CONDITIUNMF PEACE Spain Will Be Required to Yield Much to Obtain It. N 0 TRIFFLING TOLERATED Secretary Day and President McKinley I Confer Relative to Spain’s Communica- tion. An Answer Will Be Given to Am- L bassndor Cambun Friday. Spain Has Not Yet Asked for Terms, Washington, D. C., Julv 28.-—Secrc- .tary of State William B. Day was in conterence with the president yester- day relative to the answer to be given to Spain‘s peace message. Yesterday afternoon the president, with Mr. 11w and Postmaster General Smith went over the situation and reviewed the course to beataken. A final conclusion mill not be reached until the cabinet has an opportunity to take up Spain's ndteand our projected answer. There mill be no extra session of the cabi- net and the matter will not be placed .before the president's advisers until Friday, when reply will be definitely settled. ' The Spanish government will have .the answer by Friday night or Satur- day morning. It is likely that if the Spanish gov- ernment is really in earnest in its de- sire for peace that our government will consent to an armistice as a prelimi- nary. But it can be stated positively the president is determined to lose no ground through Spanish diplomacy.. Military operations are to go on steadily so far as the United States are concerned until the negotiations have advanced much farther than they are at present. They are subject to inter— ruption at any moment by an armis- tice, but it must be said that this is scarcely expected immediately. It is re- alized that when the Spanish govern- ment learns the extent of the demands to be made by the United States the first effect will b to induce a reflex «movement, which in turn will result in the continuation of active hostilities for a time. This time it is expected, hOWever, will be brief, perhaps so long as is nec- .essary for General Miles to completely invest San Juan de Porto Rico. That stroke,‘it is thought, will bring the Spanish government to a realizing sense of hopelessness of further resist- ance, if it has not before that time yielded to the earnest representations of those European powers that have been so persistnt in their efforts to secure peace. Military experts allow two weeksas the maximum period of time necessary for General Miles to secure this commanding position and there- fore it is hoped that within that space of time the Spanish government will have been brought, not exactly to the approval of a treaty of peace, but to an application for an armistice that in its conditions will amount to a conces- sion of those things most desired by the United States government. ‘ Negotiations Must Be Openly. 'As to the terms to be imposed by the United States, it seems probable that our state department is again about to give the diplomats of the old world a lesson in straightforward dealing, abandoning the devious paths of old time diplomacy and striking straight- forward and without double dealing and hair splitting toward the object. in view. In such negotiations, conducted on the broad and high plane which has characterized the attitude of the Uni- ted States government from thevery beginning of the controversy with Spain which led up to the war, there will be little chance for the successful exercise of what is termed Spanish di- plomacy. There will not be any dispo- sition shown to take undue advantage of the position of a defeated and help- lessnation, but to justify and secure the indulgent treatment that the Uni- ted States are now in a temper to ac- cord to the Smnish negotiations must be honestly, fairly, openly and directhr conducted. Has Not Been Requested to Name Terms. Another point is the exact proposi- tion made by Spain. There has been some misapprehension over this, owing l to the publication of an alleged text of . the proposition and other reports as- serting that Spain asked President Mc- Kinley to state the terms of peace. ‘As a matter of fact the Spanish pro- 'position does not mention the words terms and there is no request or sug- gestion in it that the president shall: state the terms of peace. Generally stated, two propositions seem included in all lists of demands, namely, first, the absolute independ- ence of Cuba, with the provision that the island shall be absolved from re- sponsibility for any debt heretofore charged against it by Spain. The lafi clause, it is expected, will