—> NEWS EEEE EE EEEE _.___—— The Conquest of Porto Rico Pro- ceeds Very Smoothly. A SLIGHT FIGHT REPORTED The Krag--Jorgensen ‘Rifles Are Being Distributed. Army ‘Vill lilove on San Juan by Two Ways. The Surrender of Guayama. Three Americans Slightlly Woundéd Ind Several Spaniards Shut. Ponce, Porto Rico, Saturday, via St- Thomas, D. w. 1., Sunday—T110 ”OOPS are moving forward. General Wilson’s headquarters have gone to the front. The cavalry and artillery £0110“- ‘ Most of the rations and equipments have been landed. ‘ Several reconnoitreing parties 01 the Sixteenth Pennsylvania were fired 119' on by Spanish pickets to-day, but were uninjured. Krag-Jorgensen rifles to arm the vol- unteers have arrived and are being distributed as rapidly as possible. General Guy 'V. Henry commands a separate expedition and our troops will move on San Juan by two ways. While reconnoitreing near Coama last night Major Flaglcr was fired Up- on by Spanish pickets. Thirty shots .were fired, but without effect. Later particulars show that the cape ture of Guayama by General Hains .was accomplished after a sharp skir- mish outside the town with four hun- dred Spaniards, in which three Amer- icans were wounded. Our men had to fight their way through Spanish bullets in order to get into the town, and they were forced to repel an attack made by the Span- iards soon after the town had fallen. This they did with marked success. All of the three Americans who were wounded in the skirmish before Guayama are privates in the Fourth Ohio regiment. John '0. Cordner of Company C, was shot in the right leg below the knee; C. W. Rifiee of Com- pany A was shot through both thighs and W. Walcott of Campany D was injured in the foot. None of the men is dangerously hurt. One, dead Span- iard and two wounded have been found by our men. It is not known what other casualties the enemy had. The Fourth Ohio, Colonel Coit, and the Third Illinois, Colonel Bennltt, with two dynamite guns, all under the :command of General Hains, composed .the expedition that moved out on the Guayama road from Arroyo at eight o’clock in the morning. General Hains ordered his men to advance cautiously and their progress was slow. .Vilhen the Americans had reached a- point about three miles from Arroyo they were viciously attacked on both their right and left flanks. Colonel Goit’l Ohio troops, who were leading the advance, were splendidly handled and did splendid work against the en- emy. The Spaniards f. time man- .aged to conceal tncmse behind bar- ricades, but the Americans soon got at them and poured a terrific fire in their direction. ' It was impossible for the Spaniards long to withstand this fire, and they soon retreated. As the American troops entered the tbwn they found it practically de- serted. Allof the houses had been closed and the Ohio regiment raised its colors over the town hall. A crowd of citizens soon gathered about the invading troops and wel~ comed them with enthusiasm. ‘While this demonstration was under way the Spaniards returned, making a heavy attack on the town firom the north. The Fourth Ohio was sent out to engage the enemy and a hot fight between the tWO bodies of troops took place during the next two hours. Two dynamite guns finally were put in po- sition by the Americans and five shots Were fired. These completely silenced the enemy, and our men are now hold- ing the town securely. General Hains has been very con siderate in his treatment of his men and has matters here well in hand. He says he does not need reinforcements ‘at present in order to retain the ad; vantages gained in the day’s opera- tions. - The conduct of the Ohio men under fire was admirable. When the first attack came they displayed no evi- dence of nervousness. Being armed with Krag—Jorgensens, they consider- ed themselves a match for the Span- iards. The dynamite battery, in charge of Captain Totter, Company F, Fourth Ohio, did excellent service. United States Consul Hanna has re celved information that the foreign consuls at San Juan. the capital of Porto Rico, advised the Spanish au- thorities to surrender the island to the American troops. The Spaniards, how- ’eVer, In neply, announced that they had resolved to fight. Thereupon tho consuls notified the Spanish comman- der, Captain General Macias. that they would establish a neutral zone be- tween llayamon and Rio Piedras in which to gather the foreign residents and their portable property. in order to insure their safety In the event of a bombardment of the place by the American forces. The consuls sent a similar notifica- tion to General Miles. In spite of this brave talk. it is understood that the Spanish officers of minor rank have refused to fight or imperil their lives in defence of San Juan. *- Earthqnnke Shock in Sicily. M'essina. Sicily. Aug." 8.