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OL. XXXI. NO. f'.2.
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UNABLE TO AGREE.
Another Conference Between M. Cambon and
President McKinley.
SPAIN ASKS MORE INFORMATION
The French Ambassador Spends an Hour at the White House No Con
clusion Reached The Parties Observe Strict Secrecy as to the
Conference Better Care to be Taken of Troops on Trans-ports-.-Troops
at Santiago Ordered to Long Island.
Administration Worried Over Difficulties
Confronting Them in the Philippines.
London, August 2. The Madrid cor
respondent of The Daily Mail says:
"The government has accepted the
principal of the American conditions, j
bi:t the acceptances will no, be made j
public until inquiries to Washington !
on matters of detail have been set- j
tied, thus rounding off the preliminary
b.isis."
New York, August 2. A special cable !
to The Evening Journal from Madrid,
published in a late extra edition of.
that .paper, says:
"Spain accepts the principal condi
tions of peace as set forth by the
American government and only the
peace do tally are needed to cause aU
hostilities to cease at once.
"A peace dt-hgation will be chosen
at (nee to confer with the representa
tives of the Vn'ted States. The peace
conditions set forth by President Mc
Kinley were C it cussed at length loday
by Minister Sagasta and at the con
clusion it was given out officially that
the terms of the. United Staces gov
urnnent would be accepted. There are
one or two amendments in the propo
sition of the United States thai Spain
will ask to be made, and if this is
done peace will be declared at once."
London, August 3. The Madrid cor
respondent of The Daily News says:
"The government's reply to the Amer
ican peace terms left here Monday ev
ening. The government believes that
the nature of the negotiations requires
the greatest secrecy and that their
success will depend upon the obser
ance of the most absolute reserve
here. Official silence, therefore, Is
complete."
The Gibraltar correspondent of The
Daily News telegraphing Monday
night, says:
"The censorship is daily becoming
more severe., and little is known be
yond the fact that peace is assured. It
is understood that the note from
-America asks only part of the Philip
pines and that Senor Sagasta having.
re-plied that the terms will be accepted,
hostilities are consequently suspended.
"A commission will be appointed to
determine the basis of peace. The
chief difficulty, it is asserted in offi
cial circles, is as to the date and man
mer of the evacuation of the Spanish
possessions.
"There is also the question of the
disposal of the war materials in Cuba.
Senor Sagasta, if he has a. chance,
will probably represent a restitution
of the material as a diplomatic vic
tory. It has just been asserted that
the premier has succeeded in obtain
ing slightly improved terms. The
treaty will not be signed before Sep
tember." The Home correspondent of The
Daily Chronicle says: "Spain, it is
asserted here, has accepted the Amer
ican terms with unimportant reserva
tions and the peace preliminaries will
le signed before Saturday." j
Madrid, August 2, 7 p. m. The king ;
left his bed for a few hours today.
The military measures, with a view
of preventing risings, have been in- i
?tituted in the provinces of Catalonia, (
Aragon and Biscay. j
The situation at Manila, according
to a private dispatch received today, .
is unchanged. There have been unim
portant encounters between the Span
iards and the rebels.
A private dispatch from San Juan de
Porto Rico says that 2,000 volunteers
have surrendered to the Americans.
London, August "3. The Madrid cor
respondent of The Standard telegraph
ing Tuesday, says: "The government's
reply to the American terms was for
warded yesterday evening through M.
Cambon, and there is a strong pros
pect that peace will be concluded. It
it not to e suppotwd that the United
States government wtil object to rep
resentations being made on the Phil
ippine question and upon some pecuni
ary claims, which were mooted by the
United States in the West Indies. In
all the remaining issues Spain shows a
disposition to assent to the Ameri
can demands.
No cstbinet council as held today
nor are the ministers likely to meet
again until fresh intelligence is receiv
ed from Washington. This is not ex
pected at the earliest before Wednes
lay. "The news -from Manila still causes
anxiety. No foreign mails reached
Madrid today in consequence of the
floods near Burgois.
