s
‘ counterfeit silver dollars:
THE ANSWER (IT SPAIN
Received at French Embassy in
Washington Yesterday.
AWAIT—BD BY THE CABINET"
Said to Be Subject to the Approval of
the Cortes. Apprehensl‘ons of Possible
Complication Thlough Further Cor-
A Conference at the
El
respondence.
White House.
Paris, Aug. 9.—Senor Leon y Castillo,
the Spanish ambassador, has presented,
to the French minister for foreign af—
fairs, M. Delcasse, Spain’s reply to the
peace terms of the United States, and
it was cabled to Washington yester~
day.
Madrid, August 8,—The Liberal this
morning, speaking of the reply of the
Spanish government to the American
peace conditions, which was approved
by the cabinet council and queen re-
gent yesterday and ordered telegraphed
to Senor y Castillo, the Spanish ambas—
sador at Paris, for transmission to M.
C-ambon, the French ambassador at
Washington, says: ”The. government
accepts the United States’ conditions
ad referendum, believing it is not au-
thorized to cede territory without the
vote of the Cortes. If President Mc-
Kinley objects, the Cortes will be con-
v-oked this month. A fresh note from
President McKinley, replying to Spain’s
reply, is expected during the course of
this week.”
The Liberal expresses the opinion
that “certain passages of Spain’s reply
may lead to an exchange of cable mes-
sages of a critical nature, possibly cre-
ating fresh difficulties.”
London, Aug. 9.——Although there are
fears of possible complications, the ac-
ceptance of the peace terms by Spain
.strengthened prices all around on the.
Stock Exchange, especially in the case
of American and Spanish securities,
though the business done was not ex-
tensive, in_view of the settlement.
Washington, 'Aug. 9.—At the conclu-
sion of the cabinet meeting yesterday
it was announced that the official no-
Itifica.tion of Spain’s acceptance of our
terms had not yet been received. The
president’s expectation is that he will
receive the formal acceptance early to-
day.
At 2.40 p. m. a dispatch was received
at the French embassy, and it is be-
, lieved to be Spain’s answer.
Spain’s answer is coming with a slow-
ness almost painful in view of the ear-
nest desire to know whether the ac—
ceptance is complete or qualified. The
French ambassador and his staff await-
ed it until a late hour Sunday night.
No less than five translations, four of
them cipher, are involved in the trans—
mission between M-Eldrid and Washing-
ton. After the Spanish cabinet meeting
last night the response was reduced to
the Spanish cipher, and then sen-t to the
Spanish ambassador at Paris, Senor
Leon y Castillo, by whom it was to be
deciphered and translated into French,
after which Senor Leon y Castillo‘vwas
to deliver it to the French foreign of—
fice, for transmission to the French
ambassador here.
These moves, including work on the
cipher code, calls by Senor Leon y Cas-
tillo on the foreign office at Paris, and
time required for cabling, were calcu-
lated to take about eight or ten hours.
Under the circumstances the impres-
sion prevailed in all official quarters up
to midday that the response would not
be placed in the hands of the president
until quite late .to- day at best, and more
likely not before to- -m0rrow.
The impression is growing in official
quarters that the Spanish answer,
while in the nature of a concession of
the American demands, is not a brief
and simple acceptance without reser-
vation or condition. There is no‘direct
official adviceon this point, but all the
press advices from Madrid indicate that
the response is a document of consid-
erable length, preparednwith laborious
care, and that it has several features
which may not appear in the condi—
tions presented by the United States.
Whether an acceptance of this char-
acter will be regarded by the authori-
ties here as sufficiently responsive to
dhe American demands is a matter ex-
citing much conjecture to- d-.ay In
some quarters it is urged that so long
as Spain accepts the essential principle
required by the United States, the dis-
position 'here will be .to deal with the
defeated enemy in a generous spirit on
minor details. It is probable that this
will be the view presented by the
French ambassador in case the Spanish
reply is not a simple, categorical ac-
ceptance'of the American terms.
It is probable that the Spanish reply
will be in the hands of the government
in time for consideration at the cabinet
meeting to-day, when the sufficiency or
insufficiency of the rmponse can be de-
termined.
