MIS1E
AT I EI
Bombardment Is
i Resumed.
'I
Toral Wanted to Surrender
With Proviso That III Army
Be Allowed to Retire Un
der Flying Flags,
An Associated Press dispatch from
Jnrugua, via Kingston, says: The sur
render of Santiaga was formally offer
ed by tho Spanish commander, General
Toral,. Sunday morning, bat the con
ditions attached caused a prompt re
fusal of the offer by General Shaf
ter. The negotiations, however, re
sulted in the extension of the armis
tice until noon and .white flags of trace
frtill; floated oyer the opposing armies.
General Toral's proposal contem
plated the immediate surrender of the
tity, but he insisted that his army be
permitted to march away under arms
and with 'flying colors, and declared
that he would fight to the last ditch
unless the conditions were accepted.
General Shatter replied that nothing
but unconditional surrender would be
considered by him, but he consented
to cable the Spanish offer to Washing
ton, in tho meantime extending the
armistice.
It was shortly before noon Sunday
when a little group of Spanish officers,
under a flag of truce, came out from
under the yellow wall of the besieged
city and slowly mado their way toward
the American line. A detail was sent
to meet them, and they we're escorted
to comfortable quarters, while the let
ter from General Toral was carried to
General Shaffer's tent, two miles
from the front. The letter was
couched in the icily courtoous terms
characteristic of such communications
and
was as brief as possible. It bore
tne signature of General Toral, who
commands at Santiago since General
Linares was wounded, and stated that
ho was prepared to surrender the city
iiuimou mo u i ixi j v us permmea to
capitulate "with honor." This, be
explained, meant that the Bpaninh
forces snouid go unmolested and in
any direction they wished with arms
The letter concluded with the bold
statement that surrender "under any
other terms, was an impossibility and
would not beconsidered.
I General Shafter immediately cabled
the note to Washington and sent the
general a refusal of his proposal, but
said he would communicate with his
government and extended the formal
armistice until Sunday at noon. .
Promptly at the hour designated the
.white flags were taken down along the
American line, save one, in front of
General Law ton's brigade, which, by
some oversight, was left fluttering its
lonely message for an hour. It was
first discovered by General Law ton
himself, who, on riding up to his line,
ordered it taken down at once. Then,
as if by magic, the white flags waving
over Santiago dropped from their hal
yards, and the unofficial truce was at
an end.
Hours passed without a shot, the
Americans being loath "to shoot upon
an already defeated foe, while the
Spaniards were undoubtedly waiting
for the first shot from our side. Shortly
aner 4 p.m. tne long silence was broken
by a shell from one of the eastern bat
teries of Santiago, when f rom 'Capron's
iron-throated monsters belched back
the answer which soon silenced the
Spanish guns. A rapid musketry fire
louowed upon the Spaniards who ap
peared before their works, which ran
them to immediate cover.
SATS CREW WAS COWARDLY.
Captain Who Towed the Cromartyshire
Talks of the I-a Bourgogne Collision.
The Allan line steamship Grecian,
Captain Xuna'n, from Glasgow, the
vessel which fell in with and towed to
Halifax the British ship Cromartyshire,
after she collided with and sank the
French liner La Bourgogne, arrived
at Philadelphia Monday. ,
One of the officers said: "It is hard
for a Britisher to understand bow 50
per cent of the crew were saved and
only. 10 per cent of the passengers.
The fact that only one woman oat of
200 was rescued will go down in his
tory as a brand of fire on the cowardly
crew."
THE WOUNDED AT M'PHEESON.
Over Two Hundred Santiago Heroes In
the General Hospital.
Two hundred and thirty-five wounded
officers and men from the Santiago
battlefield arrived at Fort McPherson,
Ga., Monday afternoon to be treated
at the general hospital.
The soldiers give thrilling accounts
of their experiences in the great con
flict of July 1, in which all 6t them
bathed the Cuban soil with their blood.
IDS
REFUSED
1 Willi
OF THE SINKING OF THE MERRI
MAC IX SANTIAGO IIABUOB.
