SITUATIO‘I AT MABRI’BI
Stringent Cameo; ship Mommas
Will Be Taken.
SHAMEFUL ACTS IN CORTES
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Fall of the Ministry Foreshadowed by
the Conservatives ’ Attitude. Disgrace-
.‘Fnl Scenes in the Cortes Last Night.
1 Proposal for Reducing Military Ex-
‘mses,
Madrid, Sept. 9.—--The Spanish cabi—
net, at its meeting yesterday, agreed to
hit-2 the most stringent measures to
waver-1t the publication of the pro-
ceedings of the Cortes, and to provide
for the censorship of telegraphic dis.
patches.
The, newspapers assert that the gov«
ernment is greatly surprised and cha<
grined at the attitude of the Conser-
vatives in the Chamber, which indi-
cates that the government is isolated
on questions of such magnitude as the
conclusion of the peace treaty. The pa-
pers express the opinion that this at-
titude of the Conservatives foreshad-
011‘s the downfall of the ministry.
The» cabinet met in order to discuss
the situation, but the chamber did not
r set, as it was the feast day of the
‘” irgin. It appears that many of the
government supporters abstained from
voting last night. This fact is greatly
commented upon.
The disorderly scenes witnessed in'
the chamber would have shamed a bull
ring. Fists and sticks were shaken in
the air, and invectives were to be.
heard. on all sides. As a result several
duels are expected to take place.
It" is understood here that Spain in-
tended to bargain at the Paris peace
conference to retain part of-the Phil-
ippine islands. but the impression
somehow prevails that a. republic will
“be established there under the protec-
torate of the United Statets, Great Bri-
info and Germany.
a; Polaveija, ex-captain gener-
g‘oi Cuba and of the Philippine is«
lands, who has just issued a manifesto
intimating that he is ready to place
himself at the head of a. neutral. party
' in'polritics, 'is understood to be recruit-
mg a strong party of discontented
Liéurals, and others,.with the object.
sit is chimed. of f‘restoring the military
_~ preponderance of the government.”
The minister for foreign affairs, Duke
Almodovar do. Rio, informed his coi-
iea'gues that, as a ult of the negoti-
-. 336113 at Washington relative to the
,. Spaniards in the Philippine islands, in-
astmctionm-had been sent ’to the Span-
iifihhcmfifat gongfio paghga accordance
‘ t t e e ent reac
The society for commercial union is
sending a petition to the Cortes de-
manding the closing of all the military
schools, the curtailment of retiring
pensions: that all officers returning
from Cuba be placed in the reserve,
and that a budget of 1,,000 000 pesetas
{about $200. 000) annually be provided
for the care of the sick and wounded
Spanish soldiers returning from the co- '
lonies.
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NEW JERSEY TROOPS
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4115111521101- Voorht es Does Not Approve of
Orders for the Fourth to Move.
Séa‘ Gin-t, Sept. 9.-—A telegram from
Adjutant? General Corbin has been re-
ceived by'Cblonel Smith directing him
to move the Fourth regiment to Camp
Meade, Middletow-n, Pa, as soon as
possible. The telegram further stated
that the chief quartermaster at New
York city had been directed to furnish
the necessary transportation, and. the
chief commissary the travel rations,
and coffee money.
The fourth, upon arriving at Camp
Meade, is to report to Brigadier Gen-
eral Graham, commander of the Sec-
ond Corps. .
Colonel Smith replied to the telegram
stating that the regiment can move
within twenty—four hours, if neces-
sary.
. Governor Voorhees, who does not ap-
prove of. the. plan to move the Fourth
regiment to Camp" Meade, will go to
Washington to-day and endeavor to
have the order rescinded.
that if the command proceeds to Camp
Meade now, it must go intact, and the
enlisted men will not be alloWed to
drop out of the service if they so de-~
sire.
A- majority of the officers of the
Fourth favor going to Camp Meade at
once, and are arranging to do so. They 1
’commission will be able to report to
contend that if the regiment is to go
to Porto Rico or Cuba in October, the
men should be brigaded as soon as
possible, in order that it may be pro~
ficient in brigade and corps work when
the time comes to join the army of oc-
aupatiom
The (mus Po ace Proposal.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 9.——In view of
the irritation in France, the politicians
and newspapers are seeking to repre-
sent the czar's peace circular in a new
light. They urge that it has been mis-
construed, and assert that the imperial
government never contemplated the
inimediate convocation of a. conference,
"being fully aware of the difliculties in
the way. It was only hoped, they con-
tinue, to sow good seed, which would
gradually ripen and bear fruit when
circumstances are more favorable.