"With regard to the part played in
the negotiations M. Cambon, the
Frencn ambassador at Washington,
there is now a marked tendency both
bere and in Paris to attribute to it
considerable importance. Directly the
final arrangement is made, it is sup
posed that the press will be allowed
more liberty of comment. The general
impression is that both governments
are disposed to put an end to the war
as honorably as possible for Spain,
which would have been easier had the
United States not imposed such hard
conditions with regard to the Philip
pines." London, Auguet 3. The Madrid cor
respondent of The Times, telegraphing
Tuesday, says: "The rumors that
President McKinley insisted on getting
a definite renlv not later than tomorrow
eeem to be confirmed by the usual ra-
pidity of official proceudures here.
CJenerally, when the Spanish govern
ment has to take an important decis
ion, a long series of cabinet councils
is devoted to what is called, in semi
official phraseology, "exchanging im
pression" a euphonism for talking at
iarge, bringing recalcitrant members
into line and postponing a decision un
til tomorrow.
"It was expected, therefore, in the
most important question, war or peace,
that these preliminary operations
would require many days. In reality,
if not entirely dispensed with, they
were got through in a single sitting,
and the whole procedure of examining
the American demands, deciding on a
course of action and preparing a for
mal reply was accomplished, if we may
trust the Madrid press, in less than
twenty-five hours."
Washington, August 2. Shortly be
fore midnight Secretary Alger as he
left the White house after a confer
ence with the president, said the ad
ministration had received no official
information that the Madrid govern
ment had accepted the terms of peace
proposed by the United States.
Unofficially the president has been
informed that the Spanish ministry
has acceded to the terms of this coun
try for a cessation of the war. Unof
ficial advices have reached the presi
dent in the form, not only of press
dispatches, but of private dispatches
from confidential agents of the United
States government.
While this government has strong
reasons for believing that its terms of
peace have been agreed to by the Mad
rid government, the president is tak
ing nothing for granted. Arrange
ments for pressing the war to a suc
cessful conclusion are going forward
precisely as if no negotiations for
peace were in progress.
ACTIVE WAR PREPARATIONS.
At a conference participated in by
the president, Secretary Alger and Ad
jutant General Corbin at the execu
tive mansion tonight, a final decision
was reached as to the constitution of
the provisional corps for Porto Rico
to be commanded by General Wade.
The regiments which are to comprise
the corps were decided on and will be
designated in a general order to be is
sued probably tomorrow. Secretary i
Alger said that the corps might be en ;
route to Porto Rico within a week.
Notwithstanding these warlike prep
arations, the belief in official circles
tonight amounts almost to a convic
tkn that active hostilities practically
have been concluded.
A prominent official of the adminis
tration said tonight: "The end is near, !
in my opinion. The information thus
far received is unofficial and meagre,
but that it is accurate in the main,
we have no reason to doubt. In fact,
we have reason to believe it is cor
rect." It is understood that the "reason"
referred to is contained in the private
advices received by the president and
from private dispatches received by
representatives of the foreign gov
ernments at this capital.
Ambassador Cambon, who is con
ducting the negotiations for the Span
ish government, has not communicat
ed so far as could be ascertained, with
the president tonight and it is not
probable that the official response to
the terms proposed by the United
States has yet reached the French am
bassador. Upon its receipts, it will be
transmitted to the president without :
delay.
In the event of Spain's acceptance
of the terms proposed by this coun
try, the first step probably will be to
wards an agreement to close active
hostilities, pending the drafting of a
treaty of peace along the lines of the
accepted terms. According to prece
dents ordinarily regarded, an armistice
would be proclaimed and ?n the cir
cumstances this would mean the prac
tical close of the war.
JIEPORTED MOVEMENTS OF GAR
CIA. (Copyright by Associated Press.)
Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay,
August 2, 2 p. m. News has been re
ceived here today from General Ca
Jixto Garcia and the Cuban forces un
der him at Mayari, near the bay of
Nipe, on the north coast of the prov
ince of Santiago de Cuba. The report
is th&t General Garcia has been in a
beayy fight with Spanish troops who
were trying to effect a junction with
the main body of Spanish regulars at
Holguin. These Spaniards were proba
bly the force that evacuated Nipe bay
during the recent naval bombardment.