VESSEL'S RUDDER SHOT AWAY.
Speaks In Glowing Term of the Courage
and Bravery of Ills Crew During
the Trying Ordeal.
A dispatch to The New York Herald
from off Santiago, Cuba, says: .
YOur correspondent saw Mr. Hob
son after he had made his report to
Amiral Sampson and he consented to
give Tho Herald a fuller interview
about his experiences.
He spoke in glowing terms of the
courage and bravery of his crew.
"We have been 33 days in a Spanish
prison," said Mr. Hobson, "and the
more a minx about it tne more mar
velous it seems that we are alive,
'It was 3 o'clock in tho morning
when the Merrimac entered the narrow
channel and steamed in under the
guns of Morro castle. The stillness of
death prevailed. It was so dark that
we could scarcely set the headland.
We had planned to drop our starboard
anchor a,t a certain, point to the right
of the channel, reverse our engines
and then Bwing the Merrimac around,
sinking her directly across the channel.
"This plan was adhered to, but cir
cumstances rendered its execution im
possible. When the Merrimac poked
her nose into the channel our troubles
commenced. The deadly silence was
broken by the waah.of a small boat
approaching us from tho shore. I
made her out to be a picket b)at.
"She ran close up under the stern
of the Merrimac and fired several
shots from which it seemed to be
three-pounder guns
rudder was carried
That is why the
across the channel.
The Merrimac's
away by this fire.
collier was sunk
"We did not discover the loss of the
rudder until Murphy cast anchor. Wo
then found that the' Merrimac would
not answer to the helm, and were com
pelled to make the best of tho situa
tion. .
' "The run up the channel was very
exciting, 'liie picket boat bad given
the alarm and in a moment the guns
of tho Vizcaya, the Almirante Oquendo
and of the shoro batteries were turned
on us.
"Submarine mines and torpedoes
also explodod all about us, adding to
the
excitement, .The mines did no
damage, althou
h we could hear rum-
bling and cou
feel the ship tremble!
"We wem
unning without lights
and only the
rkness saved us from
utter destructi.
n. vvtien the shu was
in tne . desired position and we found
that the rudder was gone, I called the
men on deck. While they were launch
ing the Catamaran I touched off the
explosives.
; "At the same moment two torpedoes,
fired by the Iieina Mercedes, struck
the Merrimac amidships. I cannot say
whether our own explosives or the
Spanish torpedoes did the work, but
the Merrimac was lifted out of the
water and almost rent asunder. ' '
"As she settled down we scrambled
overboord and cut away the Catamaran.
A great cheer went np from the forts
and warships as the hull of the collier
foundered, the Spaniards thinking the
Merrimac was an American warship.
"We attempted to get out of the
harbor on the Catamaran, but a strong
tide was running and daylight found
us still struggling in the water. Then
for the first time the Spaniards saw
us, and a boat from the Reina Mer
cedes picked us up. It then was
shortly after 5 o'clock in the morning,
and we had been in the water more
than an hour. We were taken aboard
11 T s-
,iue xveina jucrceaes ana later were
sent to Morro castle.
"In Morro we were confined in cells
in the inner side of the fortress and
were there the first day the fleet bom
barded Morro. I could only hear the
whistling of the sheila and the noise
they made when they struck, but
judged from the conversation of the
guards that the shells did considerable
damage.
"After this bombardment, Mr. Rams
den, the British consul, protested,and
we were removed to the hospital.
There I was separated from the other
men in our crew and could see them
only by special permission. Montague
and Kelley fell ill two weeks ago, suf
fering from malaria and I was permit
ted to visit them twice.
"Mr. Ramsden was very kind to us
and demanded that . Montague and
Kelly be removed to better quarters
in the hospital. This was done.
"As for myself there is little to say.
The Spanish were not disposed to do
much for the comfort of any of the
prisoners at first, but, after our army
had taken some of their men as priso
ners their treatment was better. Food
is scarce in the city, and I was told
that we fared better than the Spanish
officers."