cause, some friction, inasmuch as it is certain to arouse to desperate resistance certain Eurdpean holders of bonds issued by Spain based on the revenues of Cuba. , The second proposition is the absolute cession of Porto Rico to the United States, likewise unencumbered by a liability for an}; bonded indebtedness. It is believed that Spain has practically made up her mind to this condition be- fore instituting the overtures for peace. Another point upon which the United States, it is believed, will insist, is the cession of certain coalng stations in the Ladrones and Carolines, probably Gu~ amisland on the former and Yap island in the latter, and perhaps one other in a different quarter of the world not yet designated. These territorial con- cessions, it is expected, will be regard- ed as sufiicient by our government as compensation for the expenditures made by this country without a Spe- cific demand for money indemnity. The Troublesome Philippines. The last consideration is the one which promises to give more trouble than any other, namely, the settlement 'of the future of the Philippines. There is reason to believe that the president himself has not determined how this subject shall be treated. A coaling sta- .tion is wanted there, but beyond that it may be that we will not care to go. ‘An entirely different attitude might have been assumed by our government but for the course adopted by‘the in» surgents under Aguinaldo, which, it is asserted, leaves .the United States un- der no moral obligations to care for his people. ’ :.-. m ' Since the war the insurgents have as- sumed a very imperious attitude and have conducted their military open.- tions without particular reference to the wishes of the American comman- der, Admiral Dewey; have been gener- ally intractable in their relations with ourtroops and sailors, and finally have set "up an independent government of theirown absolutely without reference a: the United States. These things, it is held here, are quite sufficient to absolve our government from responsibility for what happens to Aguinaldo in the future, though, of course, it is not meant .by this t-o as- sert that'it has definitely made up its mind to relinquish all claims to the is- lands, beyond the coaling stations al- ready referred to. . The Question of Indemnity. Touching the question of indemnity, it may be stated that our government will not be in the mood to abandon any claim of this score if Spain, by further resistance, obliges it to go to the heavy expense of sending a naval expedition to Spain and of continuing on a large scale the military movements now un- der way. EMBARKING FOR PORTO RICO _ Troops Boarding Many Transports in the James. Norfolk, Va, July 28.--There is great activity on the transports in James river, and many troops are going on board the Washington, Massachusetts, Roumania, Seneca and-Leona, the lat- ter having arrived yesterday morning. It is thought that the first of the Porto Rico expedition will leave to-day. Ligh- ters are ready to take about three thousand of the men to Old \Point to embark on the St. Louis and St. Paul, which may sail this afternoon. General Brooke, the commander of the expedi- tion, it is stated, will sail on the for- mer. ,Q . f1 _ ~ 7* the: a. f“ Brooke’s Anny Sails. Newport News, Va, July 28.--At seven o’clock last evening the huge Massa- chusetts swung from the pier into mid- Itream, the first transport prepared for the Brooke expedition to Porto Rico. The Roumanian followed and lastly file City of V’Vashington. There «they anchored until after midnight, when they started to join the St. Paul and St. Louis. By daylight the entire fleet was on its way to reinforce Gen- eral Miles and assist him in maintaining the precarious foothold he has estab- lished in the island. CAIMAN ERA HAS SURRENDERED “The Captives Are a. Rugged and Hungry Lot. Guantanamo Bay, Province of Santi- ago de Cuba, July 27.--Colonel Ewers has returned to Santiago after receiv- ing the surrender of the Spanish troops at Caimanera. He was accompanied by Mr. Brooks, the British consul, and officers from Caimanera. Colonel Ewers will proba- bly return here after consultation with General Shaffer. Caimanera was found to be strongly defended and rifle pits and earthworks completely surrounded the village. Only the smokestack of the Sandoval, the Spanish gunboat sunk at that place is visible above the water, and it is improbable that she can be raised. 