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i -r .' ' . WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY JULY 1893. OL. XXXI. NO. 57. $1.00 PER YEAR. rr THE SUSPENSE OVER The Stars and Stripes to be Raised Over San tiago at 9 O'clock Today. THE TERMS OF CAPITULATION The Spanish Commissioners Plav for Time- All the Prisoners to be Transported to Spain The Arms Not to be Returned to Spain The President's Congratulations to the Army A A Peculiar Letter from General Toral Ammuni tion for Watson's Fleet Preparing to In Tade Porto Rico. Washington, July 15. The war de- partment has posted a dispatch from Assistant Adjutant General Greenleaf, of General Miles' staff, which is as 1 i follows: i "Only twenty-three cases of yellow fever and three deaths reported with in the past twenty-four hours. Type of disease mild. Camp site moved when ever practicable. Have taken vigorous precautions to prevent the spread of the disease." The war department also posted the following cablegrams: "Playa., Daiquiri, July 15. "Secretary of "War, Washington: "A commission on behalf of the United States was appointed, consist ing of Generals. Wheeler and Lawton, and Lieutenant Miley, with a Spanish commission to arrange the details for carrying into effect the capitulation. I will reach Siboney tomorrow. "MILES." The second dispatch is signed Jones, a signal officer in charge of the ter minus of the military line at Playa and is as follows: "Playa, July 15. "The commissioners appointed to arrange the details of the surrender held a meeting yesterday lasting until a late hour. They met again this morning at 9:30 o'clock and it is sup posed the terms will - be settled to day." ENCOURAGED BY YELLOW FE VER REPORTS. The war department officials are greatly encouraged by the reports on the yellow fever situation from the army at the front. They were fearful lest the statistics from there might show increasing cases, but were grat ifid today when a dispatch came from Surgeon Greenleaf, a member of Gen eral Miles' staff, saying that during the past twenty-four hours there had been only twenty-five new cases. This was in marked contrast with the re ports for the previous twenty-four hours, which showed a much greater spread, and. with Surgeon Greenleaf's statement that the general character of the disease is mild, leads the offi cials to hope that its ravages will be limited and that the disease will be kept well within bounds. There was a long and anxious wait today to hear further news from the commissioners who had been charged to make arrangements for the sur render of the Spanish army at Santi ago. For eighteen hours no word came from either General Shafter or General Miles, although there was the keenest desire on the part of the presi dent and his cabinet advisers to learn what had been done, and particularly to know whether the actual surrender "of Santiago and the Spanish troops had been- carried out. When the cab inet met at 11 o'clock there was posi tively nothing from the front which wou'd serve as a guide for the delib erations. It was thought the cable had been interrupted, but on inquiry of General 'Greeley, chief signal officer, he gave assurance that the cable was intact. Thereupon, Secretary Alger sent a dispatch asking for the situation up to the latest moment, and particu larly inquiring as to how far the sur render had proceeded. No answer came tvhile the cabinet was in session. In tbe meantime, General Greeley had cabled and he was the first offi cial to bear from the front. A dispKtch from Lieutenant Jones, military cen sor at Playa del Este, reported that the message from the secretary of war to Jeneral Shafter was only six minutes in pacing from Washington to Playa. The message received by -General Gneeley came at 2:23 o'clock p. 3Ti., and indicated that negotiations 'were yet irf progress, but as the dis patch was rubmitted to the president -iio details Wjere given out. SPAiNISTI QUIBBLES. Toward the middle of the afternoon dispatches from General Miles and General Shafttr "began to arrive in re spouse to Secretary Alger's ruther im perative reques.t. They were tot given out in full, but Txi suc'ri portion as were made public showed that the negotia tions Avere still in progress ad that the Spaniards had raised rather unex pected questions. Tbe most important 'of these was an insistance that the Spanish "troops should retain their iarms whei they return to Spain. Tfaere was entire willingness on the part of Oeneral Toral to turn over the arms to General fchafter at the time of the surrender, but with this was to be tXe understanding that the arms were tx be returned tohe Spanish troops when Spanish oil wt5 reached. This was a condition wliich had not been antici pated. The authorities here did not regard it seriously, or as likely to over come a final settlement, as it was at tributed to the Stnish sensitiveness against the humiliate involved In the laying down of their arms. At the game time it was a pcV- on "which neither side appeared to' be ready to yield. One of the dispatcA&?s from the front, after srjecifyinc tha" this dif ference had arisen, added thit "was , believed a settlement would be reach- j ed before the day closed. j General Shafter himself summed JJP j the situation by saying: '"It cannot be possible that there will