vantages and blessings of enlightened
civilization.”
MANY HUNGER U HAVANA.
Effective Blockade Closes All Port* and
Keep* Out Provision*.
A dispateh from Key West to the
New York Journal says:
"Hunger is claiming many victims,
rich and poor, in Havana. Since the
extended blockade has closed the
ports of Sagua la Grande, Nipe and
Batabano no provisions have entered
the Cuban capital and General Blan
co’s scanty supply in the warehouse is
almost exhausted.
TRANSPORT REACHES NEW YORK.
The Tern* Brine* Fifty CoBvalMCeat
Soldier* From Siboney.
The United States transport Leona,
Captain Wilder, arrived at quarantine
at New York Friday from Siboney, 28,
Jnly 23, via Hampton Roads, July
bringing fifty convalescent soldiers,
two newspaper correspondents and a
colored boy who went with the Ninth
cavalry from Timpa to Santiago.
AtpRampton Roads, cm July 27, the
st^ajfcr. owing to her board, having ordered twenty
niffe fever cases o n was
by the local health officer to proceed
to New York, There were no deaths
during the voyage from Siboney.
•JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5. 1898.
■SI DILICI1 PH
BY SPAIN TO TREAT DIRECTLY
FOR PEACE.
AMBASSADOR SHOWS CREDENTIALS
Instead of Being Only a Bearer of Petition
He la Given Yuli Authority to Ne¬
gotiate Peace Term*.
A Washington special says: Events
of the most momentous character oc¬
curred at the conference at the white
house Saturday afternoon between the
president, Ambassador Gambon, of
France, and Secretary Day, carrying
the peace negotiations far beyond the
mere submission of terms of peace by
the United States and reaching the
point of a preliminary basis of peace
between the government of 8paln and
the government of the United States,
needing only the ratification of the
Madrid cabinet in what was done to
bring the war to an end.
This was accomplished on the part
of Spain when Ambassador Gambon
presented to the president credentials
he had received from the Spanish gov¬
ernment appointing him envoy extra¬
ordinary and plenipotentiary, with
complete instructions as to the man¬
ner of acting upon every one of the
peace conditions presented by the
United States, including the disposi¬
tion of Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philip¬
pines, the Ladrones, indemnity, arm
istice and all other questions likely to
arise in the conrse of the negotiations.
With these credentials authorizing him
to speak as plenipotentiary for the gov¬
ernment of Spain, and with full in¬
struction on every point at issue. Am¬
bassador Cambon, m behalf of Spain,
not only received the peace conditions
laid down by the American cabinet
some hours previonsly, but thereupon
entered npon their full discussion with
a view to reaching a final and com¬
plete agreement. the president
After strong argument
and Secretary Day consented to a
modification of the American terms in
one particular. is
What that modification relates to
not disclosed, but it is believed not to
apply to the condition for the absolute
independence of Cnba, the cession of
coaling Porto Rioo stations or the to granting the Lnitcd of adequate States
in the Pacific or to diminish in any
vital particular the terms on which
peace will be restored, The modifiea
tion brought about practical Ambassador unanimity
tween the president and
Cambon, as plenipotentiary for Spain,
and the latter has now transmitted the
results of the conference to Madrid
for approval, which, if given, will end
the war.
I)enouxn«nt Fneip«cted.
The profoundly important results
developed came about most expected¬
ly. Abassador Cambon’s call was set
for 2 o’clock, and it was expected to
last bnt a few minutes, while the an¬
swer of the United States was be¬
ing handed to him. But since
the original proposition of Spain
wa* presented some days before, M.
Cambon had prepared himself to speak
with authority on the questions which
were to arise. The president himself
had preferred this course, altbongh
outside of himself and the ambassador
few were aware that the latter would
come ready to treat as the envoy of
Spain. M. Gam¬
The first instructions to
bon made him merely a medium of
communicating Spain’s first note, but
now he appeared with all the attri¬
butes of the direct diplomatic officer
of Spain, empowered to act for the
government within his very complete
instructions.
In discussing the points at issue M.