'The Spanish troops at Caimanera ate a ragged and hungry lot. Ensign Pratt, who had charge of the launch from the Marblehead which took Colonel Ewers to Caimanera, says that the Spaniards asked for permission to fire off their field pieces and muzzle loading guns, because they could not unload them. The Idarblehead went up toward Cai- maner-a this morning for the purpose of raising the mines there. r—o———-——-———-— 5N0 WORD FROM DEWEY omcials in Washington Could Not Con- firm Reports of Fall of Manila. Washington yceived no word from Dewey up to late. yesterday, despite the reports that Manila had surreader- ed. The officials said they had no private information of the report, nor had they any word that even the dispatch boat had arrived at Hong Kong from May- nila. * They acknowledged, however, that word was due from Admiral Dewey at this time and that it might come at any moment. What its nature. would be, or when it would arrive, the offi- cials at the war and navy departments were unable to predict. Hawaii Hears of Annexation. Honolulu, July 20, by way of San Francisco, July 28.-:The steamship Coptic arrived from San Francisco on the evening of July. 13, with the impor- tant news that the United States Sen- ate had ‘ ratified the Newlands resolu- tion making Hawaii a part of thenUni- ted Sitates. Long before the vessel had reached the harbor it was known that the steamer brought annexation news, the information being signalled to the Mohican. Whistles of foundries, mills .- and steamers were turned loose and there was great noise and excitement. Fire- works were set off and 100 guns wre fired on the grounds of the executive building. . Fatal Powdenltlill Explosion. Pinole, Cal“ July 28.--At 1.40 yester- day morning an explosion took place in the nitroglycerine house of the Her- cules Powder Company. No one was in-the building. A crew.was sent to clear away the debris, and at 4.15 a. terrific explosion took place, killing five men and injuring twelve others, some fatally perhaps. Prince Bismarck’s Condition. Hamburg, July 28.--The health of Prince Bismarck is again causing his friends uneasiness. He has been con- fined to his bed for three days and suffers from insomnia~ His physician, Dr. Schweninger, Counts Herbert and William Bismarck, with their wives, are now at Friedrichsruhe. ' - Quarantined for a Week. Tampa, July 28.--Five transports are now in quarantine here, which have arrived from Santiago to transport that part of the Porto Rico expedition in camphere. All will be required to re— main in quarantine here for seven days so that the Porto Rico expedition from here cannot sail before t-en‘ days. t l’f ‘.vv ‘ . . , Washington, July 28.--The officials in | __V .4, 1i l GLOUCESTER‘S PART lN THE FIGHT Commander \Vainwright Mndestly Tells His Story of Cel‘vera,s Destruction. Washington, July 28.-—The following is the full text of the report of Lieu- tenant Commander W‘alnwright of the 1 Gloucester, formerly of the battleship 'M-aine, of (the part his men took in the great naval victory off Santiago on July 3. / U.,S. S. Gloucester,~ Off Santiago de Cuba, July 6, 1898. Sir: I have the hon-or to report that at the battle of Santiago on July 3, the . officers and crew of the Gloucester were iuninjured and the vessel was not in- } jured in hull or machinery, the battery, only requiring some slight overhaul- mg. It was the plain duty of the Glouces- ter to look after the destroyers, and she was held back, gaining steam, un- til they appeared at the entrance. The Indiana poured in a hot fire from all her secondary battery upon the de- stroyers, but Captain Taylor’s signal, “gunboats close in,” gave security that we would not be fired upon by our own ships. Until the leading destroyer was Injured our course was converging nec- essarily, but as soon as she slackened her speed we headed directly for both vessels, firing both port and starboard batteries as the occasion offered. “DICK” WAINWRIGHT.’ All the officers and nearly all the men deserve my highest praise during the action. The escape of the Glouces- ter was due mainly to the accuracy and rapidity of the fire. The efficiency of this fire, as well as that of the ship generally, was largely due to the intel- ligence and unremitting efforts of the executive officer, Lieutenant Harry P. HliseyiThe result is more to his credit when it is remembered that a large portion of the officers and men were untrained when the Gloucester .was commissioned. Throughout the action he was on the bridge and carried out my orders with great coolness. That we were able to close in with the de- stroyers, and until we did so they were not seriously injured, was largely due to the skill and constant attention of Passed Assistant Engineer George W. McElroy. The blowers were put an and the speed increased to 17 knots without causing a tube to is r a brass to heat. Lieutenant Thom . C. Wood, Lieutenant George H. Normal), Jr., and Ensign John T. Edson, not only controlled the fire of the guns in their divisions and prevented waste of ammunition, but they also didvsome ext cellent shooting themselves. Acting Assistant Surgeon J. F. Bransford took charge of one of the guns and fired it himself occasionally. Acting Assistant Paymaster Alexander Brown had charge of the two Colt guns, thing one himself, and they did excellent work. Assistant Engineer A. M. Proctor car» ried my orders from the bridge and oc- casionally fired a gun when I found it was not being served quite sitisfacto- rily. , Lieutenants Wood and Norman, En» sign Edson and Assistant Engineer Proctor were in charge of the boats en- [gaged in saving life. They all risked ‘their lives repeatedly in boarding and remaining near the two destroyers and the two armored cruisers when their guns were being discharged by the heat and their magazines and boilers were exploding. ' Of the men mentioned in the several reports I would call special attention to John Bond, chief boatswain’s matte. I[-Ie would have been recommended to the department for promotion, prior to his gallant conduct during the action of July 3. I would also reoommend‘to chief machinist. mentioned in the re- port of Mr. McElrny. I believe it would have a good effect to recognize the skill of the men an}? the danger in’cur- red by the engineers’ force. Very respectfully, RICHARD WAINWRIGHT, Lieutenant Commander, U. S. N., ~11» manding. To the Commander-in-Chief, U. S. No.- val Forces, North Atlantic Station. The King of Spain 111 With the Measles Madrid, July 28.--Inquiries made at the palace here confirm the report that the king is suffering from the measles. But the attack is following its usual course. ON THE DIAMOND. Games Played Yesterday. At Philadelphia: Washington. 0 0'0 0 0 0 0 0 1--1 Philadelphia. 0 0' 0 1 2 1 0 0 *-- 4 Batteries, V'Veyhing and Farrell; Orth and McFarland. Umpires, Snyder and Connolly. Base hits, Washington 9, iPhiladelphia 7. Errors, Washington 3, Philadelphia 2. Second game: - Washington ....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0—- 1 Philadelphia...... 1 0 0 0 4 0 ‘-- 5 Batteries, Donovan and Farrell; Don- ohue and Murphy. ‘ Umpires, Snyder and Connolly. Base hits, Washington 10, Philadelphia 6. Errors, Washing- ' ton 2, Philadelphia 1. At Pittsburg: Cleveland... 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 one Pittsburg... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0--1 Batteries, YOung and Crieger; Killne and Bowerman. Umpires, Gaffney and Brown. Base hits, Cleveland 16. Pitts- burg 6. Errors, Cleveland 1, Pittsburg 5 . At Louisville: St. Louis.... 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1—-1 Louisville... 0 1 0 0 6 1 6 0 ‘--14 Batteries, Sudhoff and Sugden; Dowl- ing and Kittridge. Umpires, Emslie and Hunt. Base hits, St. Louis 3. Lou- isville 14. Errors, St, Louis 3, Louis- ] Ville 2. . I, - ._,._, «----- WV. ,-~ . ”WW « 'r H E E ya u tn (9. (i, A Z E Tir; ' that he should have the way smoothed . iays that each man ought to learn for your attention Robert P. Jennings, the _ rlOW HE BECAME TREASURER. Mr. Fessenden Greatly Surprised When Chosen forl'Ihis Office. . Congress was about to adjourn, aft- er a long and anxious and laborious session, in which Mr. Fessenden had borne the conspicuous and responsible part of leader in the Senate, where he had been charged with all revenue measures and the financial policy of the government, says Ains‘worth R. Spofford in the May Atlantic. He was worn with daily and nightly labor, and had looked forward longingly to the accustomed rest of the summer vaca- tion. He went to the White House one morning (it was five days before the adjournment) to confer.with Mr. Lincoln as to the measures of legisla- tion