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OFFICIAL REPORT
Os the Commissioners Who
Drafted Surrender Articles
OF FALL OF SAJiTIAHO.
Shaner Urges Removal of
American Troops.
Washington. August 2.—The
secretary of war has received
the following letter from Gen.
Shafter, transmitting the com
missioner’s report of the surren
der of the Spanish army at San
tiogo:
“Camp Before Santiago, Cu
ba, July 18, 1898.—1 take the
liberty of sending to ycu this
morning a copy of the agree
ment between the commission
ers on my part and the
commissioners on the part of
the government of Spain for the
surrender of Eastern Cuba . The
schedule just submitted shows
there to be a little over 22,000
men and officers —about 6,000
more men than I have had my
self ; and I am glad to say that
we have got all these men with
very little loss of life, compared
to what it would have been had
we to have fought them. The
city of Santiago is simply a net
work of fortifications at every
street corner.
“I had no proper conception
of its strength until I went into
it, although I knew these old
stone towns were naturally very
strong. Everything is going ad
mirable, so far as to transferring
is concerned ; and the Spanish
troops are behaving well, as
they are perfectly delighted at
the thoughts of getting home.
“I send to you personally a
telegram of General Linares to
his government, which one ot
the counsels gave me. It shows
the straits to which they were
put and the feelings that ani
mated them. He stated the case
exactly, I did have him so sur
rounded that it was impossible
for him to get away; and I
could wait an 1 he could not.
“1 send you tomorrow morn
ing to receive something over
2,000 men up in the interior, a
short distance, anout 30 miles,
an lin two or three days will
send to Guantanamo to receive
the ’,OOO that have surrende-ed
there. They should be shipped
from Guantanamo bay direct to
Spain. There are also 800 men
each from Baracoa and Sagua de
Tanaino on the North coast, who
will come into the port for ship
ment. I will send an officer
around with a Spanish officer to
take their arms and military
supplies.
"We have got a great deal
more than I had any idea of get
ting in the way of munitions of
war. In everything but food
they were well supplied. Have
got a few beautiful modern,
hign power guns—about a doz
en.
‘‘My only fear is that we shall
have some sickness, and it is for
that reason that I have wired
you so earnestly about getting
these prisoners away, so that we
<‘au go up in the mountains
with my command fifteen or
twenty miles, at the end ul the
railroad, at San Luis> which is 1
THE HOME HSTLER-COMMEIUIAL
"HERE WE REST
Alabama Goes Democrat
Id 3y 75.000
POPS ARE DEFEAT
Democrats Sweep The State,
Electing Entire Ticket-
Montgomery, Ala., z\ug 2. —The
state election in Alabama yester
day passed oft' quietly. The demo
cr die nominees have carried the
state by majorities estimated from
50,000 to 75,000. The democrat
have elected their full state ticket,
the supreme, circuit and chancery
judiciary, about 112 of the 133
members of the next general assem
bly, and the county officers in
four-fifths of the counties ir the
state.
In most of the counties the vote
has been exceedingly light, owing
to the distracting influences of
the war with Spain and the cer
tainly of democrttic victory in
this election. The opposition to
democracy made a serious fight
for county officers in about twenty
of the sixty-six counties in the
state, and in these counties a good
vote was polled by all parties, >it
in some of the counties not more
than half tin legitimate vote was
cast, there being no opposition or
practicully none
In comparison with the returns
of two years ago it is apparent that
the popuists have been enormous
losers in this election It is mani
fest that a large percentage of them
have returned to the democratic
party from which they straytd m
the state election of 1892.
said to be very heal by. It is, at
any rate, about 1,500 feat above
the sea, and has communication
by rail with Santiago.
“So far, there is no fever in
Santiago. I suppose because
there is no one there except im
munes. Three cases only so far
this year and the English consuj
tells me there was very little
last year.
“Os those here who served
throughout the civil war all de
clare thet they did not have
anything that would compare
with it for hardships. With only
one set of clothes, officers have
been rained on daily till today,
catrying three days rations like
the men, on their person and
suffering every priva ion that
any man can ; added to all these
privations, in addition, all the
horrors of disease in an unknown
land, and very limited accom
modations should they bewound
ed.
The spirit shown by them and
by the whole army was simply
grand. I can recall no instance
where a greater surrender has
been made than this. Ihe final
surrender of Gen. Toral ami his
generals to myself and my gen
erals was highly dramatic, as
well as the hoisting of the flag
over the city of Santiago, one of
the oldest cities on this conti
nent.
“I want to thank you and the
president for the words of cheer
that have come to us and to say
that none of us have ever doubt
ed that every effort possible to
make our lives as secure and
our situation as comfortable as
is possible would be made.
I Miss Daisy Tai mage has re
turned to her home in Athens.
ROME GEORGIA, TUESDAY, EVENING, AUGUST 598
JOINT COMMISSION
Between United Stales find
Canada
TO SETTLE 12 POINTS,
First Meeting to be Held at
Quebec Aug 23.
Washington, D. C.,Aug. 2.
The state department has an
nounced that the first meeting
of the joint high commssioo
appointed by the United States
and Great Britian to consider
various matters of importance
between the United States and
Canada will Itold its first meet
ing at Quebec on Aug. 23
It is to consider, in the main,
the following matters:
1. The questions in respect
to the fur seals in Bering Sea
and the waters of the north Pa
cific Ocean.
2. Provisions in respect to
the fisheries of Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts and in the waters of
the common frontier.
3. Provisions for the delinea
tion of and establishment of the
Alaska-Canadian boundary.
4. Provisions for the transit
of merchandise.
5. Provisions relating to the
transit of merchandise from one
country to be delievered at
points in the other beyond the
frontier,
6. The question of alien la
bor laws.
7 Mining lights of the citi
zens as subjects of each country
within the territory of the other,
8. Adjustment and conces
sions of certain duties ution the
basis of reciprocal equivalents,
9. A revision of the agreement
of 1817 respecting inv;' 's
on the lakes.
10. Arrangemen t for the
more complete definition and
marking of any part of the fron
tier line where the same is now
so insufficiently defined and
marked as to be liable to dis
pute.
11. Provisions for the convey
ance for trial of or punishment
of persons in the lawful custody
of officers of one country through
the territory of the other.
12 —Reciprocity in wrecking
and salvage rights.
THE IMNNIN3 TICKET.
For governor—Joseph F. John
ston, of Jefferson.
For secre f ary of state —R. P. Mc-
David, of Montgomery.
For attorney general—Charlri
G. Brown, of J 'fferson.
For state superintendent <>f edu
cation—J. W. Abercrombie of
Calhoun.
For commissioner of agricu
tn re—l. vV. Culver, cf Bullock.
For auditor —W. S. White, o
Colbert.
For treasurer —G. W. E lis, of
Dallas.
For chief justice —Thornes N.
McClellan, of Limestone.
For associate justices —IL A.
Sharp, of Jefferson; Jonathan
Haralson, of Dallas; John B. ly*
son, of Montgomery. James R
Dowdell, of Chambers.
ANY PERSON
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