LIUHTERS LOST.
Eleven Boats Being Sent to Shatter
Swamped Off Cuban Coast.
".The war department was advised
Friday night that during a severe
storm off the coast of Cuba eleven
lighters en route to Santiago in tow of
tugs, were swamped and lost. So far
as known no fatalities occurred.
. The lighters were from Mobile, New
Orleans and Charleston and were in
tended for the use of General Shafter
in transferring supplies and ordnance
from the transports to shore.
SAFELY EXSC03CED IX BARRACKS
AT PORTSMOUTH.
ADMIRAL CERVERA AMONG THEM.
Men of the Destroyed Spanish Fleet Pre-'
tented a Tltlahle Plight When
They Were Fnt Ashore.
A special
from Portsmouth, N H. ,
says:
were
"The Spanish prisoners : who
brought to this port in the
auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, from San
tiago, numbering 692 of the men who
composed part of the crews of Admiral
Cervera's squadron, are in compara
tive comfort in the barracks erected
for them on Seavey's island. CerVera
and nine of his officers are among. the
prisoners. Around them is a guard of
125 marines. r
Monday afternoon they were taken
to Greeley's landing, ;the landing bo
called fijom the fact that it was here
Lieutenant Greely and the survivors
of the ill-fated Lady Franklin bay ex
pedition set foot on, American soil for
the first time after they had been
brought back from the frozen north by
captain, now Commodore. Schley, in
1884. The prisoners were marched to
the highest part of the island, where
each man deposited under the eyes of
me marine guara wnarever lew oeiong
ings he possessed.
It was a pathetic sighci from begin
ning to end, and such as would bring
tears to many eyes.' The poor, wTetch
ed creatures struggled up the hillside
clad for the most part in rags, some of
them being covered only with the frag
ments of a table cloth or a blanket,
while others had on portions of what
was once a uniform,
When the men landed some of them
were so weak that they could not
stand and laid on the ground .until
stretchers were brought and were car
ried by tneir comrades to tne main
road, where they were placed on the
grass. Many had wounds that were
still unhealed and their heads and
arms showed the effects of the terrible
battle in which they fought.' The crew
of the Cristobal Colon was landed in
body. They were better clad and
evidently better fed than the other
men. -''"'
. Thirty members of the Colon's crew
were, however, severely wounded and
had to be carried on stretchers.
The unloading of the 'crowd
was
witnessed by thousands but not
a
jeer, was heard " nor an act performed
which might have given offense to the
prisoners.
The men were formed in line and
marched into the temporary barracks
which will serve as a prison for them.
Fulrty have been taken to the hos
pi tal suffering for the most part from
wounds, while not a few are victims of
minor ills.
SHELLS FELL SHORT.
Our Warships unable to Baze Santiago
From the Sea.
Dispatches from Santiago state that
at y nSO o clock Monday morning, after
several range-firing shots , over the
ridge protecting' Santiago from the
sea, the United States cruiser Newark
opened fire into the city with her 8
inch guns.
The signal corps officers stationed
on top of the ridge reported the effect
of the shots. ' ,
The New York, Brooklyn and Indi
ana participated in the firing, at inter
vals of five minutes. The bombard
ment lasted for "two hours, when Gen
eral Shafter "reported that the shells
were mostly falling in the bay and
doing but little damage.
The last shot, however, struck a
prominent church in the heart of the
city, which was heavily stored with
powder and ammunition, causing a
tremendous explosion. The extent of
the damage is not yet known.
ONLY ONE CAN BE SAVED.
Board of Survey Examines the .Vessels of
Cervers's Sqnsdron.
The board of survey appointed to
examine ' the 'wrecks of the Spanish
ships and to inquire into the nature of
their injuries report that only one
ship can possibly be saved. She is
the Infanta Maria Teresa, the former
flagship of Admiral Cervera.
OXLT (iOOD MEN WASTED.
Recruiting Officers Receive Very Impor
, tant Orders to Themselves..