These utterances are regarded as in-
dicating, owing particularly to the at-
titude of France, that the failure of
the proposal is foreseen, and that pub-
lic opinion is being prepared for it.
The Return of the Eighth Ohio Rnglment.
Cleveland, 0., Sept. 9.—The Eighth
Ohio volunteer regiment arrived in this
city over the Lake Shore Railroad yes-
terday from Montauk Point. A corps
of physicians was at hand in the sta-
tion when the train arrived. .
After being served with a good
breakfast the men scattered, taking
trains on various roads from this city
direct to their homes.
Colonel Hard said that although there
were times when food was scarce, there
was no time when the men did not
have avlittle to eat.
Filipinos Comlng.
London, Sept. 9.-—A cable dispatch
from Hong Kong, dated September 6,
says that a committee of three Fili~
pinos, appointed by Aguinaldo, has
left Hong Kong to confer with Presi-
‘ dcmt McKinley upon the future of the
'flhflipplnes.
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He believes ‘
‘ measurements of the rainfall, and the
GOVERNOR AT CAMP MEADE
Secretary Alger: is Expected la. Visit to.
Pennsylvania Camp 10-day.
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. iii—There are
now four paymasters at Camp Meade
paying the troops theirAugust wages.
A heavy guard has been placed on the
quarters of the paymasters, and they
are accompanied by a. guard wherever
they go.
The First Maryland came in yester-
day from Fort Monroe, Va, and the
Eighteenth regiment from Sheridan
Point.
Governor Hastings is with the Penn-
sylvania troops m camp’ as the guest-
of General ‘Graham. The executive
_ and a small party of friends left Har-
risburg yesterday in a private car ova:
the Pennsylvania railroad, and were
met at Camp Meade by Lieutenant
Summeral, an aide on General Gra—‘
-ham’s staff. - .
After calling at corps headquarters
to pay his respects to General Graham
and assistant Adjutant General Reich-
mann, the governorvisited the camps
of the 18th, 14th and other Pennsylva-
nia regiments.
Secretary Alger is expected in camp
to-day. He -Sent word to General Gra-
ham that he would drop off to see him
on his way home to- Detroit. -
No arrangements will be made to re-
ceive the secretary of war until it is
definitely known when he will arrive
and how long he will‘stay.
It is certain that there will be no re-
view, and that he will remain in camp
only long enough to make a. tour simi-
lar to that made by President McKin-
ley.
, There is great joy in the camp of
the Twelfth Pennsylvania' regiment
over the news that it is to be mustered
out.
THE EIGHTH REGIMENT HOME
They Arrlve from Chickamaugn Last
Last Night and Are Warmly Received.
New York, Sept. 9.—Bringing with
them a trainload of sick and convales-
cent soldiers, the Eighth regiment of
New York volunteers arrived in Jer-
sey City from Chickamauga late last
evening.
The regiment came in four sections,
the trains being made up of Pullman
sleeping cars.
In the first section which rolled into
the freight yard of the Pennsylvania.
Railroad, at the foot of Bay street,
Jersey City, at six o'clock, were fifty-
six sick men, several of whom are in
a very critical condition.
Several thousand peTsons were in the
freight yard when the hospital train
arrived, and hundreds of men and wo-
men waved flags as a token of wel-
come to the home coming soldiers, who
have undergone so much suffering in
camp life.
There was little cheering; for at least
one of the men in the train was known
to be in a dyingcondition.
Darkness added to the confusion, but
when the second section arriVed. in
charge of Major Ridabock. everybody
forgot unpleasantness. for Rampones
Old Guard Band, which had gone to
Jersey City to meet the men, began
playing “Home, Sweet Home " '
The third section, in charge of Major
Isaac Freeman, and the fourth, in
I charge of Major John E. Kirby, arriv-
ed later, and some of the men started
across the river. Lieutenant Colonel
J. M. Jarvis was in command of the
regiment.
As the men arrived they marched into
the freight station, where they Were
refreshed with sandwiches, coffee, cake,
ice cream and milk, furnished by the
women's relief corps of the regiment.