be failure in completing arrangements." No question whatever has been raised as to the surrender itself. Not only has General Toral agreed to it, but this agreement has been ratified by Gen eral Blanco at Havana and by the Spanish authorities at Madrid. General Greeley received another dispatcb at 5 o'clock containing the information that Colonel Allen had landed the shore end of the signal corps cable at Playa from the cable steamer Adria. Colonel Allen was not allowed to land at Playa on account of the Adria coming from an infected district. All were well on board, but no one was allowed ashore. Colonel Allen returns this evening to Baiquiri to repair the French cable at that Point and establish regular communi cation between Playa and Santiago de Cuba so that the army will be in tele firaphic communication with Wash ington as soon as the city is surrender ed. The perplexing problem now to be solved is how to carry out the pledge made by General Shafter to remove the Spanish soldiers, who surrender, to Spain. It would have been no easy undertaking to remove the 20.000 men across the Atlantic under the best con ditions, "but the reports that indicated the existence of yellow fever among the Spaniards threatened all kinds, of difficulties. After all, it was decided to be only a matter of money, and if the price offered is large enough, steamship lines can doubtless be found to undertake the transportation. 'At the best, several weeks probably will "be required to remove the Spaniards, so that it will be necessary to main tain a considerable proportion of the American army in the neighborhood for some time. Still being under no care to protect themselves against the foe, the American troops can be so disposed as to make themselves very comfortable in comparison with what they have undergone, and by remov ing into the hills just in the rear of Santiago, it is believed that the dan ger of an extension of the yellowr fever will be reduced so far that it wrill no longer be cause for grave apprehen sion. The surgeons' reports describe the disease as of a mild type, and it is said that this will readily yield to change of location into higher and cooler ground. SECRETARY ALGER'S STATE MENT. The follow-ing statement has been issued by Secretary Alger from the dispatches he has received from the officers at Santiago: "The commissioners on the part of the United States named by General Shafter were Generals Wheelers and Lawton, and Lieutenant Miley. Their discussion lasted until late last night and was taken up by them at 9 o'clock this n orning. This surrender covers a great area of the eastern part of Cu ba, of course the details may take some little time, but they are being pushed along as rapidly as possible. CONFERENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. After an extended conference "with the president tonight, at which three members of the cabinet wTere present, Secretary Alger said: "The situation is just this. The Spaniards at Santi ago are prepared to surrender, but they want to carry their arms. We have determined to grant no such con cession nor any concession except the generosity of this government to transport them to Spain." Secretary Alger w,as asked If it was not the expectation that when it was known that no other terms would be granted the surrender would take place, and replied that such was the case. In any event, no other conces sion would me afforded by this gov ernment. It was nearly 1 o'clock when the con ference at the White house adjourned. Beside Secretary Alger there were present Secretaries Bliss and Wilson and Postmaster General Smith. Ad jutant General Corbin was present the 'last part of 'the conference. Secretary ilger did not say how much time would be allowed the enemy to reach conclusion, but it is known that the administration will make it very short and submit tc no further parley with General ToraL The next move Is sur render upon the terms which the Unit ed -States propses or immediate at tack upon the Spanish forces by the army and navy. Washington, Jtity 16. The fact that appeared at last -satisfactorily estab lished this evening, after another twenty-lour hours active cable corre spondence with General Shafter, was that the .Sianish" army had surrender ed. About that thei could be no doubt, but unfortunately the details are still a .good deal beclouded as set out in GeneraJ Shaffer's last dispatch. It is realized here that the terms im posed by the eommfssionens as to the removal of the Spanish troops, now augmented to a formidable total, in volve grave responsibility for our gov ernment. Still, the staf corp of the war department have rise: so well to meet every emergency as if occurred that there can be no doubt ot their ability to solve the large question pre sented by the necessity of rem?vifi thlB army across the Atlantic. Forvu nately Secretary Alger, in anticipation of heavy demands uppn jhe depart ment in the matter of transportation, has created a new bureau to take charge of that subject alone. This will be known as the bureau of trans portation and will be directed by Col onel Hecker, who has, in the short time he has been at the war depart ment, proved his executive abilities, His chief assistant will be Colonel Bird, of the quartermaster's depart ment, which was formerly charged