——There was a severe earthquake shock here yes- terday morning. The inhaltitants were panic stricken, but no damage done; _ . . was . ‘a..-:1...h.o.i_ ..'l.ll-.A. l.’ .4..- ’1': a} DUL‘L’DA'YSIN CAMP. , Irocflce Marching, Target Shooting and Waiting on Paymnsier at Chattanooga. National Military Park, Chickamau- ga, Aug. 9.—After a nine mile march to Ringgold, Ga... yesterday, the Signal Corps, which has been stationed at Camp Thomas for some time, left on a. special western and Atlantic train for Newport News. The train goes via the Atlanta and the Seaboard Air line. The seven regiments included in General “'ade’s Porto Rican expedition are still awaiting moving orders. The paymasters began their work to- day. This work will be done as rapidly as possible, but probably will consume at least ten days. During the next few weeks a strong provost guard will be maintained at Chattanooga. to prevent disorder. ' ‘ A novel target practice was com- menced in the Second brigade, Second division, First Corps, tho-day. Colonel Smith, acting brigade commander dur- ing the absence of General McKee, who is commanding the division, has order- ed six companies to fire each day. In- stead of firing at the regular targets they will fire at pictures of men in a. prone position. In other words they will be trained in shooting at :men in trenchel. Work on the new George M. Stern- berg hospital was begun to-day. This hospital is being arranged under the supervision of Colonel Hoff, an officer especially qualified for the work. It is located at the foot of Lytle Hill. close to General Breckinridge’s headquar- ters. . TROOPS TO LAND IN MONTAUK. Transports Will Not Come to This Port. New York, Aug. 9.—-According to in- formation received here from Wash- ington the war department has aban- doned its plan of having the troops from Santiago come to this port. The Rough Riders and all other soldiers who have been ordered north will go direct to Montauk Point, landing at Fort. Pond. Should the weather be un- favorable upon their arrival, they will lie at anchor in Gardiner’s bay until they can go ashore safely. Signbee to Command the Texas Washington. Aug. 9.-—-Two important changes in the command of veSsels of the navy were announced last evening by Secretary Long. Captain Charles P. Slgsbee, who commanded the battle. ship Maine when she met her fate in the harbor of Havana. and who has been in command of the cruiser St. Paul since the war began, has been ordered to relieve. Captain John W. Phillip in command of the battleship Texas, now undergoing repairs in New York. It is under-Stood that Captain Phillip will be assigned to shore duty. probably the conunand of the Mare is- land n-avy yard, at San Francisco. Spanish Prisoners Embark Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 8.——-Gcneral Shaffer and the Spanish general, Toral. held a consultation in the palace this afternoon with regal-d to the em-barka- tion of the Spanish prisoners of war. As a result, 1,000 of the Spanish sick and wounded will be taken on board the Alicante t-o-morrow morning and sent to Spain as soon as the vessel is prop- erly loaded. . 7 There is to be no lmnching or wait.- lng of transports. .Each will sail as soon as it can be loaded after arrival here. . ' .— t . Eighth’ Illinois for Santiago. Springfield. 111., Aug. 8.—The Eighth Illinois volunteer infantry (colored) has started for New York, where it will be transported by the Yale direct to Santiago. Governor Tanner received a dispatch from Adjutant General Cor- bin directing that the troops start in time to take the Yale on Tuesday. The quartermaster general has sent to the quartermaster in Chicago ib- strnctions as to railroad transporta- tion. The adjutant general says that the principal trouble with the Ameri- can troops now in Cuba is that they are suffering from exhaustion and ex- posure incident to one of the nest trying campaigns ever known Fate of T'ansport. . Washington, Aug. 8.