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Secretary of War Cables Miles
Shatter and Kerritt to ' '
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gainst the Enemy. Miles instructed to
Inform Spanish Commander In Porto
RIco-ef These Orders. Sagasta Denies
That He Authorized French Ambassador
To Make Changes, and Says ' If Any
Changes Are to be Made the Govern
ment Itself Will Make Them. The Reply
Is Satisfactory to Spain. ; v ,
Washington, Aug, ll-Secretary Alger
las cabled Instructions to Gene. Miles,
hafter, and Merritt to make no farther
Movement against the enemy.
Gen. Miles has been instructed to in
orm the Spanish commander. in Porto
Itico of these orders.!
Our Reply Considered. Perfunctory.
Madrid. August 11. Tu "official circles
the reply of the United States to Spain-fn
tne matter oi peace ueguviHiiuim is uuu
ridered as perfunctory.1 ,
Sagasta denies that he authorized tbe
.French ambassador at Washington, as a
representative of Spain, to mnko changes
)n the Spanish answer as regard certain
'conditions which might create difficulties
during the coarse of negotiations. '.
Sagasta adds that if any changes are to
be made the goVernment itself will make
jtheinV - The text of thereply of the tfnited
States will not be definitely known un-
til after the coining cabinet, meeting. -,
. Protocol Satisfactory to Spain. ,
London, August Il.-4)ispatche8 from
Madrid announce that the Spanijh cabi
net regards ; the protocol promulgated
by the United States as satisfactory, also
that authority will be at Once, telegraph
ed ; to Ambassador Cambon ' to affix
bis signature and that it expected that
hostilities will cease immediately.
SPAIN SATISFIED.
Formal Approval to be Cabled Cambon
Today. Alger Denies that Instructions
Have Been Issued to Stop Fighting. Day
Says War Is at an End. '
Washington. August 11. Ad vices have
been received that Spain is satisfied with
the protocol; also that her formal ap
proval of same will be cabled to Cambon
today. " , " - - '
Secretary Alger, at 11 o'clock, denied
that instructions to stop fighting had
been sent to Miles, Shafrer and Merritt,
V Secretary Day, says 1he war is at an
end and will be so officially declared be
fore tomorrow night. , ,
) Ships now in outhwn waters will be
I ordered north for repairs', this action
; being dependent upon the receipt before
; twelve o'clock tonight of formal instruc-
tions from Madrid to sign the protocol.
In tbe note sent the government at
UR HER
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1 Madrid the time limit of 48 hours was
i Bet for a reply, which time expires ' at
midnight. . . '-- - --
1 ROUGH RIDERS ARRIVE.
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k L'uch Confusion StilKPrevalls at Montauk
' -:" Point..
Montauk Point, August 11. The mem
bers of the "Rough Riders," not included
in the Santiago detachment, arrived this
morning. .
Much confusion still prevails, the gov
ernment being unable to furnish accorn
v iiiodation or supplies, there, still being
eame trouble among the laborers.
Spain's Less In Warships.
Washington, August 11. According
to the Madrid press, Spain has lost since
tl.e Lcginnitjgof the war 12 cruisers, 2
torpedo boat destroyers and 21 gun
l oats; a total of S3 warships, the total
tcccp.e of which was -13,103. And the
I'rAU J States didn't losaeven one- ves-
PROTOCOL' SIGNED
By Day and Cambon. The United States
Demands that Spain Agree to It In 24
Honrs. Unless Agreed to Watson's
. Fleet Will ' Sail Again:! the Spanish
Coast.
Washington, August 10. The reply b
Spain to the American peace terms not
bemjr satisfactory, a protocol nasbeeu
drawn up and agreed to by Secretary
Day a.nd Ambassador Cambon. It is
Bisrued bv both uarties. , v .
The protocol provides for peace. But
theSpanisn government must approve o
it before tomorrow night.
It is an ultimatum on tbe part of the
United States and tbe time for its accept
ance is limited to twenty-four hours.
Unless agreed ; to by that time the
American neet aireaay preparea ior mac
miruose. will sail against tbe bpanish
coast and will be prepared to attacferthe
The French ambassador has been in
etructed to inform the : Madrid govern
ment, on whose behalf he is acting, that
the terms of the protocol must be accept
ed or rejected in .their entirety and at
once. y . : "' -
Ambassador Cambon has cabled the ful
protocol to theSpanish government. The
terms sent to Spain today are practically
those of the first peace proposition sub
mitted by President McKinley, but they
am naw couched in firm and more lm
Derativelancuage. '-
. Spain must leave all islands touching
on the Caribbean Sea at once, and iu the
far east must give up Guam and Manila
and when that nas been done tne united
States will enter upon a final treaty of
peace. It is evacuation first and then the
peace treaty; Spain must also shoulder
the Cuban debt. Tne rnilippinequostion
is to bo left to a commission of ten mem
bers to meet in Paris, the United States
to retain Manila and , the neighborhood
pending tbe final settlement of the qnes
tion. .