A large "body of Cuban reinforcements
had reached General Garcia, and the
impression is that he defeated the
Spaniards in this engagement, or, at
least held his own.
General Garcia had moved toward
Holguin, as it was reported that the
Spaniards were trying to open their
way through the Cuban lines to the
province of Puerto Principe.
The inhabitants of Caimanera and
Guantanamo are now receiving Red
Cross supplies from Santiago. Colonel
Ewers, without troops, is at Guantan
amo. The immunes who are to garri
son this vicinity have not yet arrived.
The conditions, therefore, are much
the same as they were before the sur
render. The marines here are likely
to see service in the neighborhood of
Manzanillo as soon as the army can
get forces into this vicinity.
The tug Mantf, recently surrendered,
arrived here today from Cienfuegos in
charge O Ensign MacFarlane, of the
gunboat Helasa. Ensign MacFarlane
says that the reports from Trinidad,
Cape Cruz, Manzanillo and Cienfue
gos indicate great suffering and star
vation throughout the whole section
where the blockade is doing its work
with much expedition.
JJ: is believed that Manzanillo will
have to surrender on demand to the
navy before many weeks. A move
ment in force against these places has
so far been rendered impossible by the
necessity, of keeping ships here to fit
out, probably also to the weakening
of the force in consequence of the Por
to Rico expedition. On the whole,
however, our ships have been doing
excellent work. The fleet has com
pleted all its preparations and is now
only awaiting the arrival of the bat
tleship Massachusetts from Ponce.
The Massashusetts is expected tomor
row and she will probably have to
coal. All the ships are deep in the
water with coal. The provisions are
in good order, but several vessels
would have been better if dry docked.
Washington, August 2. Although
this was the third day since the presi
dent delivered to M. Cambon, the terms
offered by the United States to Spain
as a basis of peace, no answer came
from Madrid, and, in fact, was scarce
ly expected.
The press report3 of the long cabinet
meetings held in the Spanish capital
yesterday indicated that the Spanish
cabinet was unprepared, at least, to ac
cept the terms offered at once and
without appearing to attempt to secure
some modification in the interest of
Spain. It is felt that such a course is
absolutely imposed upon the Sagasta
ministry by the existing conditions in
Madrid. Nevertheless, it is not to be
seen that the president cherishes the
slightest intention of consenting to any
special modification of the conditions,
and the slight delay that has occurred
in making answer is not believed to be
discouraging, nor to be taken as a sign
of the purpose of the Spanish cabinet
ultimately to reject the proposition.
When the doors of the state depart
ment closed this afternoon it was real
ized that, owing to the difference of
time between Washington and Madrid,
there was little chance of receiving the
expected answer before tomorrow, and
indeed should it come tonight, the
French ambassador would not be able
to deliver it pecause the time required
for its transmission would make the
hour too late, and the announcement
could not be made until tomorrow.
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS OF OUR
PROPOSALS TO SPAIN.
The following is the official statement
given out by authority of the president
at the state department as to the terms
of peace offered by the United States:
"I ought to remove any apprehen
sion in regard to peace between this
country and Spain and it is deemed
proper to say that the terms offered
by the United States in the note hand
ed to the French ambassador on Satur
day last are in substance as follows:
"The president does not now put for
ward any claim for pecuniary indem
nity, but requires the relinquishment
of all claim of sovereignty over or title
to the island of Cuba as well as the
immediate evacuation by Spain of the
island; the cessation to the United
States and immediate evacuation of
Porto Rico and other Islands under
Spanish sovereignty in the West
Indies; and the like cession of an island
in the Ladrones. The United States
will occupy and hold the city, bay and
harbor of Manila pending the conclu
sion of a treaty of peace, which shall
determine the control, disposition and
government of the Philippines. If
these terms are accepted by Spain in
their entirety, it is stated that com
missioners will be named by the United
States to meet commissioners on the
part of Spain for the purpose of con
cluding a treaty of peace on the basis
above indicated."