General Miles has issued an order
notifying recruiting officers that they
will be held to strict accountability for
the enlistment of men who may be
unfitted for the military service.
The order is made necessary because
of the great number of enlistments of
persons not qualified to serve, mainly
because of their being under the legal
age of eighteen years.
If a recruit after enlistment is re
jected or discharged as a minor and it
appears that the enlistment was care
lessly made, the expense incurred may
be charged against the pay of the
officer responsible.
FITE PEOPLE DROWNED
By the
Cmpsixina of a Boat la Portland
Harbor.
By the capsizingbf a catboat in the
harbor at Portland. Me., Sunday, five
persons lost tneir lives. iney were:
William O'Donnell, aged twenty
six. .. .." -: '" - ; ''-::
; Charles Sullivan, aged eighteen.
William Mitchell, aged seventeen.
Edward Yayo, aged sixteen, of Port -
land.
James McAuley.
BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN AMIDST
GREAT EXTJJUSIAS3I.
MEMBERS SING PATRIOTIC SONGS.
Mention of Present War Heroes Call
Forth Great Cheering 1 hanks Ex- -tended
All Aroand.
Congress adjourned Friday sine die.
The end of the session in the house
was marked by two notable incidents.
One sensationally partisan, well-nigh
resulting in personal conflicts upon
the floor; the other notably patriotic.
sweeping away all signs of the former.
In the former Mr.. Bay. republican, of
New York; Mr.: Handy, democrat, of
Delaware; Mr. Cannon, republican, of
Illinois and Mr. Ball, democrat, of
Texas, were the principal participants.
In the latter all members joined irre
spective of party affiliations. -
I he house passed the bill to reim
burse the states for expenses incurred
in transporting, feeding, clothing and
caring for soldieis in aid of the organ
ization of the volunteer army. "
The speaker named Mr. Henderson,
Mr. Hoj kins, of Illinois, and ; Mr.
Richardson, of Tennessee, as a com
mittee to . wait upon the president in
company with a senate committee and
announce tho readiness of congress to
adjourn. , kf! . .
"Mr. Speaker," laid Mr. Hender
son, after their return and reporting
that the committee had discharged its
duties, '.'the president directs the com
mittee to sav that h.9 has no farther
communications to mae to the house,
and says he desires to congratulate
this congress upon its patriotic and
faithful work." - ; jsi , k
. The report was applauded.. . "
- The remainder of the session passed
without incident. At 2 o'clock, when
Speaker Reed announced: v , "
"This. session of this congress is ad
journed -without date," a great cheer
arose, after which members and audi
ence joined in singing "America." ,
' The "scene -was a marked transit
from the many partisan demonstra
tions which had beenwitneesed such
a short "time -before. iTemscrats and
republican's were now singing, in ac
cord" a national anthem. 'V hen the
song ceased Asome member proposed
three cheers for the nation's president,'
and the iroar of sound that followed
came from a united house.-"
. 'The north, south, east, west, a
united country,',' .was proposed, and
then, in turn', came , the heroes of the
war Dewey, Schley, Hobson, Samp
son, and finally former Representative
General Joseph Wheeler, who is now
clinging, though ill, to his command
in front ofSantiago, was named, and
the hall resounded with cheers of
thrilling strength. -
Then the singing proceeded. Mean
time Sergeant-at-Arms Bussell had
brought in 200 small American flags,
and every member war now wavincr
one.
was
"The Star Spangled Banner"
sung, while flags vwavad and the
galleries cheered. Later followed
"Yanbee Doodle" and Dixie," the
1 - A A. 1 m r . ..
taiier, pernaps, lor tue nrst time in
the house, joined in by t' e members
from every section of the country.
Cheers for the speaker were given.
Tho patriotic demonstration; con
tinued a half.hour, and then the mem
bers began leaving, saying farewel to
coUeagueR.. "Home, Sweet Home"
an"U "Auld Lang Syne" supplanted
the patriotic airs and impressed more
strongly npon the hearers that an
other session was ended.