——Although it was stated at the war department yes- terday that no special news had been received concerning the reported wreck of the transport Gussie on the west coast of Cuba. it is said here that the vessel has been heard from. The story goes that a cable has been received from Porto Rita that the Gas- sie has arrived at Ponce. It was generally supposied that the steamer started with troops and sup- plies for Santiago on July 33. The Cuban Debt. London. Aug. 8.—-'l‘be Madrid corre- spondent of the Sunday Times says: Spain’s answer will accept all, the American terms except that regarding the Cuban debt. The government will fight this point on the ground that In all other cessious of territory by one nation to another, the ceded territory has carried with It its own debt. or the proportion belonging to the nation whence it was ceded. Gen. Poland Dead. Asheville, “Aug. 9,—Brigadier General John S. Poland died here yesterday of fever contracted at Chickamauga. The remains will be taken to home in New York state. General Poland was formerly colonel of the Seventeenth infantry, receiving his brevet rank of general when war was. declared. He was born in Indiana and entered the service in 1856. He gained. distinction during the war of the rebellinn, being promoted in 1862 to the rank of major for gallant conduct at Antietam, and to colonel in 1863 for gallant and meritorious services at Chancellorsville. ' his Silver Dollar Counter-letter Arrested. Marshall, Mich, Aug. 9.——Wiliiam S. Kulp has been arrested here for making counterfeit silver dollars._ His complete outfit of dies, furnace, milling machine, metal, etc., was secured. Kulp has served one sentence for passing coun- terfeit money, being convicted in the United States court at Grand Rapids. FIRST ARRIVALS FROM THE FRONT. Oficers and Pilvates Arrive on the Louisiana. New York, Aug. 8.—With eight offi- cers, thirty-two privates and one camp follower, the transport Louisiana reached ew York Saturday from San- tiago. When the Louisiana was sighted oi! the Highlands at 1 p. m., it was thought she had on board the first 'de- tachment of troops from Santiago for Montauk Point. This was the opinion at Washington, where for five days it had been supposed that the transport Forty had several hundreds of Gen. Wheel- er’s cavalry aboard. When she was boarded at quarantine by Dr. Doty she reported that she had only forty convalescents, and knew nothing about any orders to bring home a portion of General Wheeler’s cavalry. The men on board were overjoyed to know that the troops had been ordered from San- tiago and one of them said: “Thank God! That is the most wel- come order the boys ever had. Mala- ria, typhoid and yellow fever are rap idly killing them oil.” The transport is the best. of the tran. sport that have arrived in this port. She was as clean as a pin and every man aboard her was in excellent health. Some were weak, but none was ill enough to be reported sick. As a precaution Dr. Doty decided to fu- migate the ship and clothing of the passengers. At 8 p. m. the doctor’s boat took of! the officers on board, landed them at Clifton, and they arrived in New York at 8.45. NEW ARMS FOR THE ARMY. Smokeless Powder and 20,000 King-Jor- genseus Sent to Porto Rico. Washington, Aug. -S.—General Miles‘ army is to be rearmed with Krag-Jor- gensen rifles and smokeless powder. The war department has shipped 20,- 000 of« these rifles and the necessary ammunition to Porto Rico. Armed in this way, the American army, should there be a fight at or near San Juan, will escape some of the difficulties and dangers which beset their bmthren at Santiago. The arming of these troops with modern rifles and modern ammunition is only the beginning of the change, which will extend throughout the en- tire army. Secretary Alger said to- day that Krag-Jorgensen rifles and smokeless powder would be furnished the army as rapidly as they could be shipped. He will also send smokeless powder for use in the old Springfield rifles until the new guns are in the hands of every soldier. Secretary Alger says that the black powder used by the Seventy-first New York at Santiago made this regiment a target for the Spanish fire. The Red Cross Ready. New York, Aug. 8.