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UNLIKE SAMPSON
Smral Miles Gives Credit
Where it Belorgs.
SHAFTER'S TELEGRM.
Troops And Territory Included
in Santiago Surrender.
Washington, July I’4—The
war department has received
the following dispatch from Gen.
Miles, written, apparently, be
fore the final surrender of Santi
ago at 3 o clock .
••Playa del Este, July 14. Be
fore Santiago, July 14.—Secre
tary of War, Washington : Gen.
Tor.d has formally surrendered
the troops of his army and di
vision of Santiago on the terms
and un ierstanding that his
troops shall be returned to Spam
Gen. Shafter will appoint com
missioners to draw up the con
ditions and arrang ments for
carrying out the terms of sur
render.
'This is very gratifying, and
Gen. Shafter and the officers
of this command are entitled to
great credit for their sincerity
and fortitude in overcoming the
almost insuperable obstacles
which they encountered,
“A portion of the army lies
been infected with yellow fever,
and < 11 >rts will be made tosepa
rate those who are infected and
those free from it, and to keep
those who are still on board shi|
separated from those on shore
Arrangements will be imm -
diately made for carrying out
further instructions of the presi
dent and yourself.
“Nelson A. Mij.es,
Maj.-Gen. of tliQ Army.”
SHAFTER SENDS TELEGRAM.
Washington, July 14.—The
Adjutant General received the
following from Playa - del Este
this afternoon : “Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington : Have just re
turned from interview with Gen.
Toral. He agrees to surrender
upon the basis of being returned
to Spain. This proposition em
braces all of eastern Cuba, from
Accerradoros oh the south to
Sagna on the .north via Palma,
with practically the fourth armv
corps. Commissioners meet this
afternoon at 2 :30 to definitely
arrange the terms.
“Shafter, Maj.-Gen.”
the troops and territory in
cluded IN TERMS.
Playa del Este, Guantanamo
Bay, July 14. —Gen. Toral co n
manding the Spanish forces in
Santiago de Cuba, this morning
sent a communication to Gen.
Shafter indicating his willing
ness to accept the terms of sur
render proposed yesterday and
taking the American commander
to appoint commissioners to
meet the Spanish commissioners
to arrange to send the Spanish
troops back to Spain. This will
Be promptly done.
Ihe surrender of Gen. Toral
not only means the fall of Santi
ago, but by the terms of surren
der the whole eastern end of the
island falls into the hands of
the United States without firing
a shot.
lhe surrender is to include all
THE ROME HUSTLER-COMMERCIAL
GKORGIfI'B CREDIT
Is Better Than The best,
Demonstrated Recenlly
3Y GOVERNOR ATKINSON.
Who Borrowed $200,000 at
2 1 -2 Per Cent
Atlanta,'July 15. —Governor At
kiMPon returned hom-* yesterday
afternoon from New York with a
new record for Georgia, he having
borrowed $200,000 in the me'roj -
oiis at 2| per cent.
This is the lowest interest rate
at which Georgia or any other
southern state has ever borrowed
money.
Tennessee negotiated a loan in
York receutlyfor 4 per cent,
New York city has just borrowed
SI,OOO 000 at 3 per cent. Levi
Leiter had to pay 4 par cent for
the $3,000 000 which he borrowed
to pay off his own debts.
Governor Atkinson says that
leorgia has splendid credit abroad
He made his arrangements with
the National Park bank of New
York, whictr is Geo gia’s fiscal
igent in the metropolis, and h“
■n ide the loin for five months at
nie-half of 1 per cent less than the
ra'e waiuh the United States gw
rnmeiit will pay on the money
vhich it raises bv «h » new b nd
l j al which close! yesterday. The
hank’s fiirs.t prop r-uti >n was ‘o
loan the looney at 4 pef cent, but
it finally came—down to the un
usually low rate of 24 per cent.
The governor did not take up
any collateral. He tn >rgaged noth
ing and put up nothing except
Georgia’s promise to pay- He
reached N-»w York* Sunday and
left there Wednesday and when he
cirne away the money wa? on depo
sit to the state’s credit.
This loan was made to enable
the school department to pay *ff
■he'eachers. The state treasury
Las $200,000 on hand to the credit
of the teachers fund. That w-a
just half enough. N) money i<,
coming into the state now and
there A'ill not be much until No
vember, v’heu it will roll in. The
loan matures December 10th. The
ent-rest will be $2,033 33,
The governor had read in The
Constitution the telegram stating
that the Savannah bankers regret
t d he had not bor o -ed from them
instead of going to New York . He
remarked that the Gecgia farmers
would be glad to borrow from them
at 4 per cent.
—— . ' ■ j
the Spanish troop* at Santiago,
Guantanamo, Caimera and
Guaya, composing the Fourth
corps of the Spanish army.
The portion of the province of
Santiago de Cuba that lies east
o' the line from Sagua, via Las
P.dmas, to Acerraderos, is sur
r ndered to the I uited States.
SHIPS WILL BE ARMED.
Key West Fla., July 15.—The
Spanish prize ships Cotalina, Mi
guel Jover. Buena Ventura and
Guido, captured during the early
days of the war, wore taken out
by lhe gunboat Newport today. The
Buena Ventura and the Guido have
been b ma.ht at th- United States
maishul’s sale by the government
and will be made into armed ships.