Closing Honrs In Senate.
In a maxfner so simple as to be
almost perfunctory, the senate,' at 2:06
o'clock Friday after npon, adjourned
without a day.
None of the dramatic and exciting
scenes usually attendant upon the ad
journment of congress was enacted
during the closing hours of the sen
ate's session.
For nearly an honr previous to ad
journment President McKinley and all
the members of his cabinet except
Secretaries Day and Long were in the
president's room, adjoining the senate
chamber.
During that time the president
signed a . large number of v engrossed
bills, many of which would have failed
had it been necessary to send them
to the executivo mansion for his sig
nature. i .
, Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, opposed
the proposed adjournment, maintaining
that it would be far more desirable for
congress to take a recess until the first
Monday in September.
Mr. Allen also opposed adjournment
because the calendar was crowded, he
said,-with bills of the most important
character.
Mr.Gallinger interrupted him. to say
that he had just counted the measures
still on the calendar and there were
just 110 general 'and 30 odd pension
bills, a number fewer than had been
on the calendar at the adjournment at
any time during tne past twenty
years. - ,
Mr. Spooner offered a resolution
thanking Senator Frye, president pro
tempore of the senate, for the able and
courteous manner in which he pre-
- ' A - W A at
siaea over tne aeiioeraiions oi ine
j senate during the present session. '"It
. was accepted.
a similar resolution, onered by mt.
Cockrell, of Missouri, thanking Vice
President Hobart, w as adopted with a
rnnsincr m-ra 4 . . -
rousing aye.
Vice-President
hour of 2 o'clock
then, the
dicated by
, the
senate time-ni A-mnv da- .
clared thsT.. 'nkTZJ " I
(day.
i - - aiu mi : ' 1,1 wiuivui
CRUISER HARVARD SAILS FROX
CURATOR PORTSHOUTH, Jf. Ha
SOME NEWS FROM THE FRONT.
The Armistice at . Santiago Extended
- Awaiting Conferences Between
" Leaders of Opposing Sides. -
. An Associated Press dispatch from
off Santiago states that the United
States auxiliary cruiser Harvard sailed
Friday for Portsmouth, N. H., with
the remainder of the prisoners, lfio
total now being 1,750.
'During the day a board of officers"
inspected the Cristobal Colon and it is
hoped she may be saved. Naval Con
structor Hobson is on board the Span
ish cruiser and is about to value the
Infanta Maria Teresa. The Vizcaya
and Almirante Oquendo are worthless
wrecks.
Admiral Cervera, before leaving the
harbor of. Santiago do Cuba on Sunday
morning, signaled the following mes
sage to his ileet: V
"The Admiral to His Dear Children:
He hopes that God will grant us "a
prompt victory."
The armistice wa extended in order
to allow General Linares to communi
cate with Captain General Blanco and
with Madrid. General Linares . in
formed General Shafter that he had
no telegraph operator and one was
sent into the -city accompanied by the
British consul, F.W. Ramsden, under
tho British flag. '
Daring the cessation of hostilities
our .position has been greatly strength
ened, the American lines advanciug to.
withm 400fards of the enemy s and
our hillside batteries overlook and
command the city. General Lawton's
division advanced 500 yards to the
enemy's great surprise.
The dynamite gun of Wood's Hough
Riders, in charge of Sergeant Hallett
Alsop Borrowe, has ben - beautifully
placed, . hidden in a snug pit.
' The streams have been bridged over,
allowing the transportation: of heavy
artillery with . facility and the roads
have been generally improved. The
general health of the soldiers is good.
The armistice affords a long needed
rest for our men' and they are now in
good shape to resume fighting. ,
General LiD ares is evidently weak
ening and the mediation of the bishop
of Santiago and . the consular corps
may persuade him to surrender. .