Cambon, who is a man of fervent elo¬
quence, spoke with an intensity of
feeling whieh made a deep impression
on the president and the others pres¬
ent. He spoke in French, each sen¬
tence being caught-np and interpreted
by M. Tbebault with rnpidity, so that
the earnestness of the ambassador’s
impression lost little by this indirect
method of communication. The pres¬
ident spoke with equal frankness, and
in the lengthy discussion there was
scarcely a point in the whole range of
the war which was not met and freely
considered.
TRANSPORTS IN DEMAND.
General Brooke Ordered IA Ketnrn Yes
cels a* Soon a* Po**lbl«.
Orders have been sent by the war
department to General Brooke at
Ponce, Porto BuA, directing him to
send back the transports which con¬
veyed the troops of the expedition as
soon as possible. returned
The transports will be to
New York, and will be utilized at once
for the sending of additional troops to
Porto Rico. The troops will be em¬
barked at Newport News probably,
but the ships are to be returned to
New York because of the quarantine
MB.
HP.UO OF THE MERR1MAC AR
RITES AT LYTHIA SPRINFS.
A JOYFUL WELCOME ACCORDED.
lf<etia| Between Mother and Son Waa
Pathetic and Affectionate-Oration*
Along the Way.
Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hob¬
son reached Lithia Springs, Ga.,
Monday morning from New York on a
visit to his mother who is temporarily
sojourning at that resort
The lieutenant arrived in Atlanta at
5:10 o’clock, a. m., and notwithstand¬
ing the early hour there were many to
greet him and shake his hand. The
stop iu the Gate City was for only
twenty minutes and the hero of the
Merriraao was soon speeding toward
Anstell.
In the meantime a loving mother
awaited a long absent son on the plat¬
form by the railroad at Lithia Springs.
When the train finally pulled up to the
station where the mother waited, a
crowd of guests from the Sweetwater
Park hotel had gathered to join in the
welcome.
Lieutenant Hobson alighted from
the rear end of the car when his moth¬
er was looking for him to come from
the front. He saw her ahead and
went to meet her. She turned, and
seeing him, came toward him. The
meeting was a pathetic one. The son
kissed his mother, who threw her arms
around his neck and for several mo¬
ments rested her head on his shoulder,
shedding tears of joy. The crowd
stood aside in reveronce to such ftffeo
tion.
To say that Mrs. Hobson was over¬
joyed to see her son would express it
too mildly. As she walked up the
lane from the depot to the hotel, lean¬
ing npon the arm of her boy, her face
was aglow with happiness. She was,
too, justly proud of her son, of whom
so much is being made. These two
led the way from the railroad station,
and the hotel gnests followed, two by
two.
At the hotel the lieutenant was
stopped bat a moment to receive the
welcome a few guests were eager to
extend—those who had not gone to
the train.
The hotel parlors were decorated
with the most beautiful flowers, flags
were draped over the portieres and
the word "Welcome” made of green
leaves was spread over the door. A
string band furnished music.
The proprietor of the hotel spared
no effort in his arrangements for break¬
fast and his table decorations. The
flowers used were magnificent and
were, after the meal, removed to the
lieutenant's room.
After taking breakfast Lieutenant
Hobson retired to his room for a rest
after his long ride from Asheville, N.
C., and the crowd, never tired of see¬
ing him, waited expeotantly for his re
appearacce. that above the
It is easy to see ap¬
plause that waits npon him every¬
where he turns Hobson’s mind Is riv¬
eted on something more substantial,
somethin ig that absorbs his every mo
msnt an d often leads him off in ab
straction. He is thinking of his
scheme for raising the Cristobal Co¬
lon, the proudest ship of Cervera's
fleet that went down off Santiago.
Conversation with him on this subject
is easily obtained, although the lieu¬
tenant talks to the landlubber in
technical language that only a naval
expert conld fnlly appreciate.
MERRITT APPEARS UNEASY.
Again Cable* War Department of The
Philippine Situation.
A Washington special says: General
Merritt has again cabled the war de¬
partment relative to the situation in
Manila, which he finds very unsatis¬
factory, owing to the attitude of the
insurgents. It was reported to Gen¬
eral Merritt that the attitude of the
insurgents is similar to that assamed
by Garcia’s Cabans on the qnestion of
their right to enter and possess them¬
selves of the city, although in this
case these insurgents are a very mnch
more formidable element, being not
only more numerons, bnt better armed
and filled with the arrogance follow¬
ing numerous victories over the Span¬
ish forces.