with all matters relating to transpcr- J tatlon. j THE PORTO RICAN EXPEDITION. The appearance of General Brooke j at the war department today gave token of the purpose of the adminis tration to begin immediately prepara tions for the dispatch Of a military ex pedition against Porto Rico. The gen eral made what is, on the whole, a sat isfactory report as to the sanitary con ditions existing at Camp Thomas and showed that the troops were in a con dition now to leave for Porto Rico if called upon. It is understood that two weeks' time will be required to as semble the transports, get the troops and supplies aboard at one of the most available seaports, which in this case is likely to be Newport News, owing to the successful outcome of the last expedition from that port, and sail away for Porto Rico. TO STRENGTHEN THE BLOCKADE Luckily for the navy Santiago has capitulated just on the eve of the hur ricane season in the West Indies. The big battleships are able to go through this weather with discomfort, but the smaller blockade boats will find the task of continuing the blocade fraught .with positive danger. It is, however? the intention at any cost to tighten the lines of blockade, particularly at ihose ports connected with Havana by rail. The surrender of the eastern end of the island to the United States will afford some ports of refuge for our na val vessels in case of absolute need. TO PAROL ADMIRAL CERVERA. Secretary Long has decided that Ad miral Cervera may secure a parole if certain details can be arranged and he wishes to do so. The admiral is expected with his fellowr officers and prisoners at Annapolis tonight. AMMUNITION FOR WATSON'S FLEET. Commander Brownson, of the auxil iary cruiser Yankee, was in conference with Secretary Long today arranging for the trip of this ship with the large cargo of ammunition for Commodore Watson's squadron in its attack on the coast of Spain. The Yankee is at Norfolk and will sail tomorrow for Santiago. She will reach there about next Tuesday and the big stock of am munition will be placed aboard the battleships and cruisers. This trans ference of powder and shells is a deli cate operation, requiring time, and it is probable that the Week will be wrell along before this and the recoaling of the Yankee will permit the squadron, to actually get under wray for Spain. Owing to the important mission of Commodore Watson's squadron and its possibility of long absence from an American port, every magazine on the ships will be full when the ships sail. Admiral Sampson recently made requi sition for the ammunition supplies, as these had run low as a result of the engagement with Cervera's squadron and the frequent shelling of Santiago. One load already has been taken down on a supply ship and the Yankee now fills up the full quota. Each battle ship will have about 200 tons of pow der, with fifty or seventy of the largest 12-inch or -13-inch shells, according to the size of the big guns; seventy to eighty 8-inch shells, 200 to 300 of the shells for 6-pounders and other medium-sized guns, and 500 to 800 rounds for the small rapid-fire guns. The cruisers carry approximate ly the same allowance, without the shells for the 12 and 13-inch guns. Aside from this equipment of shells, the squadron is well provided with sol id armor piecring steel shot. There has been no call for a renewal of the supply of the armor-piercing shot, as Admiral Sampson's fleet seems to have used very few of them thus far, con fining their work to the big explosive shells. The latter, although not made for armor piercing are tested by the navy department to pass through four inches of solid steel, not exploding un til through the steel. They have done such execution that Admiral Sampson has reserved almost his entire stock of armor piercers. The navy department will not set a time for the departure of Commodore Watson's squadron, but with the de livery of the Yankee's supply of am munition very few days will .be lost before this formidable squadron wil be Headed for Spain. TERMS OF SURRENDER. The war department today issued j the following bulletin: "Playa, July 15, 189S. "Adjutant General, Washington: "The conditions of capitulation in clude all forces and war material in described territory. The United States agrees with as little delay as possible to transport all Spanish troops in thi3 district to the kingdom of Spain, the troops, as far as possible, to embark near the garrison they now occupy. Officers are to retain their side arms and officers and men to retain their personal property. The Spanish com mander is authorized to take the mili tary archives belonging to the surren dered district. All Spanish forces known as volunteers, moirilizadves and STierillas who wish to remain in Cuba may do so under parole during the present war, giving up their arms. The Spanish forces march out of Santiago with honors of war, depositing their . arms at a point mutually agreed upon xo await aisposition of the United States government, It being understood the United States commissioners will recommend that the Spanish soldiers return to .Spain with the arms they so bravely defended. This leaves the question of return of arms entirely in the hands o the government. I invito attention to the fact that several thou sand surrendered, said by Gen eral