-.—— HOW' MANILA FELL- Augustin, Say—'s—éneneral- Accepted Spanish Terms. [EXPLAINS HIS DEPADTURDI ___..._ The Capt. Glen. of the Philippines Refused‘ to Accept Responsibility for Either Capitulation 01' Resistance Under the" Circumstances. Capt. of the Kaiserin Augusta Wished to Be the First to c able News, ' 3..., 2 Rome, Sept. 18.——-The Tribune. pub- lishes an interview which its correspon- dent at Aden had with General Augus— tin, formerly governor general of the Philippines. In the course of the in- terview General Augustin recounts va- rious- events which took place during the defence of Manila, which city, he says, was without resources, without ’a sufficient forCe, without artillery. without supplies and without hope of receiving reinforCements from Admiral Camara. After the attack on July 31 by Gen- errl Greene, and that of August 2 by Gciieral Anderson. supported by the Pe unsylvania volunteers, the blockade v-ws made more stringent, and as a. re- .‘Lllt of the operations conducted by «Zeneral Merritt, further resistance be- came impossible. The committee of defence were di- vided, some being in favor of oapitu- lation, while others advised extreme re- sistance. General Augustin, who was without instructiOns, declared that he would not assume the responsibility of capitulation or» of resistance, which Would bring about the sacrifice of thou~ sands'of peaceful persons, and resigned his command to General J audenes, con- fining himself to figuring among the defenders of the town as an ordinary soldier. . The general attack on the place' was made by the Americans, the'line' of defence was broken and the c itula- tion was effected. The conditions‘im4 posed by the Spaniards were accepted by General Merritt, who entered Ma- nila at the same time that General Au- gustini left itfim board one of the boats of the, German cruiser Kaiserin Augus- ta. ,. . . . . , . , . On- this boat he found his family. Theyfhad been, rescued by Admiral Die‘d‘ric'hs, 'who ‘had previously come to an agreement-with Dewey. . ‘ f “-Generaerugustin explained the hur- ried" eparture of the. KaiseriniAugusta by the fact that the admiral desired to send the German emperor the first news of the capitulation. The Kaiserin Augusta steamed from Manila to Hong Kong in thirtyfeight hours, which was extraordinary speed. " ’ ' > - At' Hong Kong ,General Augustin and his family took passage in the Princess Heinrich for‘ Genoa. ' Just af—- ter leaving port the, steamer was over- taken by a violentmyglone, ands-fora time was in serious danger, many arti« cles of ‘baggage being lost. Senora Au- gustin fell and fractured her left wrist. General Augustin denied that his wife 'had'been a prisoner of Aguinaldo. She and the children'were 'going to Pampaye by rail. This district was occupied by insurgents. Thejfamily was protected by a regiment of‘militia commanded by Captain BlanCh. "and after many adventures reached the coast and embarkeddna native boat, which Saved them. ' ' . General Augustin arrived at Naples yesterday and left for Madrid. He has intended resuming his seat in the Sen- - ate. .“~'hoeler "o Retain Command. Washington, Sept. lav—Orders will be Issued from the war department to-day for the disposition of the five regiments of regular cavalry now at Camp Wikoff in cOmmand of Major General Whee- , ler. . "‘-..4 Three of them are to be sent to a camp hereafter to be designated with; in One hundred miles of Huntsville, Ala.; the Second regiment is to go to South Dakota to relieve the Eighth regiment, with headquarters at Fort Meade, and the Ninth is to be distrib- uted throughout Arizona and New Mexico to relieve the Seventh. The Seventh and Eighth. upon being re- lieved will join the three regiments from Montauk. Major General Wheeler will have command of the cavalry which is to form part of the army of occupation for Cuba and Porto Rico. Maria Teresa Floats ITO-day. Washington Sept. 19.—Captain Crow-- ninshield, acting secretary of the navy, has received a cable message from Commodore Watson, at Guanta- namostating that the wreckers have recovered ten‘six-inch guns from the Spanish flagship Maria Teresa and placed them on the collier' Leonidas. The commodore says it is expected the Spanish ship will be floated to-day and he will start for home 'on Tuesday. He is urgier orders to take command at the Mare Island navy yard. The reports received at the navy de- partment indicate that the big tropical hurricane which did so much damage in Barbad‘oes did not'strike near the United States naval vessels at Caima- nera, but passed to the eastward. 'Chmnpagno for Christening. Springfield, 111., Sept. 19.—-Governor Tanner has decided that the battleship Illinois shall be christened with cham- pagne, and sent a letter'to that effect to Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, Jessie Brown Hilton and Helen L. 'Wood, the com- mittee of the Women's Christian Tem- perance Union, which protested against christening the battleship with wine. Fastest Half Milo in Barns". Philadelphia, Sept.“19.'—-'At the Bel- mont track, 'v at 'Harbeth, Saturday, Star Pointer, 'in an effort to reduce his own mark of 1.59 1-4,‘broke the track record of 2.03 1-2, held by John R. Gentry. paced a mile in 1.59 3-4, and. incidentally, went the half in 57 1-4, the fastest half mile ever made by «a harness horse at either. gait. . Shoots Another Son. Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 19.