General Merritt, however, indicates
that he will do his tnmost to protect
citizens from the savagery of the in¬
surgents, though his task is a delicate
and difficult one, because of the fact
that he must, while fighting the Span¬
iards, be ready at any moment to
repel the insurgents.
The general gave notice that he was
about to combine with Admiral Dewey
in a joint demand for the surrender of
the city to the United States forces,
thns forestalling the insurgents, and
this movement may canse a rnptnre.
It is possible, in view of the fact that
General Merritt’s cablegram was sent
from Cavite last Thursday, that this
movement has been made already
by the combined American forces.
mi m i a ii
GEN. MILES IS AWAITING ARRIVAL
OF MORE TROOPS.
SPANIARDS COMMITTING ATROCITES
Authorities at Yanoo Proclaim Their City
Aa a Part of the United Stater
of America.
Advices of Monday from Ponce,
Island of Porto Rico, via the Island of
St Thomas, D. W. I., states that Gen¬
eral Henry’s division, consisting of
3,400 men, and including twenty-six
pieoes of artillery, has been order¬
ed to march immediately from Yuaco
tchPonce to be ready to join the move¬
ment north to San Juan.
The Sixteenth Pennsylvania regi¬
ment was sent Sunday morning toward
Juania Diaz, eight miles north of
Ponce, enroute to San Juan, where it
is reported the Spaniards will make a
stand. Word reached Ponce during
the day that the Spaniards were mur¬
dering native Porto Ricans, assaulting
women and indulging in general out¬
rages. The Sixteenth Pennsylvania
reciment will be reinforced if neces
eary. general Miles be has inten¬
says no
tion of making a landing of troops at
Cape San Jnan, especially as the place
is on a roadstead where transports ore
liable to suffer from the prevalent
storms.
The railroad from Popce to Yuaco is
now in the possession of our troops.
General Stone found five mines on the
track. These were destroyed and the
track is uninjured. <
Our troops found seventeen Span¬
iards in the Yuaco hospital, all of
whom had been wounded in the re¬
cent fight Two of them have since
died.
Proclamations hare been issned by
the authorities of Yauco as a United
states city, expressing delight at an
nexation and the ad minietration o:
General Miles and welcoming onr
troops. the
The fallowing ts the text of
mayor’s proclamation issned at Yauco:
Citizens: Today the citizens of Porto
Rico aSaist in one of her most beautiful
feasts. The sun of America shines on
onr mountains and valleys this day of
Jnly, 1898. It is a day of glorious
remembrance for each sou of this be¬
loved isle, because for the first time
there waves over us the flag of stars,
planted in the name of the government
of the United States of America by the
major general of the American army,
Senor Miles.
Porto Ricans, we are, by the mirac¬
ulous intervention of the God of the
jnst, given back to the bosom of onr
mother America, in whose waters na¬
ture placed us as people of America.
To her we are given back in the Miles, name
of her government by General
and we mast send our most expres¬
sive salutation of generous affection
through our conduct toward the va¬
liant troops, represented by distin¬
guished officers and commanded by
the illustrious General Miles.
Citizens, long live the government
of the United States of America! Hail
to their valiant troops! Hail Porto
Rioo, always American.
Yauco, Porto Rico, United States of
America.
The mayor of Ponce has called upon
all the residents of that plaoe to ex¬
ercise calmness and circumspection
under the new and desirable condi¬
tions. He also urges forbearance to¬
ward conquered enemies. Much en¬
thusiasm is e’ 'where manifested at
the sight of t; 'A stripes.
General Miles ft } lengthy
order of instruction^ _* Nelson,
who will be military governor of Ponce
province and city until of General
Brooke's arrival. It is the same
tenor as the instructions which Gen¬
eral Miles gave to General Shafter at
Santiago.
ASTOR AT THE CAPITAL.