then in their final stages, and to consult as to a proper candidate to be proposed for the Treasury Depart- ment. It was all-essential to secure some one who would command public confidence at such a critical juncture. Mr. Lincoln put his hand upon Fes- senden’s shoulder, and declared that he himself was that man. Surprised and almost confounded, the Senator told the President that he could not accept, that he was nearly worn out with the responsibilities and toil of the protracted session, and that for him to assume the onerous duties of the Treasury in the burning heat of Washington, at such a moment, would be dangerous. if not suicidal. He could not, would not accept it, for, besides his frail health, he did not feel himself qualified for the office. Mr. Lincoln replied with feeling and ener- gy, in a strong appeal to Mr. Fessen- len’s patriotic impulses, with assur- ances that he had the confidence of the financial interests of the country, by the aid of able lieutenants, and zlosed by telling him that the nomina- tion had already been sent to the Sen- ate. In fact, Fessenden’s appoint— E ment had already been unanimously confirmed. He at once resolved to sink personal zonsiderations, and to enter upon the office, with the proviso that he should be at liberty to withdraw whenever a lit successor should be found to re- lieve him. He himself said of it, “I took the office reluctantly and 'as a matter of duty. and vacated it just as soon as I could—A. R. Spafford in At- lantic Monthly. THE MERlTS OF SEAWATER. AWouderful Tonic for the Liver—Good Advice to the Bathers. A physician profifers advice to per- sons who are fond of sea bathing. He iimself the length of time it is advisa- ble for 'him to stay in the water. Many people stay in half an hour, when they should not be‘ more than five minutes or less, and the harm they thus do to themselves may in the long run be serious. Persons who have low vitality and a slow reaction after the bath should malfe their bath shorter, until they secure a reaction- ary glow immediately on leaving the water. Another bad practice that many people indulge in is to take a drink of whisky or other spirit as soon as they can get into their clothes, for, the purpose of taking out of their mouths the taste of the sea water they may have accidentally swallowed. In this way they are undoing a great deal Df the good the bath is intended to do them. Asa matter of fact, one of the most beneficial features of at sea bath is the salt water inadvertently swal- lowed by the bather. It is a wonder- ful tonic for the liver, stomach and iidneys. It is said that in many cases it will cure biliousness when all drug preparations have failed. It is pecu- liarly effective in ordinary cases of indigestion, disordered stomach and insomnia, and has been known to pro- duce excellent results in many cases of chronic dyspepsia. Clean sea was ter is full of tonic and sedative prop-, erties, and two or three big swallows of it, far from hurting anybody, is of positive and distinct benefit to nine bat'hers out of ten—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. ‘ The Temptation too Great. A pious old Indiana farmer was as signed to the duty of teaming, proba- bly by mistake. The roads were mud- ly, and the rest of the teamsters were literally bombarding their charges with oaths. It was against the old man’s principles to swear, and he held his peace, albeit in impotent rage. A1. last one of his hind mules balked and rerSed to advance a. step. The old man used every endeavor to urge the beast along, but to no purpose. At last he roared, in a loud and solemn voice: “Oh, Lord, you know where this mule ought to be, as well as anybody. This whole army knows Where he ought to be, oh. Lord; and if he doesn’t move'in a minute, I intend to say so, by gum!” Quick Cure. “I’ve cured my husband’s nia.” “How did you do it?” “Pretended I was sick, and the doc- tor left medicine which Henry was to give me every half hour all night, long.”—Chicago Record. ' insoma The Boasts of Love. “My girl‘s hand is as white as the driven snow." “Pooh, that’s nothing;' my girl’s heart is as deep as a driven well.”- Detroit Free Press. Elimination. 7 J “Say, what would you do if you had a skeleton in your closet?” “The best thing to do is to make no bones of it.”——Indianapolis Journal. 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