Toral to be about 12,eX), against whom a shot has not been fired. The return to Spain of the troops in this district amounts to about 24,000, ac cording to General Toral. "TV. R. SHAFTER. "Major General Commanding." ARMS NOT TO BE RETURNED, The arms surrendered by the Span ish soldiers at Santiago to General Shafter will be kept by the United. States government. This conclusion, reached late this afternoon" by the president and Secretary Alger, w-as made public, after the latter had left his office tonight. "All those who have arms will turn them over to this gov ernment. This is final." These wvre the secretary's words when asked for information on the subject. "And," he added, in response to further inquiries and to ctear any doubt that might ex ist on the subject, "the rifles will not be rptiiTTxwl r n Cr?jn Thl rieefion of the president applies alike to those j Spanish soldiers who have not been ; engaged with the United States troops as well as those who have been par- ! ticipating in the recent battles." j THE SURRENDER COMPLETE. 9 p. m. The following message has just been received and given out by Adjutant General Corbin: "Camp Near Santiago, July 16. "The surrender has been definitely settled and the arms will be turned over tomorrow morning and the troops will be marched out as prisoners of war. The Spanish colors will be haul ed down at 9 o'clock and the American flag hoisted. SHAFTER. "Major General." McKINLEY'S CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ARMY. The following messages were sent today by President McKinley and Sec retary R. A. Alger: "To General Shafter, Commanding: "The president of the United States sends to you and your brave army the profound thanks of the American peo ple for the brilliant achievements at Santiago, resulting in the surrender of the city and all of the Spanish troops under General Toral. Your splendid command has endured not only the hardships and sacrifices incident to campaign and battle, but in stress of heat and weather has triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined. One and all have displayed the most con spicuous gallantry and earned the gratitude of the nation. The hearts of the people turn with tender sym pathy to the sick and the wounded. May the Father of Mercies protect and comfort them. "WILLIAM McKINLEY." "To Major General Shafter: "I cannot express in words my grat itude to you and your heroic men. Your work has been well done. God bless you all. "R. A. ALGER, "Secretary of War." The following has been received at the White house: "Playa del Este, July 16. "To the President: "I thank you and my army thanks you for your congratulatory telegram of today. I am proud to say every man in it performed his duty gallantly. Your message will be read to every regiment in the army at noon tomor row. SHAFTER, "Major General." A LETTER FROM GENERAL TO RAL. The war department today posted the following from General Shafter: "Playa del Este, July 16. "The following letter has been re ceived: " 'To His Excellency Commanding American Forces: " 'Excellent Sir: I am now authoriz ed by my government to capitulate. I have the honor to so apprise you and requesting that you designate the hour and place where my representa tives shall appear to confer with those of your excellency. to effect the ar ticles of capitulation on the basis of what has been agreed upon to this date. In due time I wish to manifest my desire to know the resolutions of the United States respecting the re turn of arms so as to note on the ca pitulations. " 'Also the great courtesy of your great graces and return for their great generosity and impulse for the Span ish soldiers, and allow them to return to the peninsula, with the honors the American army do them, the honor to acknowledge as dutifully descended. " 'JOSE TORAL, " 'General Commanding, Fourth Army Corps. " The remarkable letter of capitulation addressed by General Toral to General Shafter, and cabled to the war de partment this morning, had the initial effect of completely mystifying the re cipients. Every reader gave a different interpretation to the letter and only on one point did they at first agree: Namely, that the translation was wretched . This is not the first time that General Shafter has failed to convey to the department a clear understanding of what he had in mind, but it was undoubtedly the very worst illustration he had yet forwarded. Thinking it over, In the light of pre ceding dispatches, and especially of the brief bulletin of the early morning announcing the surrender of the Span iards, the officials finally concluded that this letter written yesterday was simply part of the intent of the Span ish commander to gain time. Looking closely at the letter and al lowing for the difficulties of transla tion, it was believed that even in this case the Spanish commander had ad mitted his surrender and thrown him self upon the generosity of the Amer icans in the matter of details. The main difficulty in his mind was the contention over the arms of the sol diers. If the Spanish soldiers possess ed these, even in packing boxes, upon their arrival in Spain, they might technically claim to have only evacu ated Santiago. On the other hand, re turning without arms, they would have surrendered and in General Toral's mind he would be liable