SERIOUS TROUBLE IN THE PHIL
IPPINES FEARED.
The officials here make no conceal
ment of their apprehension of serious
trouble to follow the acceptation of our
programme in regard to the Philip
pines. The reports of the military and
naval commanders of late have con
tained warnings of expected conflicts
with the insurgents, and no surprise
will be felt at the receipt of news of
an outbreak at any moment. The
United States government feels that it
has assumed a moral obligation, not
only toward the foreign residents at
Manila, but towards the unprotected
classes of the Spanish community,
women, children, nuns and priests.
Therefore, when intimation came that
the insurgents were threatening the
lives of some helpless monks, orders
were sent to the American military
commander to look into the matter and
act in the interest of civilization and
humanity. As according to reports,
the insurgents have shown particular
hostility towards the monks, it is a rea
sonable expectation that before long a
collision will have occurred between
themselves and the American troops,
if the latter undertake to interfere in
the execution of the vengeance of the
insurgents.
SLIGHT OPPOSITION IN PORTO
RICO EXPECTED.
Some reports, which have been re
ceived from Porto Rico, but which for
politic reason cannot be made public,
have given great satisfaction to the
officials of the war department, since
they go to show that the resistance
which can be made by the Spanish
troops will be very little, and it is even
possible that General Miles will achieve
an almost bloodless victory. In fact,
it has been suggested with some plaus
ibility that the Madrid government,, re
alizing the impendency of peace and
the lack of loyalty towards the mon
archy of the mass of Porto Ricans,
has allowed the Spanish garrison of the
island to understand that they are not
expected to sacrifice their lives In use
less resistance to superior force, so
that all that is to be expected Is to be
a rather formal opposition to the pro
gress of General Miles triumphal
march across the island.
SHOCKING CONDITIONS ON THE
TRANSPORTS FOR THE SICK.
General Shafter's health reports tor
day state that he Is now carrying for
over 6,000 sick people, including Span
ish soldiers, many of whom were
found to be very ill. The tatlc is a
formidable one, and the attempt to care
or all probably explains in a measure
tha lack of adequate preparation for
the transports employed in bringing
home some of the wounded and sick.
The conditions on these boats were
found to be so shocking as to demand
an immediate official investigation,
which was begun today and some court
martials may be looked for In high
places, unless it can be shown clearly
that the lack of preparations was un
avoidable. Major General Young
called at the war department today
fresh from the front where his health
broke down under the severe hardships
he was subjected to in Cuba.
FIRE-PROOF WOOD FOR WAR
SHIPS. Fire-proof wood is again in full voice
in the navy, Secretary Long having
today issued an order requiring its use
for decks of battleships and monitors,
the only place from which it had been
excluded by preceding orders on ac
count of some commander's reports of
dampness. The secretary has decided
that the battle of July 2rd has re
moved any doubt as to the importance
of protecting warships from fire by the
best means in reach. So he will appoint
a commission to consist of a line officer,
a naval constructor and a chemist, to
examine reports coming from officers
commanding ships fitted with fire-proof
W'ood, especially those who were pres
ent in the battle where the Spanish
ships were burned and he has instruct
ed the construction bureau to gather
all the informationn possible of this
kind for submission to the board.
WATSON'S SQUADRON.
Secretary Long stated this afternoon
that no change had been made in the 1
orders as to Watson's squadron so
that if the Brooklyn is to be attached
thereto that fact is not known at the
department. It is much more likely
that the Brooklyn is coming north, as
it was reported to the department
a long time ago that she was the first
vessel of the squadron to need over
hauling and cleaning.
CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
RELEASED.