WRECKERS AT WORK,
Washington, July 15 —The navy
department is advise! that the
Cahpmen Wrecking Company’s
wreckers have arrived at the wreck
of the Spanish vessels near Santia
go and are already at w >rk in the
effort to save them.
FOIVE GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY, 15, 1898.
TORfiLSURRBfIDERS
find -‘Buffalo’’ Shatter Wins
The Cloi’y.
NEGOTIATIONS SECRET.
Uncle Sam Bags a Prize. Must
# Send Spaniards Home.
Mr. R. B. Cramer, the best
war correspondent in Cuba,
sends the following to the Con
stitution :
Santiago, Cuba, July 14.
Santiago is ours, and my feet
has at last trodden the narrow
streets of the city.
The surrender was reached
through agencies already ex
clusively told in my dispatches.
It was on Sundy that I first
learned that the Spaniards, un
able to find an exit to the west,
began to discuss • a surrender
based on being sent home to
Spain. When I proposed to tele
graph the story, Gen. Wheeler
said to me, very significantly :
“You newspaper boys are here
under military tolerance. Get
permission before you attempt
to tell some things.”
It was not until Tuesday that
I could get permission to even
refer to the subject by the offi
cers, though they continued t<»
pooh-pooh its reliability.
“If there is not something in
it,” I asked, “why are you so
mxius to keep it mum?”
To this there was no answer,
but in an hour one of the staff
officers took me aside and sug
gested the form in which the
story might be permitted to
pass. In that form The Constitu
tion was the only paper in the
world to get it, and today we
hold S« ntiago on the exact term*
therein set forth.
Now that it is accomplished
fact, other facts are free to use.
Gen. Toral really wanted to go
westward, Hying the Spanish
colors, only to be in our way
again. This was declined abso
lutely. To surrender as
of war in such large numbers
was out of question, because the
men would have mutinied, im
pelled by fear that they would
be slaughtered by the Cubans.
Fhis fear, which had been in
stilled into iheir minds in order
to make them fight desperately,
now returned to torment their
officers in the straits of defeat.
Then it was that the archbiship
of Santiago, who has worked
nobly for a cessation of hostili
ties made the suggestion to Get .
Toral which he knew would le
acceptable to the men, that th»
Americans might agree to let
them return to Spain.
The matter leaked out from
official circles and became gen
oral talk in the streets. Reaching
i American agencies through the
vigilance of a Cuban scout, Gen
Shafte’ - indicated to Toral that
perhaps a less rigorous answer
would be given if he changes his
assent to surrender on the con
dition of his men being sent to
Spain Subsequently there was a
conference at which Gen. Miles
and Gen. Shafter with their aids
met Gen. Toral and staff, and
all the detail* were gonejoyer.
While Toral agreed m the
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SUMMERDRY GOODS
Beginning Monday morning, July 4-ih wj villi mn
k prices on all Summer Hill.inery, Dry Goods, E:c,
that will certainly interest ev?ry on* who
cares to save a dime or a dollar,
Look At These Prices.
Summer Calicoes per yard 2c
Ladies Shirt Waists with de- *
tachabie collar and cuffs,
laundried. only lOc
Ladies 50c Shirt Waist now 3Oc
Ladies 65c Shirt Waist now 40 3
Choice of any Shirt Waist in
the house ex ept silk
wor-.h much more 75c
LO-4 Sheeting per yard 10c
Vd Wide Sea Island 3 l-2c
□aaies hise double sole high
splice heel 49 giuge Pilot
dye worth 20c now LOc
Lad les low cut Shoes cheat).
Nzlillinery at Prices to Close,
Violets per bunch 2c
“ “ •• 3c
“ “ “ of 3 dozen, 6c 1
Large assortment of F owers
white and colors worth
much more, now 130
Shapes worth $ 1.75 now I .OC
Shapes were 75c now 38e
Shanes were bOo now 25c
These aae not a lot of last year’s
shapes but this season goods,
stvlish and up-to-date and we
make these prices to close the n
out for cash- We will not
charge goods at these pr'ces
This is a on ance you will probably
lit ge; a? tin S3ja,ce a ) i lice.
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Ribdons !R»bbons I
90j Sash Ribbon, all silk in
new colors 6 inch3s wid3 513
75c Sash R.b on aw 35c
Sash Ribbon No 89 was 99c
now 590
All silk R;bb on 1 ineb. 3; w. le,
red,blue and pink, was 39 3
now .12 1-2 c
25c Veiling now 18c
15c Veiling now • 3c
LOOK AT.THISJ
Beautiful Rich Satin worth 50 to
75 now 183 in brown blns, pink,
canarv and orange.
Trmmed h its wo ’4ls 1.5 9 now 99c
$1,25 now . 68c
“ • “ “$2.75 now 1.59
Children’s trim ne 1 hits 35c
Mx sees trimm d hats 40c
Trimmed hats were $5,00 3.4°
” ‘ 56.00 3,75
$5.09 2.5a
“ “ ‘‘ $7.00 3.80
Everything in Millinery at prices
hit 3ii tot 03 mitcied. any
where. Everybody can afford e
traveling h it, a mid summer hat.
an. evening hat or anything in
Millinery it they w’’ oring th )
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