to court-martial and even to the imposition of the death penalty. However, that was his concern, and ' the United States government having, decided that the arms must be surren dered, General Shafter was so instruct ed, and the Spaniards must submit. It is not doubted, in fact, from General j Shaffer's first dispatch, that they had done so. and his letter from Toral is ! regarded, therefore, as nothing more ' than an illustration of one phase of the negotiations now passed. Smlthfield Herald: The acreage in tobacco will be increased in the coun ty 400 per cent, next year; should this season's crop prove a success. If you suffer from sores, boils, pim p'es, or if your nerves are weak and ydir system run down, you should take Hocd's Sarsaparilla. , SPANISH FKISOMIKS ThrJ Harvard Keaenr Portsmouth, N. II., CVIth Oirr a Thousand on Board -Their Pitiable Condition. Portsmouth, N. H., July 15. The United States auxiliary cruiser Har vard, in command of Captain Charles F. Cotton, from Santiago, having on board 1.00S Spanish prisoners, arriv ed in Portsmouth harbor at 6:30 o'clock this morning. The- port phy- sicans boarded the vessel ana in com pany with Spanish doctors made an inspection. His visit disclosed the fact that nearly half of those on board are ill. Six Spaniard died on the passage from Santiago to Portsmouth, three deaths occurred today after the cruiser reached port, and other pa tients are not expected to live. There were forty serious cases in the sick bay and forty equally as bad in other portions of the ship. All these pa tients are said to be victims of ma larial fever, with which disease those who died were affected. The Harvard left Santiago Sunday at 4 o'clock and made fair progress. The prisoners sh? brought were near ly all captured in skirmishes which occurred in the advance on Santiago. TLey were a sorry looking lot, even those who were not ill. as seen from the deck of a tug alongside tc-dc.y, were in far worse condition than those who came last Monday. While Admiral Cervera's men show ed many signs of privation, hose seen today were tattered, dirty and un kempt. The physicians said thai half of the 1.00S were ailing. No one was avowed on board the cruiser. The bodies of the dead wer buried at sea with military honors. The doctors completed their exam ination this afternoon and at once presented their report to Adimral Carpenter. The joint finding of the physicians was to the effect that there was nothing more serious on board thsn malarial fever. After a consultation it was thought bent not to take the men off the ship today, but the work of landing will be undertaken at 9 o'clock tomorrow forenoon and will be accomplished as quickly as possible. As soon as the Spaniards have been removed the Harvard will be thoroughly disin fected. On board the Harvard was a foreign 'officer who was in the American lines at the land battle of Santiago. In speaking of the event he complimented the Americans most highly on the way they fought, saying it was one of the fiercest conflicts in history. TJIi: FOI KTII ISXPUDITION Kail from San Franc I mo for Manila. About Eighteen Hundred Jleu, l udrr General OtI, ou Hoard. San Francisco, Cal., July 15. The fourth Manila expedition is under way. Shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon Major General Otis, from his flagship, the City of Pueblo, signaled the trans port Peru to get under way. The sig nals were understood by the anxious watches on shore and by those who had surrrounded the two vessels in small boats, and were received with great cheering. Long before dusk the last good-byes had been said to the departing vessels from the decks of the tug boats and the heavily laden transports proceeded on their way to Honolulu, where they will stop to participate in the annexa tion ceremonies and to take on fresh provisions and refill their coal bunk ers. Major General Otis and staff have their headquarters on the City of Pue blo, which also carries the remaining companies of the Fourteenth United States infantry, recruits of the First and Second battalions of the Eigh teenth and Twenty-second regiments, enlisted men of the First North Da kota, First Wyoming and First Idaho medical officers and members of the hospital corps, a total of 843 men. The troops on the Peru consist of a squadron of the Fourth United States cavalry, light batteries of the Sixth United States artillery, a detachment of the Third United States artillery, a detachment of the signal corps under Captain Russell, a detachment of vol unteeers, medical officers and members of the hospital corps, about 920 men. The last orders of General Otis be fore leaving were that the remaining transports should sail as soon as pos sible, irrespective of fleets or other ex pected vessels. The Pennsylvania and the City of Rio Janeiro are both near ly ready and will probably be prepared to sail by next Thursday. Pitiable Condition of Spanlh Prlon- Norfolk, Va., July 16. The hospital ship Solace arrived at Norfolk and went to the naval hospital at 12:20 o'clock this afternoon. Commander Dunlap brought fiftv-nine Americana and forty-seven Spaniards. Most of the Americans were from the marines who fought at Guantanamo. The Spanish prisoners awoke a great Val of genuine sorrow and sympathy, t':ey being barefooted, ragged and their