1111 DAWN 01.131101. ’Basis of Negotiations Settled and Agreement Drawn. N0 DEVIATION IS ALLOWED grotocol for the Cessation of Bostilities and the Appointment of a Commission Drawn Up. Spain’s Arguments and Re- quests Ignored and. the Original De- mands Adhered to. Rumors of a New Spanish Cabinet to Negotiate Peace. Washington, Aug. 11.--In a brief con- ference held at the state department yesterday the terms of the protocol for the cessation of hostilities and the as- sembling of a peace commmission were arranged between Secretary Dav and M. Cambon, the French_ ambassador. M. Cambon, who agreed to the proto- 1001, subject to approval from Madrid, immediately cabled to Madrid through Paris for authority to sign the protocol in behalf of Spain. When that author- ity is received, probably to- day, hos~ utilities will end, but peace will not be . declared until the commissioners have drawn up and treaty. anticipate any refusal on the part of Spain to accept the provisions of fie 1 protocol. No concessions have been made to Spain, according to the best nformation obtainable. The president and Secre- tary Day construe the answer delivered at the White House yesterday by M., Carnbon as an acceptance of- all the American terms, and the protocol was drawn in accordance with that con- struction; In other words, the argu- ments and suggestions used by the Spanish government about the Cuban debt and other details ~were simply brushed aside by this government and :he protocol drawn strictly on the lines of the demands made by the United a States after Spain had presented her request for the arrangement of a peace. An officer of the government said after the conference between M. Cambon and Secretary Day was over, that the state- ment given to the press at the White House after the American note had been delivered to M. Cambon, was a skeletonized form of the protocol, which, however] contains in addition provisions as to various details, such as the place of meeting of the peace commissioners and the number each side shall appoint. Spain, therefore, consents to cede Porto Rico t0 the Uni- ted States and to withdraw her forces from that island, to withdraw her forces from Cuba, to cede an island in the Ladrones to the United States, and to surrender to the United States the city, bay and harbor of Manila pend- ing the negotiations of a treaty of peace. M. Cambon called at the state de- partment by appointment shortly be— fore noon, accompanied by M. Thie— baut, the first secretary of the French embassy. With Assistant Secretary Moore also present, and par ticipatin:r in the conference, the draft of the p1 o- 1tocol prepared last night and this morning was read and a copy furnish- ed to M; Cambon. The ambassador was with the others for about ten min- 1 . . higher than on August 1, 1897, utes only, when he hurried away, pre- sumably to have the protocol put into cipher- for transmission to Madrid through the French foreign office and to telegraph also to the Spanish minis- ter of foreign affairs for authority to sign the protocol in behalf of Spain. He returned to the state department in less than half an hour and remained for a short time. M. T-hiebaut did not leave with the ambassador. r New Cabinet to Negotiate Peace. Madrid, Aug. 1.0.—The Imparcial to- day says in regard to the political situ- ation: ‘The political and military per- son'ages who have conferred with Senor Sagasta are generally of the opinion that a new cabinet should negotiate peace. Senor Sagaxsta, having declared war, would find difficulty in negotiat— ing peace.” Continuing, the Imparcial announces that it favors changes in the cabinet and demands that the cortes be sum- moned and that the suspension of the constitution be ended, in order that the press may be free to express public opinion. 1 The Tiempo remarks: “Spain’s sov- ereignty over the Philippines should not be abandoned and American exac- tions should be resisted. But, if a sur- render is deemed necessary, it should be done so as not to deprive the coun- try of liberty cf action in the future. , The Ministerial Globe expresses the opinion that the Cortes should be sum- moned immediately “to approve so grave a departure as contained in the peace negotiations.” ’ Papal Nuncio Confers With .Sagasta. Paris, Aug. 10.