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PROTECTION ! INDUSTRY 1 ENTERPRISE ! PROSPERITY 1
VOLUME 3D.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1898.
KURBEK
PAS
PEACE
WASHINGTON LETTER.
H0B5ON WAUMLY RECEIVED IN WASH
INGTON.
DIRECT TO UNCLE SAM
The Delivery of th War Band Begin Com
modore
Walton's Fleet Has Sot Yit
j' ' Sailed.
(Regular Correspondent.)
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Washingtop, July 25th Uncle Sain I tariff law, are given.
vent the growth of oar ; export trade,
ought to be too well known to nw!
proof, but in caw you have still a fw
free traders in your vicinity who need
proof, the following facta concerning
out exports to Canada for the first
eleven months of the fiscal year Ufti?,
when the Wilson tariff Itw was iu ef
feet, and for the first eleven mouth of
the lineal year 180S, under the Dinglcy
During the for-
SEVEN HUNDttKD HOUR
SPANIARDS SUUHEN DER.
Fnt ire (Samson ; Lays' Domr
Arms.
BUT FEW PLACES MOKE TO HEAR FRO.X
REALIZES HER UTTER HOPELESSNESS
TERMS NOT
YET
DISCUSSED
took the first step, towards the acquisi
iion of another desirable piece of real
estate; when Gen. Miles hoisted 01d
Glory" on Porto Rico, and, whatever
may be done with other captured terri
tory, it is certain, that Porto Rico is
going to be ours to keep. In addition
to the troops with Gen. Miles, (two
other armies are to be landed at differ-
mer period, we soid Canada 17.370,825
worth of poods, and during the Utter
period, $40,251,223. a Jifference in favcr
of protection of nearly a million dol
lars'a month. ;
Lieut, Hob son, who is In Washing
ton in connection with; the work of
trying to save some of ! the ships of
Cervera's lleet; was most warmly re-
Proposition Formally Submitted
;,! to President McKinley by M. J.
Cambon,French Ambassador to
United States.
ent points m Porto Rico at oncei Then ceived by the President, members of
the three armies will capture all of the the Cabinet, his own personal friend,
smaller places before moving in Con- and the public at large.
cert 6n the heavily fortified town of I The delivery of the war bond began
San Juan. Three weeks is the out- J today, the denomination of $20 and of
side estimate of the length of the &ui- I f-XK) being the first sent out. The de-
paigiv although President MeKinley's livery will be continued cs fast a the
Washington, July 20 The Span
ish government-has; sued for peace,
not indirectly through the great pow-
must suggest. Neither was there any
suggestion from the Spanish govern
ment that an armistice be established
ers of Europe, but by a direct appeal pending the peace negotiations. It
' to President McKInlejv
The proposition was formally sub
mitted to the President at 3 o'clock
this afternoon by the French ambas-
i
Midor. M. Jules CamboD, who had re
ceived instructions from the foreign
office at.Paris' to deliver to the United
Suites government the tender of peace
formulated by the Spanish ministry.
At the conclusion of the conference
between the President and the French
ambassador he following official state
ment was issued from the whie house:
r The French ambassador, on behalf
of the government of (Spain and by
direction of tlje Spanish. Minister of
Poreign Affairs-, presented to the
President this afternoon at the White
House a message' from the Spanish
irovernment looking to the termina
tion of the war and the settlement of
terms of pirnee.'' '
This was tire only official statement
made public,- but it sufficed to put at
rest all conjecture and to make clear
and deluiite that at least Spain had
tasen the initiative toward peace.
. -Although -peace rumors have been'
current almost daily heretofore since
the war began not one of them had
t he shadow of j foundation, and, until
the French" ambassador received, in
st ructions from Paris late - last right,
mi overtures of any kind had been re
ceived. Shortly before midnight last night a
dispatch to the French ambassador
made it known to the embassy thai
the .ambassador" .'would be charged
with the important mission of opening
peWe negotiations on behalf of Spain.
The complete nstructious, including
an official letter from Duke Almndo
vii r Uio, Spanish .'minister of foreign
-affairs, were received tins morning.