The war department has posted the
following telegram from General Shaf-
ter, dated Santiago de Cuba, August 1. j
"All political prisoners have been im
mediately released as soon as we reach- j
ed them. Have not heard from Guan- J
tanamo, but General Ewers went there
three days ago to receive the surrender
of arms and political prisoriers. They
were undoubtedly released on his ar
rival." EASTERN TROOPS FOR THE PHIL
IPPINES. Although the war department offi
cers admit that they have no intention
of reinforcing further General Merrit's
forces at Cavite, there is reason to be
lieve that some of the troops now in
eastern camps who desire to see active
service will soon find the opportunity,
unless the government shall change its
present plans with respect to the Phil
ippines. It is believed to be necessary
even if our claim is limited to the
terms stated in the conditions submit
ted to Spain; Namely, to the military
occupation and government of the ter
ritory on the shores of the bay of Ma
nila, to furnish to General Merritt a
larger force than he now has at his
command. It is realized that 20,000
soldiers can scarcely be expected to
maintain United States possession and
protect the inhabitants over a territory
of this extent, for it must be remem
bered that the bay of Manila is twenty
miles long from the entrance at Cor
regidor island to the city of Manila at
its head. It will also be necessary to
possess and protect a zone extending
some distance back from the city in
order to make sure of the preservation
of the waterworks. Of course, a con
siderable force would not be necessary
if the insurgents under Aguinaldo could
be brought to realize that their inter
ests lie in permitting undisputed pos
session of this territory by the United
States; but it would be expecting too
much of the native character to keep
before the eyes of the insurgents the
rich loot to be had in Manila without
an adequate force to protect the place.
Then with the growing heat and damp
ness it is to be expected that illness
will develop among the troops; not to
the extent that it appeared at Santiago,
but sufficient to require some of the
men to be invalided home and their
places to be taken by fresh troops from
the United States.
At present the large majority of
General Merrit's force is composed of
troops drawn from the Pacific or far
western states. It is presumed that If
he stall be reinforced, the eastern
troops will be given opportunity to
make the long voyage to Manila, as
this would be in accord with the policy
that the war department has now
adopted in taking geographical consid
erations into account in alloting the
troops for active service at the front.
Washington, August 3. After a con
ference on the peace question, lasting
for just an hour this afternoon, be
tween the president and M. Cambon,
the French ambassador, the latter,
acting as the representative of Spain,
Secretary Day emerged from the
White house and announced that to
day's conference was not conclusive;
wherefore the parties had agreed to
say nothing publicly as to what occur
red. The secretary did not appear to
be discouraged as he made this state
ment, though he admitted that no
time had been set for another confer
ence. From this it is gathered that
the leng expected answer of the Span
ish government to the president's note
upon being received had turned out
to be Just as it was expected either
a counter-proposition or a request for
a fuller statement in detail upon some
of the head3 of the president's notes.
U to the middle of the afternoon
it was stated by all parties concerned
that the Spanish answer had not been
received; that the only formal note
that had com? to hand was one from
the Madrid cabinet to M. Cambon.
asking for information upon some
points that were not clear to the Span
ish mind. However, Just after 3 o'clock
the secretary of the French embassy,
M. Thiebaut. called at the 3tate de
partment and arranged with Secretary
Day for a meeting between the presi
dent and the French ambassador. The
meeting was set for 3:43 o'clock and
Secretary Iay was at the White
house in season, but was obliged tn
wait about ten minutes for the French
ambassador.
As already stated, after conferring
for an hour, the parties separated,
having been unable to reach a con
clusion as to the acceptance by Spain
of the peace conditions laid down by
the president, and binding thmflvs
to the observance cf the strictest re
crecy as to the proceedings until fur
ther progress had been made. Thus,
it is practically assured In advance
that any attempt to state what oc
curred at today's meeting at the
White house will be nothing more than
pure guess work.
NOT TO DELAY ACTIVE WAR
MEASURES.
Meanwhile, In consonance with the
declared purpose of the president at
the beginning of overtures, this confer
ence is not operating to restrain mili
tary operations in any degree. Orders
went out today for a conference of
leaders of the regiments to accom
pany General Wade to Porto Rico, and
within twenty-four hours some of the
troops of this expedition will be board
ing the transports at Newport New?.