—Th~e Madrid corre- spondent of-the Temps, from the Spanish capital, says: "The papal .nuncio has had a long conference with Premier Sagasta in behalf of the religious orders in 1the Philippine islands. “Senor Sagasta replied that the Vat- ican had nothing to fear, while “the is- lands remained under the sovereignty of Spain. but he could not answer for the treatment of the religious orders in the territories'occupied by the na- tives or Americans, and could not give any engagements for the future, as the fate of those communities depended on the outcome of the peace negotiations and the decisions of the commission which would be appointed to deal with the regime of the archipelago.” Report That Carlists Ate to Take Action. Brussels, Aug. 11.—An exceedingly doubtful story is published by the Sch: of this city in a dispatéh from Barcelo- ml, which says that at a recent meeting of the Carlist leaders it was decided to immediately take action and that or- ders were issued for the Carlists to as- semble. It is further said to be reported that Don Carlos personally enters Spain on Monday or Tuesday next and that in the meanwhile ‘180, 000 rifles and quan- tities of ammunition have reached the, Carlists. signed the necessary " The administration does not'. telegraphing St. Louis ‘MORE MEN FOR MERBITT. Ben. Merriam Ordered to Send 10,000. Men to the Philippines Washington, Aug. 11.—-'1‘_he‘war de- partment will for some time to come continue the dispatch of troops to re- inforce General Merritt’s command in the Philippines, unless some develop- ments in the peace negotiations shall cause a change of policy. Orders have been Sent .to General Merriam, commanding ,Ithe department of the Pacific, directing him to embark as soon as transportation can.be pro- vided 10,000 more troops to reinforce General Merritt. This will increase the force now in the islands or already on the way to about 30,000 men. This is all that will be done at present to comply with Gen- eral Merritt’s request for amarrny of 50, 000. The 10,000 men which are to be sent are now on the Pacific coast. The Arizona, one of the largest and best ships chartered by the war de- partment, will leave San Francisco for Manila the last of this week, Carrying a regiment. of‘troops and a quantity of supplies of various kinds. Next week the Scandia, a ship capable of carry- ing 1,900 men,,will leave for the same destination loaded to her full capacity. Within a few days the vessels which carried the first detachment of troops to Manila will be due in San Francisco, and it is said at the.war department that these ships will start as soon as possible with another armed expedition for the Orient. HONORS FOR NAVAL HEROES. Sampson to Be Advanced Eight l‘d’mbors; Schley Six. ” Washington, Aug. 11.—Tlre , president has decided upon the rewards for the chief officers who ltook part in the na- val bat‘tle off Santiago on July 3. Samp- son is promoted eight nur’nbers, Schley is promoted six numbers and both are made rear admirals. Captain Clark will be promoted one number more than the other captains and Lieutenant Commander VVain'wright goes up more numbers than any other officer. The addition of Sampson and Schley to the list of rear admirals, the retire- .ment of Admirals Kigand and Nor- ton and the recent pr notion of Com- modore McN'alr will make the list of rear admirals on the active list consist of Miller, Sicard, Matthews, Bunce, Dewey, McNair, Sampson and Schley. Up to July 1 Schley was ninth on the list of commodores and Sampson was first on "the list of captains, although he had the rank of rear admiral while commanding the North Atlantic squad- ron. Captain Clark of the Oregon was thirty-fourth on the list of captains, and \Vainwright of the Gloucester was twenty-third an the list of lieutenant commanders. AGREAT WHEAT CROP. Government Figures for the Blonth Give a Percentage 01 96.5. Washington, Aug. 11.