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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 his
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
rebellion, 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.
Fatal Railroad Accld ent.
Canton, Mass, Aug. 9.—Three men
were killed and a number of mail clerks
badly injured and badly shaken up in
an accident at Canton Junction, on the.
New York, New Haven and Hartfo'lfi
Railroad, Monday morning, in which
an express mail special from New
York to ’Boston jumped the track.
Silver Dollar Counterfeiter Arrested.
Marshal), Mich., Aug. 9.~—William S.
Kulp has been arrested here formaking
His complete
outfit of dies, furnace, milling machine,
metal, etc., was secured. Kulp has
served one sentence forpassing coun-
terfeit money, being convicted in the
United States court at' Grand- Rapids;
who have been ordered north wi?go
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DULL DAYS IN CAMP.
Practice Marching, Target Shooting an'd
Waiting on Paymusler 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. he
seven regiments included in General
li’ade’s Porto Rlcan 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—
,111enced in the Second brigade, Second
ivisicn, First Corps, tic-day. Colonel
Smith, acting beigade commander dur-
ing the absence of General McKee, who
is commanding the division, has order-
ed six companies to fire each day. I11-
stead of firing atthe regular targets
they will fire at pictures of men in a-
prcne position. In other words they
will be trained in shooting at men in
trenches.
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 Brecklinridge’s headquar-
-ters.
TROOPS TO LAND IN MONTAUK.
Transports \Vill 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
at
direct to Montauk Point, landin
iFort Pond. ‘ Should the weather be un-
Efavorable upon their arrival, they will
lie at anchor in Gardiner’s bay until
they can go ashore safely.
Sigsbee 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.
§Sigsbee, who commanded the battle-
Eship 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 u11ders.o-od that Captain
Phillip will be assigned to shore duty,
probably the command of the Mare is-
land navy yard, at San Francisco.
Spanish Prisoners Embark
Santiago de Cuba. Aug.
Shafter and the Spanish general, Toral.
held a consultation in the palace this
afternoon with reg std to the embarks-
tion of the Spanish prisoners of war.
As a result, 1,000 of the Spanis sick
and wounded “will be taken on board the
Alicante to-morrow morning and sent
to Spain as soon as the vessel is prop-
erly loaded.
There is to be no bunching or wait-
ing of transports. Each will sail as
soon as it can be loaded after arrival
here. ‘
Three Transuorts Sail from Santiago
. Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 8.—-—The trans-
ports Miami, Mattcrawan and Vigilan-'
cia, loaded with U111ted States troops,
sailed fo1 the United States this morn-I
Ing-
To-morrow the transport Grand
Duchess will sail, with 742 men and of-
ficers of the Thirteenth infantry and
six companies of the Seventy-first New
York, aggregatinghitis men and officers.
.‘ _
Doubts About Saving the Colon
Playadel Estc, Province of Santiago
de Cuba, Aug. 8.—The Merritt & Chap-
.man wrecking steamer Potomac has
arrived at the scene of the. battle of
July 3, and has visited the Cristobal
Colon. The wreckers report her to be
in a bad situation and they fear it is
impossible to save her.
ON THE DIAMOND.
: Games Played Yesterday
At St. Louis:
New York.. 0 o 0.1 0 o '0 o 1.—-2
St. Louis....1 0 1 0 0 l 0 1 *——-i
Batteries, G1adv and Gettig; Clem-
ents and Taylor. Base hits, New York
8, St. Louis 7. Erlors, New York 0, St
Louis 1.
At Chicago:
8.—Gcneral'
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TII CAPTURE SA\ IUAN
A Concerted Movement Is Begun
on the Porto Rican Stronghold
BRIEF CAMPAIGN ’AS'SURED
It is Expected That in Ten Days the
Entile Island Will Be Under American
Control Some Fighting is Expected.
The Natives Would Like to Help. The
People Want American Rule,
Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 7, via Sa.
