1a" ‘5: , , , THEE v thNG G ‘A z E T G E ,- n 1111111 PARTING 31101 A Havana Shell Spoils Howell’s . Quarters on the San Francisco ~ FINAL WAR MOVEMENTS News from the Havana Blockade Tells of a Little Spanish Rifle Practice Which Did No Serious Damage. The Bombardment of Manzanillo. In Porto I Rico Milo Fought Until Orders Came to Cease. ' Key West, Aug. 14.--Several naval vessels arrived late last night from the Cuban blockade; Among them, and to which now attaches peculiar interest on account of having been in the last en— gagement off Havana, when the flag- ship San Francisco was made a mark for Spanish batteries, was the torpedo boat destroyer Sylvia, under command of George H. Peters. He reports that Thursday night, in anticipation of some unusual incident, Commodore Howell gave orders to close in on Havana. The blockade fleet patrolled off the harbor entrance dur- ing the night. When the morning dawned the flag- ship, with the Sylvia close astern, was within three thousand yards of Morro. Suddenly a bat-tery’opened fire with 6- pounders to get the range. When the Spaniards were satisfied they had the flagship where they wanted her, they opened fire from their ten and twelve— inch guns. About twenty shots were fired, the shells passing between the San Fran-cis— co and the Sylvia. One shell exploded close .to the flagship, a piece of which (tore a hole in the stern of the San Francisco, passing through the com— .m‘odore’s and captain'l cabins and de— stroying the furniture. The Sylvia was not injured. Signals were displayed from the flag- ship not to return the fire, but to with- draw out of the range of the Spanish batteries. The Sylvia was manned by members of the Brooklyn naval reserves, who were anxious to engage the Span- iards‘. After the firing the Sylvia was sent into the harbor un .‘er a flag of truce with dispatches from the commodore. Steaming in undei the frownirk guns of Morro castle, which were still hot from the shots fired at the American vessels, the Sylvia set her signals. They were answered shortly by the arrival of a Spanish gunboat from the harbor. Courtesies were exchanged, dispatches delivered for General Blanco, and the gunboat and the Sylvia parted. Fired for Hours at Elanzanillo. Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 14.--Adviccs , soldiers, Tirs— FROM MONTAUK Pomr. Visitors to Be Excluded Entirely. Com.- p‘leting Quarantine Arrangements. Montauk, L. 1., Aug. 15.—Gen. Young has issued an order that has particular interest for sightseers and visitors who may have in mind a. visit to Camp Wikoff, and it Will be anything except satisfactory news to them. He has de- cided that no visitors even though they be friends of the" soldiers here, will be admitted Within the camp con- fines, and that anyone having in mind a visit to Montauk for'tthe purpose of visiting the camp 'might just as well stay at home and saVehis money, for. i he, or she, as the case might be, would not be permitted to pass the guard lines. 'While this may seem a harsh meas- ure, particularly to the friends of the it is not without reasonable cause. There is still an immense am- ount of work to be done to get the several camps in readiness for the sol- diers, who will shortly be coming in daily. The space about the depot is al- ready thronged with teams, wagons, horses and workmen, and a crowd of visitors or excursionists landed-at the station would of necessity be forced into places where they would be in the way of somebody who, in the present crowded condition of affairs, is doing his utmost to accomplish the greatest possible work in the shortest possible time. Besides, there would be the usual number of questions to be asked by persons strange to the place and situ- ation, and nobody has time to answer questions here. So, altogether, General Young has thought it best that visitors be kept away, at least for the present, and has issued his orders accordingly. The Long Island Railroad, which had not as yet thought of doing so, will not run any excursion trains, therefore, and any excursion boats that may come into the harbor will be promptly met and ordered away by the auxiliary Aileen, which, on the water, in her coat of black paint, looks to the uninitiated as terrible ‘as a policeman does on land. Preparations have not been made yet for transporting back to New York the typhoid fever patients at present in the Camp lVikoff hospital, as Dr. Doty suggested should be done. The sugges- tion, however, has met with the hearty approval of General Young, command- ing officer of Camp Wikoff, Colonel William H. Forwood, his