The Colonel Report# With DUpatche*
From General Shafter,
Col. John Jacob Astor, who was de¬
tailed by Gen. Shafter to bear to the
secretary of war the official report of
the surrender of Santiago, reached
Washington Monday. He called at
the war department and, with Adju¬
tant General Corbin, went to the white
honse and reported to the president.
DIRECT WIRE TO PONCE.
General Greely H»* Established Commu¬
nication With Mile*.
General Greely, chief signal officer,
was able to announce with a great
deal of gratification Monday that he
was now in direct communication with
General Miles’ headquarters at Ponce.
Heretofore all messages from the
general have come via a dispatch boat
to St. Thomas and thence by cable, in¬
volving a delay of from twelve to
twenty hours. When the Spanish
forces retreated from Ponce they de¬
stroyed the cable instruments. Gen¬
eral Greely succeeded in getting the
officials at St. Thomas to send over
NO. 4.
fjfi ANSWER
By Presidentand
Cabinet
Demands Cession of Porto Rico
and Adjacent Islands; Ab¬
solute Independence of
Island of Cuba.
A Waahin gton dispatch says: The cab¬
inet discussed the president’s answer
to Spain’s peace proposal Friday and
reached the following conclusion:
The absolute surrender of Porto
Rico to the United States.
Recognition of the independence of
Cnba.
Cession of one of the Ladrone
islands to the United S;ates as a coal¬
ing station and the cession to the
United of at least a coaling station in
the Philippines.
The question undecided is, what
disposition shall be made of the Phil¬
ippine Islands as a whole. It can be
stated that there is practically no dif¬
ference of opinion in the cabinet on
the question of the retention of the
Philippine Islands, as a whole, all the
members being opposed to our ac¬
quisition of these islands. There has
been no decision, however, as yet on
the extent to which the government
will go in its decision respecting the
futnre able that of these the islands, to but the it president is prob¬
answer
will express the willingness of this
government to leave the matter of the
future government of the Philippines
entirely in the hands of a joint com¬
mission to be appointed by this gov¬
ernment and the government of Spain.
The probability is that the United
States will insist npon a guarantee of
certain reforms in government in the
Philippine Islands.
Our answer will make no mention
of the money indemnity. Neither
will there be any armistice at all. The
answer will be in the nature of an
ultimatum, and if Spain does not ac¬
cept it she will fare worse in the
future. The note from Spain, it is
said, was a very adroit and equivocal
document, from reading which one
would think the only question involved
was Cuba.
Apparently Spain might not really
have intended getting a direct answer
from ns, bnt to open diplomatic cor¬
respondence. This movement will
not have any Bach correspondence,bnt
will make a straightforward statement
of its present peace terms for Spain’s
acceptance or rejection, naming condi¬
tions that under the circumstances are
reasonable and even generous.
Cabinet Conference Held Early.
Secretary of State Day was in con¬
ference with President McKinley as
early as 10:20 a. m., preliminary to
laying the fall draft of the answer to
the Spanish peace note before«thecab¬
inet. ,
Secretary Day drove over from the
state department, scarcely two blocks
away from the white house, and hur¬
ried to consult with the president. He
carried with him a portfolio of the
president’s, embracing the secretary’s
rongbt draft of onr answer to Spain
and the data in connection with the
subject.
For forty minntes Secretary Day oc¬
cupied himself in close and uninter
rupted conference with the president.
Then began the solemn deliberation of
the fall cabinet session. The session
adjourned at 1:30 p. m. to meet again
at 8:30 p. m.
Interest was naturally focused in
the cabinet meeting. It was the gen¬
eral expectation that in its results
this meeting of the cabinet would
prove to be the most important that
has been held not only daring the
present bnt in many preceding admin¬
istrations.
Upon the nature of the answer to
the Spanish overture for peace would
depend the whole future policy of the
United States, for it would determine
whether the nation shall now embark
npon a policy of worldwide expan¬
sion or shall more cautiously con¬
tent itself with expelling the Spanish
flag from the western hemisphere, while
at the same time providing what may
be in the end ample guarantee for the
extension of our trade in the east. .
All this means, in substance, that,
in the best judgment of close observ¬
ers at Washington, the one critical
point is in the future of the