Thomas, Aug. 8.——The movement of the
American army to San Juan and Are-
cibo began to-day, and the beginning of
the end of the Porto Rican campaign
Is at hand. In ten days at the longest,
unless all signs fail, the entire island
of Porto Rico will be occupied and
San Juan itself reduced.
The belief in Ponce now is that there
may be one or two fights, but nothing
like the fight before Santiago. The,
first troops to move to—day were the
Second and Third Wisconsin of General.
Ernst’s b1igade.
The Sixteenth Penns:y lvania of Gen-
eral Ernst’s brigade moved yesterday
to the Descalabrado river, and-the two
regiments of Wisconsin troops were or.-
dered to support them. At the same
time General 'Wilson. with his staff,
moved-his headquarters from Ponce to
Juan Diaz, near the front. Troop C of
the New York cavalry preceded Gen—
eral Wilson, and at 1 o’clock this “.7,
ternoon the City Troop of Philadelphia
started on a forty mile march along the
coast load to join General Brooke at
Guayama. Troop H of the Sixth cav-
alry accompanied them. Gen. Brooke
has moved the Fourth Pennsylvania.
volunteers up to Guayama to join the
Fourth Ohio and Third Illinois.
Schwan’s brigade, the Eleventh and
Nineteenth regulars and two batteries
of light artillery, started at 2 o’clock
for Arecibo. One battalion of the
Nineteenth infantry and Colonel Black,
with 500 Porto Rlcml laborers, took the
Adjuntas road. Their ultimate destina-
tiOn is Arecibo, but they will repair the
road on the way. All the expeditions
were under way before dark. General
Schwan was accompanied by Colonel.
Fadardo, who has been commissioned
by General Miles tu command the First
regiment of Porto ilican volunteers.
General Schwan has gone to Yauco,
thence to Sabana Grande and San Ger-
malh The last named place is an im-
p01 nt city, with 30,000 inhabitants in
its jurisdiction, and its people are 110-
ted for their intense loyalty to Spain.
From that place he will go west to“
Cabo—Rijo, and from there to Maya-
guez, the third city of importance on'
:he island, and,.ha'vll1g the third larg-
est Spanish garrison. The
there includes a battalion of _Lllt: All
Eon-so XIII regiment. Reports from
Mayaguez say that the Spa11.a1ds mere
will’make a stiff light.The1e ale SJl’Il.‘
fortifications there and the place is ea 5y .
to defend.
Up the coast the
Aguad-il-la, on the northwes: coas-;
Where there is another big Span. s 1 gal-
rison. This is comp .sed moshy or \ol-
unteers, however.
The town is situated in a valley and
mountains surround it. There is a felt
on the north side. The population is
three-fourths Spanish.
A fight is expected there, butthe big
fight of this division, if thereqis any,
will come when General Schwan reaches
bares, in the interior. This is an im—
portant strategic point and an ideal
place to defend
Reports have been received from
many sources that the Spaniards are
preparing to make a stand there. The
troops have been summoned from the
surrounding country and what modern
guns they have are being. mounted.
From Lares General Schwan will go
direct to Arecibo, where he will meet
Colonel Black’s battalion.
Thus the island west of a line drawn
from Ponce to Arecibo will ’be entirely
occupied by the Americans. General
Schwan took with him 2,000 rifles and
200,000 rounds of ammunition.
Colonel Fajardo asserts that the peo-
ple of the island, even in the Spanish
towns, want American rule. In each
city visited while American govern—
ment is being esrablished he will or—
Tganize a company of volunteer guards.
To Welcome the Victors
New York, Aug. 9.-—Initial prepara-
tions for the grand welcome home to
lhe troops at the front were made at
a meeting of vete‘l an soldiers held at
the VValdorf— Astoria.
They had been called together to
take the first steps in arranging for
a mammoth demonstration in‘honor of
the boys who wear the blue.
General C. H. T. Collis presided a:
the meeting, which was\attended by'.
Safiicers who fought during the late re—
Philadelphia 0 1 0, 0 O 0 0 0 1—2
Chicago ..... 3 0 0 0 2 1 .0 0 *—
Batteries, Fifield and McFarland;
Callahan and Done-hue. Base' hits,‘
Philadelphia 5, Chicago 9. Errors,'
Philadelphia 5, Chicago 1. ~
Second game: ‘ .