chief surgeon, and the Red Cross Association, and was considered 1a most excellent idea, because of the intention from the first has been to make this camp as healthy as possible, and keep it absolutely free from disease. So far there are only about ten cases of typhoid, but if this number greatly increases and the increase be kept there there is no knowing to what extent the disease may run among the troops. Particularly if the drainage should get in the water, and in such a sandy soil 3 there is the bare possibility, even with . the greatest precautions. were received by General Shafts: yes- : terday to the effect that Manzanillo was bombarded Friday night and again Saturday morning. General Shafter at once cabled to the Spanish commander at Manzanillo that peace had been declared and re- quested him to advise the American commander of the fan t under a flag of truce, which he did, and the shelling ' of the town ceased. , Miles Fought Until the Last Moment. Washington, D. (3., Aug. 15.--The troops under Major General Miles in Porto Rico continued to fight up to the very eve of the signing of the peace protocol. This dispatch was received at the war department concerning the fight near Abonito Friday afternoon: Ponce, Aug. 13. Secretary of War, Washington: General Wilson reports Major Lan— caster, with Potts's battery, at half past one p. m., 12th inst., quickly si- lenced enemy’s battery at Asomanta, near Abonito, and drove him from his position and rifle pits. No infantry fire on our part. Lieutenant John P. Hains, Fourth artillery, struck by stray Mau- ser bullet; not serious. A shell from enemy’s gun burst just over one of our pickets, killing Corpo- ral 'Swansen and wounding Corporal Jenks, Company L, Third Wisconsin, neck and arm; Private Vought, same company, seriously, in abdomen; Pri- vate'Bunce, same company, .in chest; not seriously. MILES. Adjutant General Corbin was asked about the reply from General Miles to rthe orders to him directing him to cease hostilities, and this is the text of his reply. “I acknowledge the receipt of the pro- blamation of the president command- ing that all military operations against the enemy be suspended.” A distinguished military official said 'last night that it was probable from a military standpoint that the troops of General Miles would- for the moment rest where they were and go into camp to await the future orders referred to in the instructions sent yesterday. There will be no further attempt to 'stop the expedition under General Fred- erick Grant now on the way to Porto Rico, and it will be expected to re- main there with the army of General Miles. It can be. safely said that there will be no increase of the Porto Rican army at present, but that Major Gen- eral Miles will so distribute his troops as to effectively garrison the different points of the island. It is understood both by him and the administration that he will be able with his present force to enforce order in the island and to put int-o effect any regulations that may be prescribed. His troops will take possession of San Juan as soon as the Spanish evacuate it. It is believed that the prisoners con— fined in Porto Rican prisons for alleged political offences will be released as soon as the' cities in which they are imprisoned are occupied by American forces. General Miles will doubtless place his troops in positions from which they will be able to advance to occupy San Juan as soon as the arrangements have been made for this move by the military commission. It is possible he will make an'arrangement by which he will occupy San Juan even before the commissioners have acted. Vesuvius in Eruption. Naples Aug. 15.—~M~ount Vesuvius is in a state of eruption from a new cra~ ter. connected with the seismic disturbance at Mess‘ina and in southern Italy. The eruption, is supposed to be- Y. )1. C. A. at BIOiitauk. New York, Aug. 15.—-Th-e army and navy commission of the Young Men‘s Christian Association intends to erect no less than six tents at Montauk Point. One tent that has been used in Tampa, Fla, arrived with the Rough Riders Vv’ednesday, and was'at once pitched. V Three more tents have, already been ordered and it is expected that they will be up' before 1151 the troops home- w-ard bound from Santiago reach Mon- tauk Point. The work of the ly appreciated by commission is great- the soldiers, are the tents afford them many comforts and pleasures that they would not other- wise have. In the tents are ice water, free reading matter, facilities for cor- respondence and other things. All these comforts and conveniences are free, and serve to bring the men to- gether under the best circumstances. ] ON THE DiAMOND. E Games Played Saturday At N w York: NewYork..42100011*—-9 Chicago. ..00000200 2 Batteries, We .rnez and Meekin; Don- ahue. and Woods. At Brooklyn. Brooltlyn...0000,000011u2 Cincinnati. 