—Fred Pick- nell, an Adirondack guide, while hun- ting Friday, fired at a distant object in the woods. He was horrified to find that he had killed his youngest son Philip. Izj'ast‘ year Picknell killed an- Nl'erritt ' - er. - I I I mom IAUK A PERMANENT CAMP. I I I I 'As Long as Troops Are Kept in Cuba and ‘ ., Porto Rico. ~- Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, Sept. ‘19.-—While Camp Wikoff will, within a few days, be deserted by all troops with the exception of guard details, it is still intended to maintain the camp as a permanent institution, I purpose for which it was originally es- tablished, in the' event of-‘emergcncy arising. ; ,. «2:3.- ;-~'~» ' ’ It is recognized that the necessity for such a camp will exist as long as there is occasion to keep American ' trops in Cuba and Porto Rico. In the event of yellow~ fever gaining a hold Montauk will serve as an army _ quarantine hospital, and if considera- ‘ ble ngnibersrofmtroops’ are sent home from time to time.‘in'valided from the effects of the tropical climate, Camp W ikoff will be used as a place of rest and recreation just as it was at the close of the late campaign. Extensive provisions made with this idea in view will make the camp site available at‘a few day's 'notice. All that will be necessary will be to pitch tents, for the floors will be kept ready in storage, and the extensive system of watersupply, with all the pipe lines. steam pumps and tanks, will be kept in condition for impending use. There are fair roads now running all over the camp, and the freight yard and quartermaster’s storehouse will render easy the question of supplying the troops with what stores are necessary. Near the station the engineers have constructed a permanent road by which trops can be safely taken from trans and transported into the heart of the camp. In both the general and detention hospitals commodious frame wards heated by stoves have been erected, so that the patients now remaining may be well sheltered when cold weather comes and so that the hospitals may be ready for occupation at any time of the year. Major Brown, who has been in charge of the general hospital from the first, has been directed to write a history of the camp, covering all the sanitary features in full detail. This will be submitted to the war department with- in a few days. —<".:'.‘1;‘-v'-1': 17 Dr. John '33“ Dead.‘ Néw.‘York’,'.Sept. .19‘.—The Rev. Dr. John Hall, pastor of the Fifth Ave- nue"Presbyterian church in this city,- died Saturday morning in Bangor, county Down, Ireland, in the residence of his sister.’ * ' . Dr. Hall was on ‘his annual visit ’to Europe. “Hepwas: suffering from heart trouble and: his ’health' was broken down: ”He“ had 'been' seriously ill for two days before his death._ . His'wife‘ and Sons, the Rev. “Tom” Hall, and Professor Robert Hall, were present at the‘bedside of Dr. Hall when he passed away. ' He was clue of the most. famous preachers iri' America, and his fame did not rest upon that foundation of eloquence which made the names of his contemporaries—Beecher, Phillips Brooks,--Talmage and others known from one end of the country to the oth- .~ "f‘wf‘u— ~---» ”Qt. . . He was not an orator. He had not the gifts which sway emotions .and carry hearers along. He was a man of. overpowering personality, of tremen- dous force. 'He was a deep thinker- and, a- ripe scholar: ' ‘ ‘ . For "thirty years Dr. Hall presided the beloved pastor of, a church that numbered 2,400 people. ' “' ’ ' ' Dr. Hall's fame: was won'in New York bythe. force, of his character, his good work among the members Of his congregation, his many charities and his. interest .in_ public affairs, although he't'o'ok no active part in them. ' He was a prodigious worker. W’here- as pastors of other large and rich churChes in New'York have two and three ‘assistants,'Dr. Hall 'did all the -' work connected with his church alone. No Church in America has cuntributed such large sums to missionary, educa- tional and charitable work as the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. The vol- untary Contributions averaged $200,007) a year for many years. It has long been'a social and religious center, and it includes in its membership. men of enormous influence. The aggregate wealth of the members of the'church has been estimated at $400,000,000. Dz. Hall was born in county Arm- agh, Ireland, on July 31, 1829, and had therefore passed his sixty-ninth birth- day. He was, of scotch parentage. His father, who .Was an elder in the Pres- byterian church, died when John, the eldest son, was nineteen years old. . ' After “receiving a classical education he‘entere‘d Royal college, Belfast, and I after his graduation he took the course gof the General Assembly’s Theological ‘ College. He was licensed to preach the I gospel in 1849. l Dreyfus Hiding in South America London, Sept. 19.——George R. Sims, the playwright and journalist, has long maintained that Dreyfus was lrescued from Devil’s island two years ago through the instrumentality of a. ,French syndicate organized to secure ‘ the liberation‘of prisOners in penal set- ; tlements who can pay heavily for their ' freedom. Sims now says: “The real difficulty _ the French government is in with' re- ‘ gard to Dreyfus is to find him. When , he was rescued from Dev l’s island two years ago and a’ substitute left in his place, the government officials, terrified at the outcry which would”be raised in France, accepted the substitute. Agulnuldo Claims European Backing. , Manila, Sent. 19.