In case hostilities are resumed, the
plan of assault is for Rear Admiral
Sampson to bombard- the forts at the
mouth of the harbor, driving the men
1 ' it . "
away irom ine guns, ana men laua a
thousand men &nd occupy the forts,
wniie launcnes witn grappling irons
hunt for mines in the harbor. He will
then enter and bombard the city, sup
porting the land assault. ;
General Garcia, the insurgent leader,
received orders not to attack the Span
iards while negotiations are on foot.
The wrecked Spanish cruisers, are
still filled with charred bodies and the
buzzards are devouring the remains
The Cubans, by Rear Admiral .Samp
son's orders, have buried the bodies of
over one hundred Spaniards who were
washed ashore.
DEATH IN WATERSPOUT.
Town In
Missouri Almost Completely
Wiped Out.'
News was received at Cuba, Mo.,
from Steelville, the county seat o
Crawford .county, that the town had
almost- been wiped Out by a water
spout earlv Friday morning. The
known dead are:
Mrs. Lout Tucker and babe, of St
Louis; Daughter of Charles Abrams,
at. Ijouis; Mrs. John Woods and two
children, Steelville; Mrs. James Taft
and three children. Steelville: Mrs
William Lesough, Steelville; Luther
Lesough, Steelville; Colored man, un
known, Midland.
A relief party started for the strick
en town. Few buildings- were left
standing, and groans of anguish were
heard on all sides as the searchers
sought for loved ones among the de
bris. The waterspout occurred out
side the town, but swelled Yadkin
creek, which came down in a mighty
and destructive flood, sweeping all be
fore it. '
STARTING AT GUANTANAMO.
Fifteen
Deaths Dally Ameng the Be-
- lOeacnred Inhabitants.
Advices received by Commander
McCalla, of the Marblehead, from the
city of Guantanamo, show that the
deaths from starvation there average
fifteen daily. General Perez, the com-
mander of Guantanamo, has given up
hoTe of sueaor and the town could -be
readly taken were it worth while to
risk the lives of the American troops. I
1 The entrance from the upper to , the
I lower bay is patrolled nightly by steam
launches. The gunboats in the upper
bay "have not shown themselves for
several days. : .
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
Shafter Sends In Report of X
raja.be of
-Killed, aad Wessded.
The war department received the
following dispatch from General Shaf
ter: "Pivata im Est,. July 9; Camp
Near Santiago, July 8. Adjutant Gen
eral, 'Washington: Complete report re
ceived today of loss on J uly 1st and
2d. Killed, 22 of2cers."208 enlisted
.'. a-a oi i on
I men, wuuuucu, vuww
listed men; missing, 79 enlisted men.
OFFICIAL KEUNIOX CIBCULAB
Lined By General Evans For Information
or the Vsxtns Camps.
The following official circular has
been issued .by General Clement A.
Evans; which will be of interest to
every veteran who attends the reunion
in Atlanta: -
"HKArxjtrABTRKS Geoboia Dmsios
UxxTXD Confederate Yetebans, - At
lanta, Ga., July 1, 1898. General
Orders, Series 2 No. I: .
"1. The major general commanding
the Georgia divb ion announces to all
camps in Georgia that the executive
committee of the reunion association
will have all preparations fully made
for tho great reunion of United Con
federate Veterans .at Atlanta. The
convention will be called to order at
10 o'clock a. m. and all delegates are
expected to be present.
'2. The names of delegates should
be sent by mail' to these headquarters
without delay. The list must be com
pleted before the convention meets.
"3. All delegates and other confed
erates are urged to reach - Atlanta not
later than the arrivals of the early
morning trains on Wednesday. On
reaching Atlanta the street cars going
north may be used, to reach the expo
sition grounds,' where the reunion will
be held. Georgia headquarters are in
the Georgia buildinsr. nearly opposite
the main entrance, and all Georgians
will find a welcome in ik Seats for
delegates of this division in the great
auditorium will be marked 'Georgia,'
and may be easily found. Staff officers j
will be present to give information.
"i. Our battle flags which were car
ried in war, our camp badges, ban
ners and songs will be in order every
where every day. Bring them with
you. .- r
ST W
"5. Business meetings will occupy
each morning. Afternoons and nights
will be devoted to social reunions and
other occasions. The grand parade on
Friday afternoon will be a short and
grand display: Every true confederate
in Gcorem is invited to iom in tnis
great procession and review.