clothing bearing marks of fire. Some had lost a leg, some an arm, some limped about the decks and some lay as if ill unto death on their cots, motionless, with terrible bullet wounds in their bodies. The Americans bore signs of terrible suffering, but were In better condition than the foe. An Im mense throng watched the disembark ment. Among the wounded were Lieu tenant Noval, of the torpedo boat de stroyer Furor, who jumped overboard from his vessel and was struck by her propeller, losing a leg; Captain Concha, commander of the Infanta Maria Te resa, wounded in the arm; Lieutenant Fijano, of the Pluton; Dr. Nicholas, surgeon of the Vlzcaya, and others. James Burns, a fireman on the Brooklyn, the only man wounded In the fight with Cervera, is here, ehot through the leg. Tfca toral tW hiqkt or fcaiiao, aaowa. aciaal tt n It i tairtf f artfeer tin mmy eUW Absolutely Pure nidlAEL LOWI'.It IIIK LOIIW Defeated In w Twenty Mile Itace by Tom Linton t lio Lower the ICeeord New York, July 16. For Uu- coml time this year. Jimmy MUhal, the once invincible record McycllM, wap forct-d to drink the blttvr cup of 1. -feat. His old schoolmate in Vul f , Tom Linton, was the on- to lovr Michael's colors today, and at tin f.nno time ho broke the world's rvcord ft r the distance. Linton accomplished tho feat in a 20-mile paced race at Man hattan Beach in the presence of lfoO people. For four milt s it was a pretty race, Michael leading by a few yards. Sud denly Michael's tire collapsed. Natu rally. Linton pursued him and after riding two laps of the fifth mile. Mi chael stopped and pedalled slowly to "his corner," where he changed his damaged wheel for a new one. la tho meantime. Linton kept going like the wind and before Michael came Jack on the track, was one mile ahead. When Michael left the track he was greeted with a storm of hisses. Micha el met with another slight drawback on entering his tenth mile, when his pacing teams broke a chain. After Michael let up. there was little Interest in the race outside of Linton's efforts to reduce the record. Although ho tried hard, he could add no new figures until the fifteenth mile, when lie start ed in by clipping live and one-fifth' seconds off the record. He continued ahead of the record every mile until the finish, breaking the 20-mile record by exactly s-wn seconds. He could have made better time had he not lo?C his pacemaker.- while rounding fT th; last lap. Not content with the result, Michael at once challenged Linton for another race at twenty-five miles. Linton ac cepted and the race will le run at Manhattan Beach track Saturdriy next ii-:.ci: m:;oti tios Humor ol Tlielr flelng Opened TUrouuli the Freu h Anitaador Ie nled. Madrid, July 16, 'J a. m. Several of the newspapers of this city say the Spanish government opened peace ne gotiations today through the French ambassador at Washington, M. ("am bon, with the government of the Unit ed States. It is said, in connection with tho Spanish suggestion of leaving tho question of the future government of Cuba to be deicded by a plebiscite o its inhabitants, that Spain would un reservedly accept the decision given in such a case. Washington, July 16. In view of re newed reports that the French am bassador, M. Cambon, had opened peace negotiations or InquirieB rela tive to possible terms of peace, It cart bo stated authoritatively, after inquiry, at the French embassy, that no nego tiations or Inquiries of any character, relating to peace have been made aa yet. officially or unofficially, direct or Indirect, by the French ambassador. The reports grow out of M. Camlon,a call at the White house on July 11th The purpose of this call and the entires conversation which pa seed between tho president and the ambassador Ih fullyj known and It can be stated pof-ltlvely4 that it contained no reference to tho present conflict between Spain ancf the United States or the proiieets ot its being brought to a close. :i To Iteleae Cuban on Ff ruiud loo San Francisco, July 16. The liven ing Post says: From private informa tion received in this eity by sympa thizers with the Cuban cause, thoro is reason to believe that Commodora Watson may include In his ml?nion to the Spanish coast a visit first or af terward, to the Island of Fcrnandino P. O., off the ALtcan coast, to release from imprisonment many people ban ished to that is&nd for political rea sons by Spain. Most of the prisoners are Cuban sympathizers. That some consideration has beri given to this proposition by the gov ernment or that the latter Intends to adopt some other and immediate plan for securing the release of the Cuban prisoners of war is partly evidenced by a dispatch received here reading as follows: "Hopes for the release short ly of Herrera and others have sud denly grown brighter. McKinley glrea us great assurances of prompt action now." m Jfl A fttronc Nation Consists of strong men and healthy women, and health and strength de- pend upon pure, rich blood which 14 given by Hood's Sarsaparilla. A na tion which takes millions of bottles cfl Hood's Sarsaparilla every year Is lay ing the foundation for health, the wis dom of which will nurely show Itself In years to come. Hood's Pills are prompt, efficlenT always reliable, easy to take, easy td operate. 25c. i
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