--The monthly government crop report shows a per- centage of 96.5 for spring yvheat, as against 95 per cen-t._las: month and 86.7 per cent. for the corresponding month of last year. This promises the lar- gest crop in the history of this country. The condition of corn was reported at 87 per cent. as against 90.5 last month, and 84'. .l for the corresponding period last V'Sdi. The conditicn of com, 87, is 3.5 points lower than last month, and 2.8 points but 9 points lower than on August 1, 1896, and 6-10 of 1 point below the August aver- age for the last ten years. The princi- pal sta'te averages are as follows: Ohio 89, Indiana 86. Illinois 72, Iowa 92, Mis- souri 86, Kansas 69 and Nebraska 85. The condition of spring wheat, 96.5, is 1.5 points higher than last ’month, 9.8 points above the average on August 1, 1897, 17.6 points above that for August 1, 1896, and 13.5 points above that for August average for the last ten years. ‘J'ill Bombard Curtagena. Washington, Aug. 11,—The Italian government has informed the state de- partment fthat Coicmbia‘will be requir- ed t-o comply with every provision of the award in the Cerruti case. This is in answer to Colombia's offer to place a million pesos in the hands of the‘president of the United States, to be disbursed to any creditors of Cerru'ti, whose claims -may be prov- ed. The Italian government wants about one-third of that sum paid into the hands of the Italian admiral, otherwise it proposes to bombard the city of Car- tagena. The president' is doing all that lies in his power to settle the controversy amicably. A Passenger Train Wrecked Middlesboro, Ky., Aug. 11.—-Whlle a. north bound train was coming from Norton, Va., yesterday, it struck a. landslide near Pennington, and two coaches attache-d rolled down an em- bankment sixty feet. About twenty passengers were aboard, all of‘whom were more or less injured. ON THE DIAMOND. Games Played Yesterday At Cincinnati: Boston...... 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0—7 Cincinnati” 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0—4 Batteries, Lewis and Bergen; Hill and Peitz. Umpires, Gaffney and Brown. Base hits, Boston 11, Cincin- na'ti 10. Errors, Boston 6, Cincinnati 1. Second game: Cincinnati.. 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0—5 Boston...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1‘ 5 *—c Batteries, Dwyer and Peitz; Willis and Bergen. Umpires, Gaffney. and Brown. Base hits, Cincinnati 9, Bos- ton 8. Errors, Cincinnati 4, Boston 3. Rain stopped the game between the New York and Washington clubs, and as a consequence two games will be played at Washington to-day. Standing of the Clubs. Clubs. Won. Lost. P.C. Cincinnati 65 33 .663 Cleveland 59 35 .628 Boston 59 35 '.628 Baltimore 52 38' .578 New York 52 42 .553 Chicago 54 44 .551 Pittsburg .......... . . . . . 50 \ 4‘4 .532 Philadelphia 43' 49 .467 Brooklyn 36 56 .391 Louisville 36 61 .371 Washington 32 60 .348 ‘29 70 .2192 1101111110111 1111118, Gen. Wilson Plans and Executes a Successful Attack. SEVEN; AMERICANS HURT Some Sharp Fighting in Which the Span- iards Had Th r Chief Officers Killed and All of Their Force Captured Ex- Our Losses Seven cept the Cavalry. M‘en Wounded. Coamo, Porto Rico, Aug. 9.- 12 111-; via St. Thomas, D. W. I.-—General Wilson took the town of Coamo this morning with a loss of only seven men wounded, all members of the Sixteenth Pennsyl- vania regiment. Corporal Barnes of Company E was mortally wounded, Corporal Varnes of Company D and Sergeant Wishart were slightly wounded, Private Frank Whit— lock was struck in the groin and Pri- vate Clyde Frank was struck in the leg. Privates Jolly and Herbert Lu- bold, both of whom were shot in the arm, were the others wounded. The Spanish are known to have lost their commander, Major Yellescas, Cap- tain Ecan-te, Captain Lopez and nine privates, all killed, and to have had 35 men wounded. The Americans captured 180 prison- ers, practically the whole force of the Spaniards, except the cavalry. The capture of the town and garrison was neatly planned and splendidly ex- ecuted. The Sixteenth Pennsylvania volunteers moved 'to a point off the north of the town last night, and by a forced march of eight miles across the mountains, arrived at the rear of the tOWn about seven o’clock this morning, just in time 'to cut off the enemy’s re- treat. At daylight the Third Wisconsin and Troop C of New York moved by the right flank; and the artillery, support-. ed by the Second WiSConsin, advanced in the center. The Fourth Cavalry took up a position from which it could gallop to the field and sweep the valley leading into the town. At seven o’clock 1”; e was opened upon the block house, w1. ich was hammered with shot and shrapnel. The Spaniards replied with a few shots from their Mausers and then fled. The block house was soon ablaze, and the artillery fire in