0 O 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-—1 None out when vmnning run was scored. Batteries, Grim and Yeager; Peitz and Damman. At Philadelphia: St.Louis ....... 01030000000--4 Philadelphia... 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-- 5 Batteries, Hughes and Clements; Mc- Farland and Donohue. Base hits, St. Louis 9, Philadelphialo. Errors, St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 3. At. Baltimore: Baltimore... 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 3 *--3 Pittsburg.. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1--2 Batteries, McJames and Robinson; Tannehill and Boweiman. Base hits, Baltimore 6, Pi‘ttsburg 5. Errors, Balti- more 0, Pit-tsburg 1. Second game: Baltimore... 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 *--6 Pi'ttsburg... 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-—3 Batteries, Kl-tsonand Chance; Gard- ner and Bowerman. Base hits, Balti- more 8, P-ittsburg 9. Errors, Baltimore 3, Bi'ttsburg 4. Ata. Washington: W‘alshing-ton. 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 *—-2 Louisville... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-—1 Batteries, Weyhing and Maguire; Ma- gee and Kl-ttridge. Base hits, Washing- ton 9, Louisville 7. Errors, Washing- ‘ton 2, Louisville 1. Second game: Washington. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 _0—-2 Louisville... 4} 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0-- 9 Batteries, Mercer and Maguire; Cun- ningham and. Powers. Base hits, VVashingt-on 7, Louisville 11. Errors, Washington 4, Louisville 1. At Boston: . .Boston...... 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 ‘—- 5 Cleveland... 0 1 0 0 0 0 ‘0 0 1-- 2 Batteries, Nichols and Bergen; Guppy and O’Connor. Base hits, Boston 11, Cleveland 7. Errors, Boston 1, Cleve- land 3. Standing of the Clubs. Clubs. Won. Lost. RC. Cincihnati 66 36 .617 Boston 63 35 .643 Cleveland \ ............... 59 38 .608 ‘ Baltimore 55 38 .591 New York 55 43 .561 icago ....... . ........ 55 46 .545 ttsburg 50 46 .521 Philadelphia . .. . . . . . . .. 45 49 _ .479 Brooklyn ................ 37 58- .389 Louisville. . ..... . .. .. . . 37 62 .374 Washington 34 62 .354 St. Louis ............. 29 72 .287 .lSPAlN’S HOME TROUBLE The Garlists Think “It Is Now or N ever” With Them. MADRID AFTER THE WAR APromlnent Member of the Carling Says No Opportulty for lSucce'bful Ur- , Can Count on. Many Thousands .0! Sup- i porters and Batman the Government. ; for Many Months. Madrid, Aug. 15.--T.h_ere seems [to be Eel. division in the Carlis‘t-s’ ranks. Some of them, such as Olazabal, say: “We are not going to fight.” The following conversation with the most prominent Carlis’t in Madrid is reported. -From a previous statement that nothing in this world could pre- vent them fighting he has now depart- ed to the extent of saying. “If the Carlists do not fight at this juncture they will never fight again.” “Do not your sentiments of patriot- ism prevent you causing Spain the ter- rible disaster of another war?” was asked. “On the contrary,” he replied cyni- cally, “if We do not go forth this time and save the honor of'Spain, if we a-b- andon her to the hands of :thOSe who have placed her in extremis, we may consider the Carlist party forever dead. It would-be mere suicide. When will such another occasion ever present it— self? The Carlists can dispose of many thousands of men and carry on a guer— illa. warfare until such time as the country comes over to its side. “As regards the regular army, we are just in the same position as the in- surgents in Cuba, where 250,000 regulars could not get the better of 8,000 or 10,000 insurgents. If the Cubans counted on the people of the island we Carlie-ts count upon the support of the whole north of Spain, part of Catalonia, Ara- gon, La Mancha and old Custile. In short, you may state that the Carlists are ready to rise.” Affairs After the Signing. Madrid, Aug. 15.