It is felt that even should an armis
tice be declared before thes troop
see active service at the front, it will
be beneficial for them to "have made
the trip. Profiting by its last experi
ence. General Wade's expedition is
going to be the most complete in de
tails of any that have left our shores
and the soldiers will be protected in
their health and comfort to the utmost
degree.
Secretary Alger has himself con
ducted an inquiry into the conditions
that led up to the fearful experience
of the wounded soldiers who returned
to the United States on the Concho,
and he has taken the necessary steps
to prevent a repetition of the bad
management exhibited in that case.
Thus, there may be some delay in get
ting the troops away with General
Wade, in view of the determination to
have everything shipshape before the
men are on board, and the transporta
tion department was taken somewhat
by surprise by this suddenly announc
ed decision of the secretary of war. To
start this expedition, some days must
elapse before the necessary transports
can be gathered at the ports of em
barkation. Shafter's daily health report failed
to show any improvement in health
conditions of the Fifth army corps, so
that it is a matter of congratulation
that the war department was able to
announce today that it had ordered
five of the cavalry regiments of that
corps to be embarked at once for the
new camp at Montauk Point, Long Is
land. SHAFTER'S SANITARY REPORT.
General Shafter has sent the follow
ing sanitary report for August 1st:
Total sick, 4,239; total fever cases.
3,179; new cases of fever, 689: cases of
fever returned to duty, 679; deaths on
August 1st, 15.
General Shafter reports the rover
situation as follqws for August 3 To
tal sick, 4,290; total fever ca.es. 3.038;
new cases of fever, 594; cases of fever
returned to duty, 705; deaths, 11.
TROOPS AT SANTIAGO ORDERED
TO MONTAUK.
All the troops of cavalry with Shaf
ter's army and the eight companies of
Roosevelt's Rough-Riders have been
ordered to proceed to Montauk Point,
L. I., for encampment. General Shaf
ter has been directed to use all the
transport facilities he can command to
send the troops north as rapidly as
possible. The regular cavalry with
Shafter comprises eight companies
each of the First, Third, Sixth, Ninth
and Tenth cavalry, all dismounted and
four mounted troops of the Second
cavalry.
THE DIFFICULT QUESTION OF
THE PHILIPPINES.
An interesting question and one of
vital importance to the administration
is the attitude to be assumed by the
United States towards the Philippine
insurgents in the event that we reach
an agreement with the suspension
of hostilities with Spain. It is
stipulated in our peace terms
that the United States military forces
shall occupy and establish a mili
tary form of government over the,
city of Manila and the bay with the
surrounding territory. This involves
an immediate surrender of the Spanish
forces, not to Aguinaldo, but to Gen
eral Merritt, and also there is some ap
prehension that the insurgents will re
sent this very bitterly and that it
would be necessary to expel them for
cibly from the territory described. Be
yond this. It is said in some quarters
that pending the decision of the peace
commissioners as to the future of the
Philippines the United States will be
morally bound to maintain the status
quo in the islands at large. In other
words, having deprived Spain of the
means of resisting the onslaughts of
the insurgents. It has been urged that
the United States would be bound to
prevent the latter from continuing
their warfare. There is a lack of In
formation in Washington on many im
portant points as to the conditions in
the Philippines. For instance. It Is not
known, even approximately, how ex
tensive the revolutionary movement
has been throughout the vast group of
1,200 islands and among the large pop
ulation, estimated to aggregate be
tween 8,000,000 and 15.000,000. If the rev
olutionary movement is general and
extends to very many of the islands
the task presented to the United States
military and naval authorities will be
one of great magnitude, in the event
that it is decided to be incumbent upon
us, not to restore Spanish sovereignty
where it has been lost, but to prevent
its overthrow in sections where it is
still supreme, and to prevent excesses
and outrages at the hands of the in
surgents. SICK .SOLDIERS ARRIVING.
The war department received by tel
egraph from General Copplnger at
Tmpa a list of the convalscent sol
ders on board the transport Yucatan
and Santiago, which are now in quar
antine at Egmont Key, Fla. The tele
gram states that one man, a packer of
the Thirteenth infantry, whose name
could not be ascertained, died on the
voyage. A list of the sick on the
steamships Comal, Clinton and San
Marcos could not be obtained on ac
count of the storm and consequent in
ability to speak those vessels.