Mr. Thibault, first secretary of the
embassy, -called at the state depart
ment and asked that an hour be ap
jxjiMed for a call by Ambassador
Cambon on the President, The pur
pose of the call was not stated.
it was arranged al the white house
that the call shoutd be made at three
o'clock. M. Cam bo u first weut to the
htate department, where he. was joined
br Secretary Day aud the two then
proceeded together to the white house.
The call lasted about half an hour and
after the first formalities had been ex
pressed by M. Cambon, the talk be
came general aud quite, informal, the
President, the ambassador aud the
secretary of state discussing the out
hok for a conclusion of hostilities.
The proposition ...-.submitted' by the
aimbassadpr acting for the Spanish
government was quite general In
terms and was confined to the one
sential, earnest plea that uegotia
tion be openevl for the portwse of
terminating the war and arriviug at
terms of ieace. The communication
of the Sfuiuish.. government did not
; u g g e t a n y s peci lie terms' of; .fteace,
ljor was any reference made to Cuba,
the Phtlipjkin'es, Porto Uico ur other
Sivthish joeesions. .'
The evident purpose of the Madrid
authorities v, as to first learn whether
the Coin 4 States would trmt on the
.'ttje0t of piKe, and after that to
taKe up jucli term -J us the two jtrti
seemed natural, however, from the
proposition that if formal neace nego
tiations b ntered upon that pending
their conclusion a cessation of hostili
ties wpui occur.
In conversation which followed the
reading of; the proposition, neither the
President ihor the ambassador entered
upon the question of terms of peace.
The instructions of the ambassador
had copfined him to the one essential
point of opening peace negotiations
and it was! evident that the President
desiresto Consider the proposition at
this moment before giving any definite
reply. It was finally determined' that
the President would consult the mem
bers of his cabinet, concerning the
proposition and after a decision had
been arrived at M. Cambon would
then be invited to the white house for
a further conference and for a final
answer from the United States gov
ernment. "Before the call closel a brief of the
memorandum was agreed upon in
order to oejt at rest misleading conjec
ture, and to give to the public infor
mation oq' a subject which had ad
vanced beyond the joint where diplo
matic reserve was essential.
' When the President will submit the
Spanish pfpposition to the cabinet has
not! yet been announced. The call of
the jambaejiador was two hours after
the cabinet meeting of today had
closed audi there will not be another
regular calinuet meeting until Friday.
It is generally understood, however,
that a special cabinet meeting will be
held in order to make prompt reply to
the proipiation.
Secretary Long arrived at the white
house shortly after the French am
bassador had departed aud had a talk
with the President, during which the
Spanish proposal was gone over
briefly. . Mr. Long said afterwards
that it was? an initial move, but in
reply to inquiries as to whether it was
likely to bring a speedy cessation of
hostilities he expressed some doubt,
saying thai ho decision on the points
involved had been reached thus far.
desire that San Juan shall be taken
without infantry assaults upon the
breast works, if possible, may lengthen
the campaign. .
For reasons satisfactory to himself,
President McKinley has deferred sail
ing of Commodore Watson's lleet for
the coast of Spain. The presumption
is that he is giving Spain an oppor
tunity to sue for peace, although
neither he nor any member of his cabi
net has said anything upon which to
base that presumption. Secretary
Long, when asked the direct question,
when. Commodore Watson's fleet would
start for Spain, said: ''Whenever 'the
President issues the order."
The encourging news from Gen.
Shaf ter's army has destroyed the last
vestige of the yellow fever scare. A
considerable number of our men over
there have the fever, but there have
been verv few deaths from it.
The trouble about the yellow., jour
nal story of how the War Department
got euchred when it-contracted with a
SoanisU Steamship Company for the
transportation of the surrendered
Spanish soldfers from Santiago to
Spain was the usual one it was't true.
The Spixnish Steamship Company will
get no advantage whatever out of the
contract beyond the cash paid for the
transportation, while the War Depart
ment made sure bv placing this con
tract tliat no complaint could be mad,?
against us in connection with the
treatment of the prisoners on the voy
age, and that there would be no trou
ble about their being landed in Spain.
The contract specifically stated that
no vessels belonging to the company
would be allowed to leave blockaded
ports to perform the service provided
for.
It is the opinion of President Mc
Kinley and members of his cabinet
that the frictiou between GenShaf
ter, and Gen. Garcia, who commands
the Cuban insurgents' in the Santiago
district, which led to Garcia's with
drawing his troops f and announcing
that he had tendered his resignation
to Gen. Gomez, the Commander in
Chief of the insurgents, ' is more the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
can get them to the Treasury, They
are sent to purchasers by express.