THE NICARAGU 1 CANAL
Comm’ssion Will Be Ready to Report to
Congrr ss Next Sesuiun.
Washington, Sept. 9—Admiral Wal-
ker, president of the Nicaragua canal
. commission, has returned to Washing-
ton.
The admiral says that about two
hundred and fifty men are at work
; along the line of the proposed canal and
they will stay there throughout the
I rainy season.
They are making bor-
ings and ascertaining the character of
the soil at every point where it is pro-
‘posed to locate dams, looks or other
heavy masonry- structures.
Field parties aretaking accurate
flow of the various streams lying with-
in the limits of the canal concession,
information desired because all the cal-
culations hitherto made have been
based upon the conditions as existing
in the dry season.
Admiral Walker is confident that the
Congress at the approaching session.
He thinks the project will be shown
to be entirely practicable and worthy
of execution.
At the Blooklyn Navy Yard.
Brooklyn, Sept. 9.-—The battleship
Texas. which has been for some time
lying off Tompkinsville, went to the
navy yard yesterday. It is supposed
that the object of her return to that
station is to have her battery of six-
inch rifles replaéed by six-inch rapid
firing guns.
The battleship Oregon is also to be
equipped with six-inch rapid firing
guns. The work involved in making
the change is already under way. The
Oregon's fore and aft torpedo tubes
are to be abolished. The two tubes
amidships will be retained.
A Parade of Troops Not Likely.
Washington, Sept. 9.—If there is to
be a parade of troops in New York, it
is not likely to be composed of those
under the command of General Shafe
ter. as the general has reported to the
war department that the troops un-
der his command will not be able to
take part in such a. parade as is de—
sired by the citizens of New York un-
til the first of October. By that time
most of the troops at Montauk will
have gone home or to their respective
stations. ,
The A rkang-is Election.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 9.—Unofiicial
returns show that the Populist party
has elected one member of the legis—
lature from Cleburne county. They
have lost Nevada, White, Cleveland
and Polk counties. heretofore consid-
ered their strongholds. About one hun-
dred thousand votes were cast in the
state, of which the Republicans polled
about 35.000 and Populists and Prohi-
’ bitionists perhaps 15. 000. Governor
Jones ran far behind the Democratic
ticket.
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THE G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
The Business Session Begun at Cincinnati.
Gen. Sickles. for Commander.
of the thirty-second annual encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public and of its auxiliaries began yes-
terday after three days of preliminary
demonstrations. The business sessions
. were, however, interrupted by a parade
of civic and industrial ”organizations in
the afternoon.
The encampment will have much
work in considering the proposed re-
vision of the ritual, and also in consid-
ering propositions for amalgamation.
It is believed that the proposition to
make those who participated in the
Spanish-American war eligible will not
prevail. There is more sentiment in
favor of uniting those who foughtpn
different sides in the same war, and a
resolution will be offered inviting the
Confederate veterans to meet with the
Grand Army of the Republic next year.
The Missouri delegation will likely
present the resolution, as that state
was about equally divided during the
civil war. If no joint encampment is
arranged,- 'it is proposed to have fra«
ternal delegates sent from one encamp-
ment to the other.
The national encampment of the W0-
men’s Relief Corps opened at the Scot-
tish Rite cathedral ‘with an address
by Miss Law, while the women of the
Grand Army of the Republic-resumed
their sessions at Odd Fellows’ Temple.
The efforts to unite these two orders
have not been successful so far.
It is stated that General Sickles has
been named in good faith as a candi-
date for commander-in-chief as a
means of uniting the New York dele-
gates. It is also stated that the name
of T. F. Mack of Ohio will not be pre-
sented by the Ohio delegates.
At the afternoon
Gobin delivered the annual address of
the commander-in-chief.
" BIDS FOR NEW NAVY
Awards for Torpedo. Craft Are Nearly
Ready.
Washington, Sept. 9.—The board of
naval bureau chiefs which has been
carefully examining the large number
of bids and plans submitted by ship-
builders for the construction of torpe-
do boats and torpedo boat destroyers.
hascompleted that work and within
aflday or. two is expected to report to
Acting Secretary Allen a. plan for dis-
itribution of awards.