!Yo Money lndemlijr
(Chicago Times-Herald.)
Let us give the world an object les
son in civilization by making no
money demand upon our bankrupt vic
tim; otherwise the savages may say
of us as Ingomar once said of his foes:
"If these be Christians, I thank the
gods that I am barbarian."
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rapture of ;ibara t the Cuban.
Key West, Fla., August 3. Captain
Del Valley Ignacio, of the insurgent
forces, was brought here this morning
by the gunboat Helena, which took
him aboard near Tunoz do Zaza, on
the south coast of Cuba, on July 25th.
He reported that on July 9th, General
Miguel Gomez (under whom he served
in the Sancti Spirltus district of tho
province of Santa Clara) attacked tho
town of Glbora (not Gibara) with 500
men and after two hours fighting
compelled the Spaniards to raise the
white flag. The dynamite shells from
the Symes-Pudley gun. ho says, tora
big holes In the walls of the town,
killed nine Spaniards and wounded
twelve. One hundred and sixteen
prisoners were taken and the town is
held by the Cubans. The Cuban loss
was one killed and threo wounded.
When Captain Ignacio left, General
Gomez was making plans to attack
the trocha and restore communication
between the eastern and western prov
inces. The Helena, which has been on
blockade duty for nearly a month,
sank a number of harbor tugs and
lighters at Casilda last week and sent
one little tug, the Manatoe which sur
rendered in preference to being sunk,
to Guantanamo bay.
The Norwegian steamer Franklin,
of about D00 tons, bound from Vera
Cruz with a cargo of food, was cap
tured by the converted yatch Siren on
Monday, off Francisco Key, near
Caibarien, and was brought here to
day by a prize crew, under comamnd
of Lieutenant Llttlefleld. She had al
ready landed a portion of her 'cargo
when caught
Troop Gloving on niuaMat.
Washington, August 3. In accord
ance with an order Issued by the war
department last night the regiments of
the Second division at Camp Alger pre
pared to move today. At noon the
regiments of the Third brigade First
Rhode Island, Second Tennessee and
Third Missouri w?re on the march In
the direction of Manassas, Va. The
First brigade, consisting of the Twenty-second
Kansas, Third New York
and One Hundred and Fifty-ninth
Indiana started at 2 o'clock. The Sev
enth Illinois and Fourth Missouri were
ordered to move an hour later. The di
vision will march nine mile today to
Burke station. Tomorrow it will march;
seven miles, arriving near Manassan
the third day. The First division will
follow as soon as mule teams can re
turn from Manassas. Meanwhile,
corps headquarters, the two division
hospitals and the eight regiments of
the First division will remain In their
present quarters. They probably will
not be moved before Tuesday, while it
is agreed that the cause of the re
moval of the camp was the typhoid
epidemic. It is not known whether the
neighborhood of Manassas In to be
made a permanent camp site or wheth
er the troops finally will go to ome
other point. Forty-eight e&tm of ty
phoid fever have been reported since
yesterday afternoon.
The New Liquor Trust
Cincinnati, August 3. The United
States Spirits Association was perma
nently organized here today by the
election of the seven members of the
executive committee. These are the
only elective officers of the new com
bine. They may select such additional
officers as they find necessary.
The organization includes not only
the American and Standard Associa
tions, but also all others In the busi
ness. The plan comprehends control of the
entire output of all distilleries In the
country who will not deal direct with
the trade and only with such distribu
tors as are In the combine and none
other. And the distributors are to buy.
from none other than those in'the com
bine. These regulations were made
strong In anticipation of new concerns.
All existing ones are Included In this,
the strongest combine yet organized.
The rebate system has again been es
tablished, but they are small In ac
cordance with margins and will be
paid every five months. In addition
to rebates from distillers to distrib
utors, there will be small rebates form
the distributors to their trade for con
tinuous patronage every five months.
Do Yon Head
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