—With the esta‘b Iishment of the camp at Montauk Point, L. 1., the Red Cross Society will be in readiness to organize and equip a hospital the-re, provided Surgeon General Sternberg will accept it. This was made known by Stephen E. Bar- ton yesterday. At the present time the Red Cross is in readiness to furnish twenty-five nurses for the treatment of sick sol- diers. In addition to the nurses, the Red Cross will, if the occasion arises, furnish a corps of experienced physi- cians and surgeons. .« St. John Wants the Job. New York. Aug. 8.—-—It is asserted by Joseph L. St. John of No. 310 Broad» way, who was the lowest bidder for the government contract to carry back to Spain the prisoners surrendered in Santiago by General Toral, that J. M. Ceballos, to whom the contract was awarded, has forfeited the guarantee of $250,000 which was pledged for the prompt fulfillment of the agreement. Mr. St. John has made a renewal of his offer to transport the prisoncrs from Cuba to Spain and expects an answer to his proposition today. His figures were $37.37 for officers and $24.87 for men. The bid tendered by Mr. Ceballos and accepted was much in excess of the figures given, being $60 for officers and $30 for the men. 1 ' Thtéév'rransports Sail from Santiago Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 8.—The trans- ports Miami, Mattcawan and Vigilam cla, loaded Mth Umflrd S-ta'tes troops, sailed for the United States this mom- ARE- 1.», ‘ ' t ' C ' ‘ T‘o—morrow the transmit Grand Duchess will sail, with 742 men and (K- ficers of the Thirteenth infantry and six companies of the Seventyrflrst New York, aggregating 458 men and officers. Doubt; Ahoy“: Saving tho Colop Plays. del Este, Province of Santiago de' Cdba, Aug. 8.——The Merritt & Chap- man wrecking steamer Potomac has arrived at the scene of the batte of July 3‘, and has visited the Cristobal Cd-l'on. The wreckers report her tb be in a bad situation and-.they fear this impossible to sa'Ve her. ‘ Fatal Railroad'nccfde‘nt. Canton, Mass, Aug. 9.—Three men were killed and a number of mail cleflts badly injured and badly shaken up in an accident at Canton Junction, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Monday morning, in which an express mail special from New York to Boston Jumped the track, I Canada's Good Feeling Slur-n. Ottawa. Ont.. Aug. fair—The Dominion government Saturday granted the re— quest of a section of the Grand Army of the Bcpublic to attend the celebra- tion in Hamilton. Out.. carrying their arms.' As soon as the request was made 1! ml answered. the permission being grained with pleasure. A 1 5 ARMY MOVEMENTS ON THE PACIFIC. Two Transports With Volunteers Sail from San Francisco for Honolulu. San Francisco, Aug. SE—The trans- port steamers Lakme and Charles G. Nelson, bearing five companies of the First New York volunteers and the Second United States volunteer engin- eers, sailed for Honolulu Saturday. The ship Tacoma, with horses and mules for the Philippines, for the use of the United States forces, started fir Manila, but later was detained in :te harbor for a few necessary re- ;lil'S. ' Colonel J. c. Lope: m command Of the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers, has re- ceived a telegram from Congressman Hull of that state advising him that his regiment certainly would be sent to Manila. As soon as the news was communicated to his command the band paraded through the streets of the camp. The ships of the first transport fleet to Manila are expected to return in about ten days, and, with the Scandia and Arizona, will form the second ex- pedition for Manila, which is to be in command of Brigadier General King. The Scandia and the Arizona will take the Seventh Arizona regiment, two battalions of the Eighteenth and 23rd regiments and 900 recruits for the rig- iments which have departed. Before September 15 all of the troops camp here probably will have been dispatched to Manila, for, with the re- turn of the first transport fleet and its second departure, the bulk of the men in camp will be taken care of. The second fleet probably will return before the end of August, and these ships, consisting of the China. Colon, Zealandia and Senator, will more than suffice to take the troops remaining in camp after the Australia. Putin and Sydney have sailed ____._.. NEWS FROM EASTERN CUBA. Sampson Anxious to Take Aggressive Action on the South Coast. Playa del Este, Cuba, Aug. 6, eye- ning.