It is thought very improbable that
Spain will now , back out of the treaty.
It is evident that theSpanish government
will be taken by surprise inasmuch as it
was evidently expected to provoke a con
tinuance of tbe correspondence and not
to be brought to time- with such a round
turn as this ultimatum will do.
If he Negro Draws the Color Line.
C. 8. Aycock at Qreenvllle. . -. , . .
I was recently going from one town to
another and a young negro man was
driving for me. I asked if he could tel
me why ne voted tne Republican ticket?
" 'Cause dats my color, " was his reply.
Then I asked him What ne thougnt
white man ought to dor The negro
stammered that "seems to me, sab, d at
he orter vote de Democratic ticket, 'cause
dats his color.'-' There you have the sit
uation exactly. No one draws the color
line so closely as the negro himself. Let
a negro vote the Democratic ticket and
his race cuts his acquaintance and has
nothing to do with him. The negroes
are going to stand together and vote
tbe same way.- Can white men afford to
do less? ; '. '
Populists Kicked Overboard. '
News Observer.
In Halifax county in 1894 and in 1896,
the Republicans used the Populists to
"put life info the dead hulk of the Kepub
lican party." - In 1898, having enough
negro voters to win over a solid white
opposition, the Republicans have kicked
their Populist friends overboard and de
cided to take all the offices for them selves
and leave tbe Populists out in the cold
That will make those white office-hold'
ers, who were willing to betray theirrace
for an office, very sick. They ought to
quit filling their bellies with the husks fed
to swine and help put an end to negro
domination in the State.
Has Joined the Democratio Party.
Wilmington Star. .
Stephen A. Douglas. Jr.,-of Chicago,
who during the reconstruction period
ived in this State, and was then and has
since been a Republican, has joined the
Democratic party, because he believes in
'a government of the people, for the peo
ple and by the people," which is not the
iind of a government the Republican
party with its trnsts and combines gives
us. We do not know whether "Steve"
cuts a wide swath in politics out thereor
not, but be is a clever little fellow and
weighs about 250 pounds. -
The First North Carolina Will Not Go to
Porto Rico.
Washington, D. C, August 9. A dis
patch was received this morning from
Gen. Miles saying he would not need any
more troons in i'oFto Rico, whereupon
the ordf-nr were revoked under which
General Wade was to co to Porto Rieo.
he eighteen rrciments. lncladinar the
first North Carolina volunteers, which
were to accompany Lira, will remain in
camp until further orders. '
IP
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the Junta Protest Against' Reports
That Agulnaldo " I ,
lull
In the Battle of July 31st, and That He
Deserted Trenches Falling t9Warn
Americans of the Spanish. Apoach.
Junta Says Agulnaldo Has Kept very
. . Promise. Desire Only Annexation to
United States.' Japanese Anxious to
i Take a Hand In the Game.
Hong Kong, August 11. Members of
the Philippine junta called,,pulicly on
fmisnl Wi iff man in nrotest oirainst tEe
teports that. Geu. Aguinaldo had; declined
to aid the Americans in the battje of July
31st, and also that he : deserted the
trenches, failing to warn the Americans
of the approach of the Spanish. I
The members of the junta claim that
Aguinaldo has kept every proraiFe made
since he left Hong Kong; also - that his
life and the lives of the men of bis com
mand are at the disposal of Gen. ' Merritt
and Admiral Dewey; that they only de
sire annexation to the United States. If
the junta is to be believed the Japanese
government is anxious to take a hand in
the Philippine game! n
FIGHTING AT THE ISLE OF PINES.
Many Spanish Sloops and Schooners Were
; . Captured. . ,l ;
Key West, August 11. The Bancroft,
from the Isle of Pines, where it has been
the flagship of I the : blockading fleet,
brought , news .of several . ioti engage
ments, in which several Spanish were
killed and one American life lost. - Many
schooners and sloops were captured by
the fleet, and tbe majority burned from
fear of infection .also because of the trouble
of taking them away. The twelve' inch
guns of the wreck of the Santo" Domingo
were saved. ' ? v 5
. Italy Gives Colombia More Time..
.Washington, August 11. A cablegram
was received from Rome today saying
that out of regard to the United States,
the Italian government had telegraphed
tbe Colombian government . giving it
eight months additional time to settle
with Corruti's creditors, under the terms
of the Cleveland award
Planning to Govern Porto Rico.
Washington, August 11. Secretary
Alger and Attorney General Griggs . held
a conference with the president this morn
ing, over plans for the government of
Porto Rico,, resulting in a dispatch being
forwarded to Gen. Miles, outlining the
state of affairs to date. "
Shafter's Sanitary Report.