NORTH CAROLINA'S QUOTA.
result of misunderstanding than any
thing
GOVERNOR OR SANTIAGO-
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Geo. W ood of tkt Roar Rider ProaoUd.
PlaV a. July 21. Gen. Wood of the
Rough Riders was appointed military
iroveruor ot Santiago yesterday, sue
ctedvng Gen. Mckibbin, who returns
to his old duty and who is on the sick
list.'- M); ' ... . j v -
Squads of natives were sent tcKTay
to clean tbf streets and bury the dogs
and horses twhoee remains have been
lying In the streets for davs and
weeks, j Other step to improve the
sanitary commion of the c:tv are
being taken.
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Slep Dorrowlnx.
Fairbrother's Farrago.
o maneir aoout tue euitor s opin
ion, let! it lie of any biities or en-!.
il be has enterprise enough to bay the
thftstnews service in the world, and
tiu-ru? ami py lor your paper
Stp lcr rowing.
else. Geni Shafter's instruc
tions are to treat the insurgents cour
teously and kindly vnd not to expect
too much from, them in J a military
way. j It is nonsense for Garcia to be
disgruntled because Santiago was not
turned over to the insurgents. It has
been made plain to him and all of the
other insurgent leaders that the U. S.
intended to assume military control of
Cuba as fast as it came- into our pos
session, and to retain that control un
til sucn time as all.tne residents oi
Cnba could be given an opportunity
to express themselves as to how and
by whom they would be governed. It
was because of doubt that the insur
gents represented a majority of the
residents of Cuba that President He
Kinley'stroveso hard and successfully
to prevent Congress providing for the
recognition Ol tne Insurgent govern
ment. .
The U. S. sells more wheat and flour
to Japan than do all other countries
combined, and the official !igurein a
report from U. S. Consul Harris, at
Nagasaki, shows a steady and healtby
growth in this trade- Of wheat we
sent in 11, only lb., but in
l it haxl grown to 2,41,0 lb,, and
in liT to. 12,467.4; Ibe.
Ot fiour we tent in 1 1 2,.070
Ib.. in X.21,3n lbs., and in 137
Adli. Geu. Cowlcs Ctnlns Rnctlon en tht
Tar Heel t.
WasLintOB lot. ,
Recent publications in the newspa
pers that North Carolina had furn
ished only about fifty-five men on her
quota under President McKinley's
second call for volunteers prompted
Assistant Attorney General Boyd,
who hails from that State, to address
the Adjutant General, lie received a
reply yesterday by telegraph, which
forcibly explains the situation. The
telegram received by General Boyd
reads:
Raleigh, C;, July 22, im
Hon. J. E. Boyd,
Assistant Attorney General:
Yours received. The facts are that
uuuer tne nrsr, can we . raised our
quota. 2,205, which made the First
and Second Regiments and battalion
of colored. Under second call our
qu,ota,was 1,551. .As the- companies of
troops' under first call were organized
on minimum of eighty and the United
States desired the maximum of lufi
men to a company, Gen. Corbin set
aside TSil of our quota, with which to
recruit, and ordered us to use the bal
ance, 7G, to make seven; companies of
colored infantry.
We got this order June; 23 and or
ganized at once and added the seven
to the three colored, making three
regiments complete. Now we have
used our part of the 783 to recruit the
SeconxURegiment, and the First Regi
ment at Jacksonville has within sev-
eniv-iive oi us recruits. , im vou see
- j
under the second call wej have raised
l,5oo men. Under the second call 100
companies, or 10.000 .men, volunteered
as new organizations with their own
officers. Recruiting is always slow, as
men'go in as privatef, with no pros
pect of beipg officers, i I can raipe
twen'y regiment3, if riecesaryt in a
week of new troops and with an un
limited quota we can furnish 110,000
in thirt days. We haveb-en awfully
and persistently lied on, and I believe
studiously and maliciously; in Wash
ington. . A, D. COWLES,
Adjutant General.