The decision arrived at by the board
is to distribute the craft as follows
among the bidders:
To the Union Iron Works of- San
Francisco probably three destroyers;
ithe Maryland Steel Company of Spar-
rows Point,
LNeafie & Davy of Philadelphia. two or
four or five destroyers;
three destroyers; Harlan & Hollings-
.worth of » Wilmington: :two destroyers;
,Fall River Iron Company of. Massachu-
settsptwowor three‘destroyers; W. R.
Trigg & Corof Richmond, one or' two
destroyers and three or faur torpedo
zboats»;
three. or four torpedo b’oats; Lawley of
"Boston; one or two torpedo boats: An-
'other of the torpedo boats will go to
Bath Iron Works of Maine,
either Lewis Nixon of Elizabethport, N.
J.. or to Herreshoff of Bristol, R. I.,
,while if the department shall decide
{still further to distribute the Work and
{reduce the number of boats awarded
Ito some of the "bidders, the Columbian
§1ron Works of Baltimore and the Gas
1Engine and' Power Company of Morris
Heights, N. Y., may be awarded one
boat each.
FIGHTING AT CAN DIA.
Order Restored by the International
. Forces.
Candia, Island of Crete, Sept. 9.-—A
detachment of international troops,
cupied the fortifications and restored
order.
It is now estimated that two hundred
persons were killed during the rioting.
The Mussulman troops protected the
Christians placed under their care,
but they did not attempt to prevent the
pillage of Christian houses, which con-
tinued until the international troops ar-
rived. ,
Canea, Island of Crete, Sept. 9.-—The
president of the Cretan executive com-
mittee has notified the foreign admi-
rals that. in view of the massacres at
Candla, it is impossible to continue the
efforts to organize an administration
until the Turkish functionaries and
troops are withdrawn. He demands the
convocation of the Cretan assembly,
.and proposes to place a force of Cre-
tans at the disposal of the internation-
al administration.
The Peace Couunission .
\Vashington, Sept. 9.—There is no in-
formation forthcoming at the White
House or the state department as to
the fifth member of the peace commis-
sion. It was admitted that Senator
Gray of Delaware had been offered the
appointment and declined it. This
would make the chances of Senator
Lindsay of Kentucky pretty good, if it
were'not known that he has become a
pronounced expansionist, and the pres-
ident’s desire is to maintain, the pres-
ent equilibrium of individual opinion
among the membership of the commis-
sion. Senator Turpie of Indiana is
strongly pushed, although’Indiana’s ge-
ographical position is not quite what
is desired for this purpose.
‘ Gen. Schwan on Cuba.
' Washington, Sept. 9.—General Theo-
.dore Schwan, who commanded troops
at'Porto Rico, has reached Washing-
ton. He reports that island a. desira-
ble acquisition, and says its climate
will not be dangerous for anyone who
,can be protected from the fierce sun
and the heavy rains.
This, of course. the troops could not
be. General Schwan will probably res
sume his duties in the war department.
He is an assistant adjutant general in
the regular army. and at the outbreak
of the war was General Corbin's prin-
cipal assistant.
England May Get Mozambique.
London, Sept.'9.——It is said that the
Anglo- -German agreement permits Eng-
land to negotiate with Portugal re-
garding the acquisition of Mozambique
by Great Britain, and that Germany
will acquiesce in any arrangement in
the matter that may be made. '
Germany’s compensation for her pas.
sive assent is to be England’s recognio
tion of her rights in England, Africa,
and in Asia and China.
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Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 9.——The business '
session General,
which has just arrived here. has oc— ,
vns,evenlsu7oanTTE
3811111111101 Millsi
How It Is Viewed in War Depart-
ment Circles
CONSIDERED UNDIGNIFIED
The President Lashed Over the Shoulders
of Secretary Alger and Adjutant Gen.
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Corbin. The Controversy VProbably‘ ,to
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_Be Permitted to Die Out. Corbin Denis:
the Suppression of Despatches.
Washington, Sept. 9.——The authorized
statement from General Miles was read
with intense interest in the war de-
partment. It has added to the amaze-
ment excited by the whole affair, and
has created something of a reversal
cf-sentiment amofig’a‘r‘ffiy officers, who
now féel that General Miles is pursu-
ing an undignifled course. No one
doubts that General Miles is determ-
ined, up to the present hour, to force
the fighting, and compel those whom
he regards as antagonists to engage
with him. There is still no sign of wil-
lingness to enter the controversy on
the part of the departmentad authori-
ties at whom his insinuations are un-
deniably amed.