"G. The carriages provided by tne
camps for camr sponsors and maids of
honor will be escorted in the rear of
the Georgia division in the parade.
"7. Comrades in Georgia! You are
all invited to attend this imposing cel
ebration of our memories. Come the
first day and stay to the close. " Not
again will you have such an; opportu
nity to show your comradeship and
mtctyour companions in arms.
"8. The generous press of Georgia
will please publish these orders.
' 'Cuement A. Evans,
"Major General
; "John A. Milleb,
"Adjutant General.'
STAHLMAJf ASSUMES BLAME.
Senate Committee Findings In the Church
" Claim Mnddle.
A Washington dispatch says: The
senate committee on claims made its
report before adjournment Friday upon
the investigation by the committee into
the payment of the claim of the Meth
odist
book concern and the payment
to Major E. B. Stahlman of $100,000
as an agent in getting the claim
through. The report of the commit
tee Fays: ; " .
''The testimony before the commit
tee clearly shows that no part of the
sum received by Stahlman was paid to
Messrs. Barbee & Smith for their per
sonal use or to any senator or member
of congress or to any other person for
corrupt purposes.
The report also says that Mr. Stahl
man, in correspondence with senators
and representatives, concealed from
them all knowledge of the existence of
a contract, withheld from them all in
formation regarding it and purposely
and willfully by' misleading if not by
false statements impressed them with
the belief that Mr. Stahlman was not
acting as the agent or attorney of the
book agents with the expectation of
pecuniary remuneration for his ser
vices, but as "a personal friend of
the book agents and a member of the
church." r -
Referring to the assurance received
from Messrs. Barbee & Smith, the
committee says:
"No candid person who examines
this correspondence can reach any
other conclusion than that the subject
of this iDouirv was the existence of
j such a contract and not the percentage
that an attorney was to receive. Tht
replies of the book agents to this letter
and telegram make it manifest that the
-policy of silence with reference to the
contracts was maintained to the end
even to the extent of witholding the
truth and misleading and deceiving
those who made an earnest effort to
obtain it."
Of the church itself the committee
says:
"The
committee deems it proper
that no censure should rest upon the
Methodist Episcopal church or its
book agents. The church has been in-
1 iured by the misconduct of its agents
and for such misconduct is is held en-
. tirely blameless.
I The testimony tiken was also made
public
SANTIAGO OFFICERS ADVANCED.
Hawkins, Iswtos. Bates, Chaffee, Msjors
Wood, Brigadier, Roosevelt, Colonel. -
Before the adjournment of congress
the president sent the following nomi
nations to the senate: ;
Volunteer army .Brigadier generals
of volunteers to be major general:
Hamilton 8. Hawkins, Henry F. Law
ton, Adna B. CbaflVe, John C. Bates.
To be brigadier general: Colonel
Leonard Wood, First regiment United
States volunteer cavalry; Lieutenant
Colonel Chambers McKibbin, Twenty
first infantry.'
First regiment volunteer cavalry-
To be colonel: Lieutenant Colonel
Theodore Boosevelt. First regiment
, - -w
I Unlt stte Tolunteer cavalry.
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TESSELS CAMtmtt
MEN FOR SHAFTED.
THEY WILL REINFORCE
Under Command of Brigadier Oensrsl
Randolph and Convoyed by Gunboata
Jfachtas, WllmlngUn and Leydea.
Six troopships, carrying 2,500 men,
six batteries of artillery and a large
quantity of ammunition and supplies,
arrived at Juragua at 7:30 o'clock Sun
day morning according to Associated
Press dispatches. - .
The transports took the troops and
equipments aboard at Tampa and were
joined by their convoy at Key West.
They sailed last Thursday morning.