Oil. Sbaltr Aathorli mm Ablat
fllrtUn of tbm Report Jbt th Cahatv
Gcnrml Ccoatrt4 Fmtxm mt 3 po
lrd, Rtrn!ac ta 5atlco to
Surrmdcr, aai Wac Drfoud
by Thrm.
(Copyright. by AsMciatel Presji.)
Santiago de Cuba, July '25. Every
thing here Is peaceful. Tne 7,000
SjanUh soldiers at Guautanamo lay
down their arms todav. The n35i
from Palma Soriano, San Luis and
S riano snrrenderetl veMerdaV to
9 .
Lieutenant Miley and today jack
trains with provisions were sent thm.
The only others included In the
capitulation are 2,000 troops at Barn-
coa and 1,000 at Sagua. They have
not yet been turned over but they are
not here in General Garcia' vicinity.
He is at Jiguira today and reached
there without encountering any Span
iards. General Shafter authorizes an
absolute contradiction of the renort
that Garcia encountered a force of
Spaniards who wre returning to
Santiago to surrender and was de-
featel by them.
Colonel Ezra P. Ewers, of the Ninth
infantry, acting for General Shafter,
will receive the . formal surrender I of
Guantanamo.
Yesterday General Shafter released
forty Cubans who had been confined
in the local jail on political charges.
Indeed some of them were confined
without charges of any character,
others on the most trival pretexts and
yet others solely because of sympathy
with the insurgent cause. The jail is
still filled with many whose crimes
and sentences are not on n-cord and
are absolutely unknown so far as has
yet been ascertained. A general in
vestigation has been ordered imme
diately. American newspapers which have,
arrived here . contain articles written
apparently under a misapprehension
of the facts regarding the conduct of
the camiaign and the dictation of the
terms of surrender. General Mi lee wa
here simpl as a visitor and adviser.
In his official capacity he had noth
ing to do with the term of the capi
tulation, the entire credit for which
belongs to General Shafter, who. on
July 10, received the following dis
patch from Washington of that dax
"General Shafter, Siboney: The
secretarv of war directs me to inform
you that General Miles left here at
10:40 o'clock last night for Santiago,
but with instructions which do not in
ay manner supersede you as the
cimmander of the United State
troop in the field near Santiago so
loag a you are able for duty.
"CORBIN. Adjutant General."
GAVE CP TtlCIK ARMM.
Georgia' Ood CrrdiL
It is announced that Governor At
kinson, of Georgia, haa'i borrowed in
New York for the State 200.000at 2i
per cent. The arrangement was made
with the National Park Bank npon
the mere promise to pay j without col
lateral. The president jof the Park
Bank is Mr. E. E. Poor, ' who ha al
ways shown himself liberally Inclined
toward the South, and the first vice
president Is Mr. Stoyreeant Fish, who
is not only interested as president of
the Illinois Central railroad la the
development of a rich section of the
South, but who Is also one of the best
friends of the whole South In the
metropolt. The ease with which this
loan has been secured speaks well for
Georgia's credit abroad, and U anoth
er indication of the friend line of
Northern and Eastern capital to
State of the Sonth which how a
dt!qeltku to keep op with, th pro
cession of modern progre. Mlu
factorer Ilerord.
Elaeat Twar llowl TTlth Ceart
fh.u a protective Un:C does no! pre- I j it c C C. tiJ, L-srr:rTf sLsst'j
Mar 5panlb Rf alar aad Vclaaara Sr -raadrad.
Adjutant General of the Anay Wash
ingtou: .
LiuL Mily lias returned from San
Luis and Palma Estriano. where be
want tntir iUt- -r t f rm m n rr ri .
der of Spanish troops. The number
surrendered was larger than Gen.
Toral reported 3.005 Spaniih troop
and 350 volunteer guerillas. Volun
teers gave up their anus, and gave
parole. nd have gone to work. Three
thousand stands of anus were turned
In, loaded on ox cart, and started to
the railroad. SpanUh troops accom
panied Miley to San Luis, and all
apparently greatly delighted at proa
IecLs of returning home. They were
on the verge of atarvation, and I hare
to send them rations to-morrow. If
the numbers keep up they hare-,
there will Uj about 24.0iO to ship
away nearly 12,(J) here. 3.1MJ frpux
Sin Lui. g.vjo from Guantanamo,
and over 2,Oa at SagCA and lUracoa.
SHAFTE!:. :
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