General Miles, however, is encroacn-
ing upon ground which may give way
beneath him. It is pretty generally
known in the war department that the
war has been conducted from the
White House, where appointments
were made and the general policy of
campaigns and plans of equipment
were devised, and hence that General
Miles’s criticism of the operations of
the army in Cuba is more than an at-
tack upon either Secretary Alger or
Adjutant General Corbin. It has the
effect of an assault upon the president,
and General Corbin, who evidently
comes in for the largest share of Gen-
eral Miles’s reproach, is said to be sus-
tained in all he has done by the writ-
ten orders of the president.
‘It is expected that the return of
General Miles to Washington will be
marked by a re—establishment of equa-
nimity among the military heads. Gen-
eral Miles can find no occasion, it is
pointed out, to continue his asSaults
if neither Secretary Alger nor General
Corbin shows any disposition to reply.
So far both officers have preserved a
discreet silence. They do not dispute
General Miles’s claim to credit, and,
indeed, that officer appears to have
emerged from the war with more glory
than most' of his brother officer's. If he
insists upon being held responsible for
the expeditions to Cuba, 3. good part
of the credit now attaching to his
course may be sacrificed by these au-
thorized interviews.
Some of General Miles’s special
champiOns persist in their prediction
that he will continue to fight, and they
promise in the near future a. spectacle
before which the Santiago campaign
will pale'into insignificance. They re-
ject all suggestions that he will speed—
ily be placated when he reaches Wash-
ington. They say that the period of
truCe has expired! They do not, how-
ever, divulge what this later war will
-produCe or to what it will lead, and
their idea of an» ultimate victory for
.the general is evidently nothing more
than a wide spread publicity as to ar-
my methods. ~
The opinion most prevalent among
experienced observers is that when the
general discovers whom he is really
lashing over the shoulders of the sec-
retary and the adjutant general he will
think better of carrying the fight to a.
finish.
The charges, according to the state-
ment from New York, include one that
General Corbin suppressed dispatches.
There was an intimation of this, as will
be remembered, in the inspired inter-
views from Porto Rico. Such a charge,
if sustained, would require the offend-
ing officer to suffer dismissal by court
martial. General Corbin refuses to dis-
cuss General Miles's charges, but, in-
dependently of what Miles is alleged
to have said, Corbin declared that he
had not suppressed dispatches at any
time during his career, and least of
all would he have thought of doing so
during the war with Spain and while
adjutant. general of the army.
Gen. Miles Goes to Washington.
New York, Sept. 9.-—General Nelson
A. Miles, his wife and daughter, and
-his staff, left the 'Waldorf— Astoria. h0<
Etel. Manhattan; yesterday, taking the
12. 50 train for Washington.
General Miles said he received no
word from Washington relative to his
published statement and that his re-
’ port would be a verbal one. He stated
Ithat he might later visit Montauk
(Point. He said nothing to add to his
statement of yesterday. Regarding his
movements in Washington, General
Miles said:
“I shall immediately enter the ‘tread-
mill,‘ meaning my ofiicial duties. I
shall call at the war department first
and pay my respects, and then shall go
' at once to the executive mansion and
meet President McKinley."
- The Red Cross Cuban Supv‘les.
New York, Sept. 9.—Word was receiv-
ed at the Red Cross headquarters in
this city yesterday that Miss Clara
Barton would leave Tampa. yesterday
for Washington to consult with state
department ofiicials regarding the im-
position of heavy customs duties on
her relief supplies intended for He—
vana. It is likely that Miss Barton will
come to this city to meet the ofllcers of
the Red Cross after finishing her bus-
iness at Washington.
Li Hung Cllang's‘Downfull.
London, Sept. 9.—A private telegram
just received here confirms the state-
ment, made in a dispatch from Pekin,
yesterday, that Li Hung Chang has
been dismissed from the Chinese for-
eign ofilce. “But, ’ the dispatch adds,
' “it is pointed out here (at Pekin) that
this does not necessarily mean that he
has been deprived of all power.’
Cotton Mills Started Up.
Bristol. R. 1., Sept. 9.—The spinning
and carding departments of the Nam-
quitt cotton mills here started up yesy
terday and by next Monday the mills
will be run in full. The plant has been
shut down since August 3 on account
of the unsatisfactory condition of the
cotton goods market. The mills em-
‘ploy 125 hands.
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