——The auxiliary cruiser St. Louis has arrived here from Porto Rico un- der orders to assist in taking the Uni- ted States troops home from Santiago. Captain Goodrich, however, thinks his ship is too long to enter the harbor and he will remain here until the matter is settled. The transport San Juan arrived from Santiago with troops and pro- visions and proceeded for Cainianera. The Armeria has sailed for Key West. The fleet still remains here await- ing orders from Washington. Rear Admiral Sampson expresses the hope that the peace negotiations will come to a quick conclusion. ‘19 is anxious to take aggressive action on the south coast without delay, or, in the event of peace being concluded, immediately to relieve the suli‘ering imposed by the rigor of the blockade. Throughout the campaign Admiral Sampson’s keen appreciation of the sufferings of the half starved Cubans and his endeavors to afford them relief have been a marked feature." The Potomac has recovered $10000 from the Infanta Maria Teresa, which was driven ashore at the time Admi- ral (Serve-ca attempted to escape from Santiago. The transport Resolute, with ma— rines aboard, is still here. The shore is deserted, save for the cable opera- tors, and the marines who are on guard. Relief for Shal'ter’s Army. Philadelphia, 'Aug. 8.—The steam yacht May, carrying sixty tons of sup- plies sent by the national relief com- misdon to the American army in Porto Rico, left pier 28, this city, at day- break Saturday. The May is the pro- perty of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Van Rensselaer who placed the yacht at the disposal of the national relief com- mission about a week ago. The luxurious state rooms and the dining room were converted into freight rooms and piled high with box- es of food and barrels of bacon. The cargo of the May includes all kinds of medical supplies, and surgical instru- ments, all sorts of edibles, underwear, stockings, 300 pairs of shoes, 500 paja- mas, port wine, blackberry brandy, 100 hammocks, 50 distiling plants, each capable of furnishing. fresh water , daily sufficient for a company, smoking tobacco and corn cob and briar root , pipes, an ice machine .and plant hav- ing a capacity of 500 pounds of ice daily and cold storage facilities; 500 flags were also taken. I"... a Jr. Plant Donated. Washington, Aug. 8.—-Somie time ago Nathan Strauss of New York wrote the war department offering to furnish an artificial ice plant, capable of producing thirteen tons of ice- a day, and the apparatus necessary for filtering twenty thousand gallons of water a day. chinery itself. which Mr. Strauss of- v-.~ .- .. feted for the use of the American 501- ' diers at Santiago. the offer included the salaries of the men to operate it. The offer has been accepted by the de- partment. Those associated with Mr. Strauss in making the offer are J. Pier- pout Morgan. Perry Belmont and Pres- ident Stewart of the United States Trust Compan- . m ark Board’s Oder Accepted. New York, Aug. 8.——President Clau- sen of the park board has received a letter from Surgeon General Stern- berg accepting the offer of the park board of th'euse of the West End ho- tel, in Fort Washington Park, near Washington Heights, for convalescent soldiers. The offer was made several days ago by President Clausen. A number of prominent citizens in the neighborhood of the park offered furnish the. hotel for ition of the soldiers. .... ~M|Q~.- .u. in WEEKLY-‘1 NORWALK -'GA7.n.rrn, l In addition to the 1113- . I I I l l_ l takes out ink, paint, tar, pitch, grease '- and stains from clothing and our- pets quickly and completely and _, fierjxavesfla Ring '. . . .1 —No Acid. ' 106.. 256., at Drug D No unpleasant odor. and DryGoodsStorcs- Samples mailed, 5c. Not inflammable. I. . 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