Washington, August 11. Shafter's
sanitary report for August ninth shows:
Total sick, 2,830; total new cases fever,
230; number deaths, 14.
Immunes Bound for Santiago
New York, August ' 11. The eighth
Illinois regiment of negro "volunteers ar
rived this morning to take passage on
the Yale for Santiago. ' I ?
What a Whopper.
M.C. Pilot.
The Clinton, Sampson county, Demo
crat says that Squire (iibbins.of Clinton,
raised a cucumber in ms garden this
season which measured three feet in
ength and three inches in diameter. And
we suppose the soil is not very well
adapted to the cultivation of cucumbers,
either. Eh? - -7; ' ,
Skinner Has Donned Holton's - Uniform.
Ne"W8-Obser?er. - .
Three months ago State Chai-mau
Iolton said he would soon put the Re
publican uniform on the Populists. Harry
Skinner, who was here yesterday, had it
on gold lace, trust buttons, corporation
spurs and all. But "there are others."
No honest Populist will wear it, Mr. Hol-
ton!
010 mo w in.
Interesting r North Carolina Items : la
Condensed Fern.
Mr. Sam Watson, w ho lives a few miles
from Wilson, committed suicide Monday
night by taking an overdose ofstryebine.
The Taylorsville Visitor says John
Dula, colored, who lives in Caldwell, near
the Alexander line, was taken from his
home by unknown parties a few nights
ago and severely whipped." It is believed
that colored friends of bis wife, did the
whipping because he had neglected her
for another woman. .
The "Worth Bagley Monument associ
ation" was formed at Raleigh Tuesday:
President, Hon. W. M. Rubs; secretary,
T. B. Eldridge; trcasuivr, D. E. Everitt.
There is on hand over $2,400 for the
memorial. It was decided by the gentle
men present to erect in capital square a
bronze statue of a naval ensign on a
handsome base.
The trustees of the A. & M. College.Ral
eigh, on Tuesday created the chair of
biology and veterinary, and elected C.
Cur,tis, of New York, to fill it at a salary
of f 1,500. Salaries of several assistant
professors were increased. The execu
tive committee was instructed to investi
gate the management of the mess hall
and provide better food.
, In Raleigh Congressman Harry Skin
ner smiled when asked what he thought
of Senator Butler's attack on him and
said he cared nothing for it. When asked
what would be done in the first district
he replied: VOur Populist convention
meets August 25tb. Tnere is no doubt
of my nomination. There is also no
doubt" that tbe Republican convention
will endorse me,",
Another convict hafc taken French
leave of bis comrades and guardians at
the penitentiary, and retired from the
shades of the State prison. This time he
was plowing in the penitentiary gardeu.
WJ. en he got to the end of the row, he
jest quietly quit plowing in the sun
shine and took to the coolness of the
Woods. He has not as yetj co6led off
sufficiently to. return to his work. He
had about 19 moremontnsto serve.
$lr. John W. Hayes was found in a dy
ing" condition by the railroad track in
Charlotte Friday of last week. He was
suffering from a fearful ; wound , on his
head, was unconscious and died in a few
hours It was at first- thought' he bad
ben injured by a train, but investigation
disclosed that the wounds were' inflicted
by a person. The object of the murder is
supposed to have been robbery. .The
negro who found Mrl Hayes gave: his
name as Sandy Johnson and soon after
ward disappeared. , ,
Dog Days When They Begin and End.
Asheville Citizen.' "' ' ' ' '
The question is f requentty asked, " When
did dog days begin?" " Almanacs differ
on the question, and it id because there
seems to be no fixed or certain time for
their ' commencement or continuation.
The Century dictionary says: -
"Various dates, from July 3 to August
15, have been assigned for the first dog
day, and various durations, from 30 to
54 days. Pliny says they began with
the heliacal rising of Procyon (a star or
constellation rising a little before tbedog
star),' which took place, be says,' July
19th, and this date has been widely ac
cepted. - . ' ' .' .' 7
"Hippocrates (450 B. C.) says the dog
days were in the hottest and most un
healthy part of. the summer. If the sea
son was of Babylonian origin, it would
originally probably have been in early
summer. Perhaps they are now most
usually reckoned from July 3 to August
11, inclusive." -
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McKinley Consented That Peace
Negotiations Occur There to
If
French Ministers Highly Appreciate Mc
Kinley Having Waived His Request That
Washington Be Theatre of Negotiations.
Preparing to Receive Peace Commls-
.'; eloners.';::;
Paris, August 11. The following dis
patch has been received by Del Casse from'
Cambon: ."President DcKinley has con
sented that peace negotiations take place
in Paris, giving as bis reason his desire
to pay France a compliment."
The French miuisters highly appreciate
McKinley's having waived his original
request that Washington be the theatre
of the peace negotiations.
Preparations to receive the peace com
missioners tegin today.
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