Philadelphia 0 1 2 O 2 0 2 O 1—— 5
Chicago..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3—3
Batteries, Murphy and Murphy; Kil-
roy and Chance. Base hits, Philadel-
phia 11, Chicago 8. Errors, Philadel-
phia 3, Chicago 3.
At Philadelphia:
Washington. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0—3
Cleveland...0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 *—
Batteries, Donovan and McGuire;
Cuppy and Crieger. Base hits, Wash-
ington 10, Cleveland 10. Errors, VVash-
ington 2, Cleveland 1.
Second game:
'Washington. 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0—2
Cleveland... 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0—2
Batteries, Weyhing and Kinslow;
Young and Crieger. Base hits, VVesh-
ington 9, Cleveland .7. Errors, VVash-
ington 1, Cleveland 0.
Game called on account of darkness.
The Cincinnati-Boston game at Cin-
cinnati was postponed owing to 'the
rain. The Pittsburg-Baltimore game
at P.1ttsburg was also postponed on ac-
count of rain. '
Standing of the Clubs.
Clubs. Won. Lost. P.(‘..
Cincinnati 65 32 .670
Boston 58 35 .623
Cleveland 58 35 .624
Baltimore 52 38 .578
New York 52 41 .559
Chicago 53 43 .552
Pittsburg ........... . . . . 5'0 44 .532
Philadelphia 42 48 .467
Brooklyn .36 56 .39]
Louisville 36 61
Washington 32 59 .352
St. Louis 70
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bellion.
A committee consisting of -Major
Daniel E. Sickles, General Daniel
Butterfield and the chairman of the
meeting, were appointed to confer with.
the president, the governor of the
state, and the mayor of the city, with
a. view to arranging for a fitting we:-
come to the “troops returning to their
homes, to take place after they have
rested at Montauk Point.
Labor day was suggested as a fair—
orable date for the big reception. ‘
Camp Black Men Expect Discharge
Camp Black, Hempstead Plains, L.
I., Aug. 9.—The shower baths were in
demand yesterday and the soldiers were
cooled off in squads after they had fin-
ished drilling.
The men discussed the prospects of
their being mustered out of the service
on account of peace being almost cer-
tain.
Many of them would like to be sent
to Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines or
iI‘lawaii, to do garrison duty when the
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war ends, but they ‘ do not consider
their chances bright. '
Commisoners Arrive in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Aug. 9.—The Hawaii-
an commissioners, Senators Cullom and
Morgan and Representative Hitt, have
arrivedand will sail for Honolulu on
the Mariposa on ‘W’ednesday.
The party, which embraces several
,371 members of the commissioners’ fami-
lies, and secretaries and clerks, Was
.286 heartily welcomed hlong the route.
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'Alexander H. Stephen’s house, where
and hitched to a rack.
mg to me from every part 'of the State
fate for a moment but for one thing.
'It occurred to me that maybe you
gal'rlsorl ’
.eral million bottles.
next place is Aetas- _.bi1ities of a crinkled hairpin for wo-
co, an important coast town, and L11en~
.uged to the ways of society and mak-
1; A 2. ET 1'
A; roomss AND STEPHENS. ‘1
How the Former Got Rid of His Rival to!
_ ’ the Senate.
' One day'in court week in eGeorgi'a
Gen. Robert Toombs drove up to the
big gate of the yard in front of Mr.
he saw the statesman’s horse saddled
“Aleck, Aleck!” roared, out Gen.
Toombs. ‘
“Hello!” returned the shrill pipe of
the little statesman.
"Going to court to- -day, Al-eck?”'
“Yes. as
“Well. send your horse back and get
in here with me.”
So Mr. Stephens took the vacant seat
In the buggy, and presently Toombs
said: “I wanted to' have a talk with
you, Aleck, this morning." I wanted
to ask your advice. People are writ-
urging me to run for the Senate and
pledging me their support. I believe
I could beelected, and I wouldn’t hesi-
miglit want to come out for the place
yourself. If you do, just say the word,
and I will withdraw in your favor.