—The government has telegraphed instructions to the gov- ernors genera- of PortO'Rico and the Philippines for the carrying out of the terms of the protocol signed by the United States and Spain, and to pre— pare for evacuation Instructions were also sent as to the policy to be adopted in the event of the insurgents ref sing to observe the ar- mistice. Official circles are most dist; rbed re— garding the futuxe of the Philippines Reports a1e afloat that Spain will en- deavor to induce the powers to support morally her efforts to retain the is? lands. In this connection importance is given to France’s part played in \Vashington. An official statement is given out that the good offices'exercis- ed by France on this trying occasion must make closer all future relations between the two countries, especially when it is remembered how many in- terests they have in common. The Liberal, commenting on the gra- vity of the situation as regards the Philippine islands, says it appears cer- tain that the peace commission will yacn cord to Spain sovereignty over almost the whole of the archipelago, but that Spain will lose more than she will gain 1f Aguinaldo’s insurgents .do not sub- mit. The Tiempo urges the government to hasten in every way possible the com- pletion of the peace negotiations. Left in Doubt Regarding Peace Terms. Havana, Cuba, Aug. 15.—-—Although nothing official hasbeen published, a. semi-official note in the newspapers asr sures the people that peace is about to be made. The people doubt this, and are now awaiting official confirmation. The colonial cabinet met yesterday 'and Captain General Blanco informed the members that as the representative of the Madrid government he had (2311-, led them together to notify them that a peace protocol had been signed by Spain and the United States. Captain General Blanco said he could not state the precise terms until he re- ceived dispatches fromthe government in Madrid. These dispatches have not yet been published, and the people are istill in ignorance of the conditions. It 3is stated that General Blanco will pub- lish a peace proclamation in the Offi- cial Gazette to—day. Perfect order is maintained in the city, but the people are anxious to know on what basis peace has been ar- ranged. The Peace Cnminislon. Washington, Aug. 15.—The question demanding immediate attention is the appointment of the peace commission, which is to meet at l‘aris. The presi- dent conferred with Secretary Day dur- ing Saturday relative to the peace com- mission, but it was said at the state de- partment late in the day that an an- nouncement of the commissioners might be deferred for some days. 'It is understood that the president has not fully determined upon the per; sonnel of the commission. Several of the public men who saw him yesterday were satisfied that the commission would be made up of Secretary Day, Senators Allison and Gorman, either J o- seph H. Choate or Elihu Root of New York and probably a prominent army officer. The president desires to have Adju~ tam General H. C. Corbin a member of the peace commission, and it is prob- able that he will be selected. The mat— ter is being considered in reference to the duties which will come under Gen— eral Corbin’s direction in relation to the suspension of hostilities and if it should appear that the duties which he will be called upon to perform as adjutant gen- eral can be assumed by another officer without detriment to the service, Gen- eral Corbin no doubt will become a member of the commission. Cable Restriction Removed. New York, Aug. 15.—The censorship on all cable messages written in plain language, dispatched from this city, has been abolished. The only restric- tion that now remains is upon cipher and code messages, other than govern- mental dispatches, to Cuba and Poxto Rico. rising Will Ever Occur Again. They. ‘. sleep In Only :1 Bali". "'1‘ "Mr. Edison has adopted the theory that sleep is only the force-of habit, that if they but try, men can get along without sleep precisely as they get along without stimulants. He ac- counts for the sleep habit as follows: “The truth is that this habit of sleeping originated when there was no such thing as a good artificial light. People could not read, they had no way of amusing themselves at night, so when darkness came there was nothing left for them to do but lie down and lose themselves in oblivion. “Now that we have the electric light and other means of illumination, the world is sleeping less‘and less every year. By—and-bye, gradually, of course, the time will come when an hour or two of rest will be enough. Then peo- ple will find that they have been wast- ing valuable time. It is all right for a. man to change his work or seek some sort of diversion, but that is very easy to do by changing work and varying the subject of study.” This is precisely in line with the philosophy which holds that men are only what their environment makes them. In