front ceased at 7.45 a. m. Almost immediately volley firing was heard in the rear of the town. The: Spaniard-s, in seeking to escape ran Straight into Colonel Huling’s regiment posted on the hills commanding the road. The Spaniards sought protection in trenches, but they could not with- stand the deadly fire. With their com- mander and two‘captains killed they were compelled to surrender. A troop of fifty Spanish cavalry es- caped through the mountains, our cav- alry being unable to pursue them. The Spaniards had destroyed the stone bridge across the river Coamo“ leading into the town, but it was’evis dent that they were not prepared to make a strong resistance, as no artil— lery was posted them. The natives received the Americans with delight. Gencral Wilson immedi- ately after taking the town pushed the Wisconsin troops a mile out beyond, where they went into camp for the night. ' "ii- Spaniards Glad to Surren<£n Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 9, via St. Thomas, Aug. 10. —'l‘here is much- sur- prise that the enemy at Coamo did no more damage than to wound seven of the United States soldiers. They had all the, advantage at firstsight, but they fought punctorily and were not sorry to surrender the town, the houses of which were all shuttered and clos- ed. Garcia is Fighting . Santiago, Aug. 10, 10 p. m.—Lieuten- ant ColonelJan-e of General Calixto Garcia’s staff has just arrived from the front with dispatches announcing the occupation of Gibara, on the north coast of the province of Santiago, by General Garcia’s troop-s. Gibara was evacuated by the Span- iards. They left behind 1,000 sick and wounded, who are being taken care of by the Cuban commander. General Garcia, with 8,000 troops, is besieging Holguin, now occupied by the Spanish general Luque, whose surren— der has been demanded. Washington, Aug. 11.—General Luque commanding the Spanish garrison at Holguin, has offered to surrender to General Calixto Garcia. This surpris- ing information was received here in a private dispatch last night. General Luque commanded a corps. He had 10,000 Spanish soldiers under him at Holguin when the surrender took place at Santiago Since then his forces have been disintegrating rapidly hundreds going over to the side of the Cubans. Finding himself without any hope of relief, his soldiers being on the verge of starvation, General Luque has sent to General Garcia a progosition to sur- render. Judge Hayward Ruminated for Governor Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 11.—Senator Thurston was made permanent chair- man of the Republican state conven- tion held here yesterday. Senator Thurston’s appearance was the signal for applause, which became tumultu- ous as he referred to the 'War and the administration of President McKinley. Nominations for governor brought out the names of Judge M. C. Hayward of Oto'e county and Judge Baker of Douglass. Judge Hayward was nom- inated on the first formal ballot and a recess was taken. Carranza in liIontreal. Montreal, Aug. 11.—Lieutenant Ray- mon de Carranza, who was supposed to have sailed for England three weeks ago, in accordance with an order from the Canadian government to leave the country, appeared here again yester- day. He refuses to say where he has been. Cnrzon Accepts Viceroyalty. London, Aug. 11.'—Mr. Balfour yestere day, in the House of Commons, an~ nounced Mr. Curzon’ s acceptance of the viceroyalty of India, in succession to the Earl of Elgin. ‘5 . '1‘ 12112;; 1.- vuv [V l “flaw, ,1. , CURRENT COMMENT. ‘ Drinking water is so Costly at Key West that hundreds of persons there are drinking bottled beer as amatter of economy. The strangers assembled in the place feel that they made a. great mistake in not taking a few ar- tesian wells along with them. Lord “’olseley, who says that the United States can whip any nation in Europe in the long run, must not be taken literally. Loni Wolseley's long run from away up in the Red River country to Winnipeg, during the Louis Rcil rebellion, was one that he need not be ashamed of, so far as length is concerned. French representatives who insist that their country is friendly toward the United States explain the hostile utterances of the Paris press by stat- ing that the newspapers of that city are nearly all subsidized by Spain. This explanation is almost as mon- strous as the offense