The fleet consists of the City of Macon
and the Gate City, carrying the First
Illinois infantry, 1,300 men; the Hud
sou with 930 recruits for the regiments
of regulars in the field and the Com
anche, Unionist and Specialist, carry-
mg . horses, ammunition; stores and
batteries C and F, of Third artillery;
B and F of the Fourth artillery; V ana
F, of the Fifth artillery, under con
mand of Brigadier General Randolph.
The convoy was made up of the gun- ,
boats Machias and Wilmington and
the tag Leyden. , .
The men are in excellent spirits ana
their voyage was a pleasant one, ex
cept for one rough night. On the af
ternoon of July 6th the transport pass
ed a British cruiser, supposed to : be
the Talbot. They reached Cape Maysi
on the morning of the,8th. , None of
the Cuban lighthouses were lighted
and the transports and their convoying
vessels sailed' without lights and un
der orders to keep fifteen miles off the
Cnban coast. . w K
At 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the
8th headlands of Guantanamo bay
were sighted and the Machias entered
the harbor with mail for Commander
McCalla's fleet and the marines.
The transports moved slowly to the
westward during the night and arrived'
off Juragua early in the morning.
As the men on the Gate City were
trying to make out the; lines of the
buildings ashore, - four dead bodies
drifted past the ship.; They were ev
idently the victims of Admiral Cerve
ra's ships. The sight created much ex
citement on our ships.
The Newark was the first to greet
the arrival of the recruits.
TESSELS C1N BE SATED.
The Vlxcavs, Mart Teresa and Chrlstobal
- Colon Will Be Raised, '-
The following cablegram was re-"
ceived from Admiral Sampson Saturday:-'.-:.:
-;,, ' '
P&aya deii Este, July 8. Secretary
J of of the Navy, Washington: Prelimi
nary report irom Doaru oraerea w e-
amina vra'oVl eta tan thflt wrecking art
pliances should be got there immedi
ately." Think no doubt about saving
Colon if haste be made. ;oion is
much the most valuable, being in per
fect orderr Would recommend most
powerful appliances be sent at once.
" " v "SAMJ-SOK."
The department had already ar
ranged with "the Merritt-Chapman
Wrecking company to undertake the
salvage of these vessels and two of the
vessels of that company are . now on
their way to Santiago. '
Appointed By President MeKlnley to Carry
Out Annexation Program.
The president has appointed Sena
tor Cnllom, ol Illinois; Senator Mor
gan, of Alabama: Representative Hitt,
of Illinois; Sanford Dole, president of
the Hawaiian republic, and ,W. F.
Frear, of Hawaii, to be-commissioners
under the Hawaiian annexation reso
lution. W J . -
Judge W. F. Frear Is one of the su
preme court judges of Hawaii. He is
about thirty-five years old , and was
born in the United, States. He went
to Honolulu when a child with his fa
ther, Rev. Walter Frear, who was for
many years pastor of the Congrega
tional church in Honolulu.
Judge Frear was appointed to the
supreme bench by President Dole
about three years ago.
QUARANTINE AT TAMPA.
Government leaves the Entire Qneetloa
to Ktato Authorities.
The arrival of a few of the survivors
of the battle of Santiago at Tampa,
Flashes resurrected the quarantine
question. The president of the state
board of health said that .the govern
ment had agreed to abide by all the
Florida rules and regulations.
It was left to the decision of the
physicians in charge of the quarantine
station whether to pass any of the re
turning transports or not.
A CORRECTED REPORT
Of Oar fcossea Xa Battle Before Saatlaf
. r" Oa TaIr 1st and 24.
A Washington dispatch says: Adju
tant General Corbin, Monday, received
from General Shafter a revised : and
corrected report of the casualties be
fore Santiago on July 1st, 2d and 3d.
It slightly increases the number of
killed, land wounded as given in 'bis
first report, and is as follows: .
' Killed, 23 ofiicers, 208 men pound
ed, 0 oncers, 1,20? raenjpl-sing, 81;
otal, 1,535. General Shafter is el tie
opinion that the number of xaiesis
will be redneed somewhat.