I’d like _to get it very much, but I
wouldn’t think of coming out against
an old friend and neighbor like you.”
In relating this incident afterward
Mr. Stephens remarked, shrewdly:
"Bob‘ Toombs knew that I wanted to
go to the senate, but he understood
me well enough to carry his point very
easily.” .
It may be a source of some comfort
to people not quite so famous to know
that even as great a man as Alex-
ander H. Stephens was not always,
able to. say “No” when no other word
In the English language was so emi-
uen-tly appropriate. —New Orleans Pic-
nyune.
Tunney in Small Inventions.
A certain American patent for fas-
tening kid gloves yielded a fortune of
several hundred thousand dollars for
is fortunate owner, and the inventor
of a collar clasp enjoys $20,000 royalty
11 year as the reward for his endeavor.
A new kind of sleeve button has
made $50,000 in five years for its pat-
entee, and the simple twisting of safe-
ly pins in such a way that there 1s no
possible danger of the point Sticking
into the child promises to enrich its
owner beyond any of his early dreams
of wealth. A man one day turned a-
piece of wire so as to liold a cork more
securely in a bottle, and forthwith
somebody saw a brilliant idea and pat-
ented the modern wire sfopple holder
which is now used annually on sev-
The accidental
bending of a hairpin by a woman to
prevent it from sliding out of her hair
easily produced a fortune for,'her hus-
band, who immediately saw the possi-
wen.——N ew York WOI 1d.
_—
Laziest Man in the company.
~ Sixteen men had reported to the Pro-
vost Sergeant for fatigue, and were
lined up in front of the guard tent to
receive instructions. The “prove” had .
decided that fifteen men Would .be
enough for the work he had in hand.
and so he told the sixteen men. Of
course, each one had some particular
reason why he should be excused, and
the provo was in a quandary. After
thinking :1 secOnd he gave thecom-
mand, "Attention! The laziest man
step to the front. I am going to let
him go home.” Fifteen men stepped
to the from. Addressing the an who
had not moved, the provost :1 ed him
why he had not stepped out. “Cuz
I’m too blame tired,” came the an-
swer. It is unnecessary to add that he
was the man to go home—St, Louis
Globe-Democrat.
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. Snakes in Place of Cats.
They appear to 'be turning snakes to
s good account in Brazil, for rats have
become so abundant there that a do-
mestic snake, the giboya, Which has
about the circumference of the arm, is
sold in the marketplace in Rio J aneiro
to be kept in the house as a protection
against rodents. It would seem that
the serpent pursues its prey more for
the pleasure there is in it than from
a sense of hunger, since it is said it
rarely eats the rats caught. Similar
In it's habits and attachments to the
domestic eat of our more northern lat-
itudes, t‘lle giboy-a will, it is said, find
the way‘back to the house of its mas-
ter even if transported to a considera-
ble distance.~Philadelphia Ledger.
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Honesty Not the Best. Policy.
He was an honest young man, un-
lng a call on one of the most stunning
young ladies of the city. “How I love
beauty.” she said. “It seems to me I
would give almost any other worldly
possession in exchange for beauty,”
“Don’t mind if you’re not hand-
some,” he replied. “It’s much better
to be kind and good.”
Then he went home wondering what
had given him a chill.—Detroit Free
Press.
Following Instructions.
“Mather,” sighed the young wife, “I
regard Tom as the most inconsistent
man that ever lived.”
“You put it very strongly, my dear."
“But I'mean it. He told me the oth-
er day to be more observant, to keep
posted as to what we would need, and
to do my buying when things were
cheapest. I went right down and laid
in a big supply of Christmas presents.
and he has scarcely spoken to me
since.”-—Detroit Free Press.
5—-
“Why did you leave yonr last place ?"
"The missus called me names." -
“What did she call you?"
“She said I were a domesdtic, mum;
and me as hard-wo-rkin’ a dhonest a
woman as. ever lived!” ‘ .,: w‘
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