itself. A year hence the American navy will be in good shape for any contingency. The Navy Department is ready for bids on three first-class battle-ships, four harbor-defense monitors, sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers and twelve torpedo boats. Five heavily armored cruisers of the swiftest class will probably be added. The torpedo boats are to be as fast as any in the world. All these are in addition to the for- midable vessels now under construc- ‘ tion. In England, hereafter, the Victoria Cross, which heretofore has bought to its recipient honor and fame, but noth- ing more, will carry with it an annual pension of $250. It will thus keep its proud wearer out of the pom-house, and make those who have it not strive . harder than ever to earn it. Such a method of rewarding merit has several excellent arguments in its favor, but they are of more weight in England than here, where a pension awaits ev- ery soldier who deserves one. One point to remember about heav- ily armored battle-ships is that they must be cooled more frequently than cruisers built for long, swift runs. Their business is to take the hard knocks of offense and defense, and their great weight reduces their speed. But some of the latest enormous Eng- lish battle-Ships are good for nineteen knots. Though the battle-ship Massachu— setts is incased in a steel armor 18 inches thick she has a speed of fif- teen knots, or 360 a day, and a fleet composed of our five battle-ships, if pushed, could make that distance. The Maine was the swiftes-t American bat- tle-ship, with a record of 17.4 knots. The orders for warships placed by the Russian government in lhis coun- try include not only the first-class bat- _ tleship and first-class cruiser, but also ten torpedo boat destroyers. Vessels of the last named type have not yet been constructed in American yards, although some are now under way and others have been‘ ordered, but it is evidently the belief of the imperial naval officials that the Yankees, are fully equal to building successful ships of any type. And that is true enough. There has never been a time in the history of American shipbuilding that we did not- excel European competi- tors. Net content with imitating, we always improve, if we do not create. The formal recognition by this gov- ernment of the legal status of the American National Red Cross settles all doubts as to the comprehensive functions of that organization in car- ing for the sick and wounded soldier, and clears-tho way for the concentra- tion and unification of all efforts to that end. Thus the proper and effi- cient channel is opened for collecting and distributing contributions from all classes of individuals and from every variety of auxiliary association. The American National Red Cross Relief Committee, acting directly un- der tire auspices of the American Na- tional 'Red Cross, has virtually suc- ceeded, in view of the recent negotia- tions with the government, in becdm- ing the properly accredited finamfldl representative of the parent organiza- tion. In view of the high business standing of the members of the com- mittee there can be no question that the funds will be properly appropri- ated for the purposes intended, and it only now remains for the Red Cross, through this committee and its numer- ous and energetic women auxiliaries, to rise to its opportunities and to prove its fitness for the emergency by prompt and useful work. There is now no longer any ques- tion where the Red Cross standsand what are its‘ privileges. It not only takes the place in this country of the Sanitary Commission of bygone times, but is more expansive in its aims and more amplified in its purposes. ' With its grand mission of humanity and neutrality there isno benevolence it cannot compass, no charity it cannot broaden, no sympathy it cannot deep- en and no mercy it cannot stretch. Its flag, protected by international treaty, is the Sacred emblem of help- fulness for every form of suffering, , and proudly floats at the fore of ad- vancing Christian civilization, .o-n—- ..., ' . , - -'—‘ ”Ir-m- lm~ 4... > l THE YEAR BY SUBSCRIBIN FOR THE 1111 1:11 111 AND , ' N. Y. WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 110m PAPERS £591.11: to anv Ad dress FOR One — Dollar ! ADDRESS ALL 01.111111110111111”.
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