support of his theory Mr. Edison relates that when the phono- graph had to be finished in a certain number of hours in order to be in Lon- don on a certain day,‘he worked con- tinuously for seventy-two hours with- out a minute of. sleep, and so did all of his assistants but one or two. His chief assistant says that Mr. Edison has gone on for years, working hard with little rest, merely dropping down occasionally for a rest of an hour, or, perhaps, only for ten minutes, and then coming up again, apparently as fresh as if he had had a long holi- day. Just Spoil! It. In a certain class of divinity students there was one member who was gener- ally acknowledged to be slow. His fellow-students called him dumb. For certain reasons, however, the young man received every favor. Shortly before the final examination those in charge of the class were talk- ing the matter over with the Bishop. It was agreed that, in spite of the fel- 'low"s singular ineptitude, he would be N..- permitted to pass if possible. “If he can answer one question," said the Bishop, "I’ll ordain him.” The instructor-in-chief accordingly primed the stupid student for the event. “You need answer only one ques- tion,” said the instructor, “and that one will be easy. But mind you don’t say anything else. Promise me—not another word, or you’ll be certain to get yourself into trouble.” The student promised, and the in- structor went upon his way rejoicing. A little later the youth was ushered in- to the Bishop’s presence. ‘ “Who was Saul ?" aSked the BishOp. "The first King of Israel,” answered the student, quickly enough; and amid the- congratulatory smiles of the in-‘ structors, he prepared to depart. But just as he reached the door, he turned and added, “Subsequently called Saul of Tarsus." A Tartur- courtship. Among the Tchulian Tartars a curl- ous mode of "popping the question” is reported: The Tchulian Coelebs in search of a wife, having filled a brand new pipe, with fragrant tobacco, stealthily enters the dwelling of the fair one upon whom he has bestowed his afiections, deposits the pipe upon a. conspicuous article of furniture, and retires on tip—toe to some convenient hiding place in the neighborhood, local etiquette requiring that he should exe- cute this strategic movement apparent- ~ly undetected by the damsel of his choice or any member of her family. Presently he returns without further affectation of secrecy, and looks into the apartment in a casual sort of way. A single glance at the pipe he left he- hind him enables him to learn the fate of his proposal. If it has been smoked, he goes forth an accepted and exultant bridegroom; if not, the offer of his band and heart has been irrevocably rejected, as not even worth a pipe of tobacco. By this ingenious expedient the pain and humiliation of verbal re- fusal and fruitless pleadings are spared to luckless woers, and Tartar maidens are saved from importunities justly re- garded as peculiarly trying to female sensibility. ’ Severe Rules in the Russian Army. When an oificer in the Russian army is insulted, a military court of honor sits to decide upon the action to be taken, and he has to abide by the de- cision of the court. Not long ago, two young ofiicers of the Russian army auarrelled while drinking together, 1nd one slapped the. other across the :heek with his open hand. They were .ntimate friends, and when in his sober ienses the aggressor humbly apolo- gized for the affront to his brother of- ficer, who cordially accepted it. A regi- mental court of honor had to be held, hOWever, and it was decreed that the officers should fight, though both were much averse to doing so. A duel was :herefore arranged at twenty paces, and the young oificer who had received ; he affront, and forgiven his friend, was hit in the hip and crippled for life: The Eskimo and Punch and Judy. Some time ago a skipper who visited .he Arctic regions presented the head nan of an Eskimo community with a Punch and Judy show he had on board, and gave the native instructions as to how to work the figures. The E5- rimo’s son is now said to be an expert it the business, and, in a hut nightly ,hroughout the mug winter, makes the familiar marionettes dance about, to :he intense delight of his fur-encased friends. The Show is known among ;he Eskimos by something like its Eng— .1511 name, only they pronounce it ‘Bbotantoody.” B— GIN THE ’ YEAR 1', l ( RIG BY SUBSCRIBIN ’ FOR THE WEEKLY A AND N. Y. WEEKLY TRIBUNE. BOTH P APERS @en‘t to anv Address Eon One Dollar! ADDRESSEEALLIEORDERS To GAZETTE.
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