——A high official of Aguinaldo’s government declares that the dictator has succeeded in securing I financial backing from a European na- ; “0:1. He declines to say what nation it s. l According to his talk the insurgents ' will be prepared for any contingency, no matter what the result of the Paris peace conference may be. i ' Twa Battles in Formosa. Tacoma, Wash, Sent. 19.——Mail ad- vices from Japan state that another formidable rebellion against Japanese rule has broken out in Formosa, this time in the southern part ofthe is- land. , ’ ' Two .battles have been fought, one near Taiohu, the other near Taihoku. The tribes were defeated"by the Japa- nese "troops and the police. Many were details are not obtainable. dues-FW- " “"5? am - 'to serve the over “the! richest church in Amerifca," killed and wounded on each side, but THE'avnmin THE ARMY INVESTIGATION. 'Ihe President Will Probe the Chm gas to w: the l’o'tom. - ,. Washington, Sept. 19._—'—Evan P. Ho- well of Atlanta, Ga., who was asked by the president to serve on the commis- sion to investigate certain departments of the army in connection with the war, was at the White House Saturday an formally acCepted the appointment. In his” interview. _the president assured Mr. I‘IC-Well that it was his purpose to secure a commission which, without fear or favor, would probe to the bot- tom the charges made by newspapers and individuals involving the efficiency and integrity of officers of the army, and give the country the facts. The secretary of war had asked for an in- vestigation, and the president thought it due to all concerned that the inves- tigation be made at once by a commis~ sion in whose honesty of purpose and ability there could be no question. Under he citrcumstances, Mr. Howell assured the president that he would gladly accept the appointment, as he regarded it a duty which no citizen should evade. Mr. Howell thought that there would be no necessity‘ for the commission to leave Washington_dur- ing hte inquiry. Offices for its use would be secured in or convenient to the war deparmtent, where the official records would be a thand. The only purpose or the presiden tin securing if possible nine members of the commission is to lighten the labors of the individual members. According to his idea the work of the commission could be divided among sub commit- tees so that the larger the commission the easier would be the work for the individualmembers. If, however, the president was unable to secure the ser- vices of nine members,he would pro- ceed with seven. He expected that in any event the commission would be completed within the next few days. The men who already have accepted, or who, it. is'confidently expected, will consent to serve, are Colonel Sexton. GeneralDodge, Mr. Denby, Mr. Howell, Dr. Gilman and Dr. Keene. As to the power of the commission to compel of— ficers and others to testify as to facts within their knowledge, the president assured Mr._ Howell that if the commis- sion met with any difiiculty, which, however, he did not expect, he would know the reason why. . . ~ ‘ After a conference of half an hour with'the President Saturday, General Schofield announced that he would not serve as a member of the Commission to investigate the conduct of the war. QUARAN'HINE‘RAISED AT PONCE. No New Cases of Yellow Fever. Officers . . ,Ssilylfor Rome. San Juan, Sept. _18.-—Reports receiv- ed here'from' Ponce Ysa'y that 'no new cases ,of feverhave developed there, and the opinion’h grovVing that the ex- isting cases of sickness have been in- correctly -diagnosed. . ‘. 9- The quarantine’has therefore been raised, and Lieutenants .Elkings and Wardman, of Major General Brooke’s staff, and Lieute‘n'ant'Fielder and six cadets from the cruiser. Cincinnatl,: sailed for New York. to-day on board the British steamer'Carribee, Captain Scott, which hadt "arrived from St.‘ Thomas... I . . _ The-spanish authorities have offered to Rear Admiral Schley six thousand tonsof coal at $6 a ton. .He has sent a dispatch to' the" department at Wash- ing-tenderinstructions;:4 ._ . It is reportedthat captain, General Mattias 't‘o-d‘ay received information from Madrid, i'that two steamers had sailed for San Juan for. the purpose of embarking trbps fer Spain; ‘- " ' - 0‘ so. Hospital for Sick Covalryinen. E. A. Stevens of castle'Point,i Hobo- ken. have offered the Country Home, at Basking Ridge, asa convalescent hos: pital, where 'the""_sick' cav'alrymen brought h'omelfrom ,Porto. Rico may he rest-creditor health. _ The house, whiéh is an ideal one, was purchased by the- SteVens family for $6,000 in 1844, and is conducted un- der the auspices of the Church of the Holy Innocents in Hoboken. It is a' two-stery frame building, surrdunded by six ac'res of land. _ Preparations are now going on at the- lnome for the reception of the soldiers under the management of Mrs. Palmer Campbell. New Departure in Honey Orders. Washington, Sept. 19.—The public will greatly appreciate the convenience afforded through an order just issued by Mr. Heath, the first assistant post- master general, which authorizes post- masters to issue money orders payable at their own offices. This practice has not been heretofore"- followed, and the tion to a great number of people, who, not having accounts at a, bank, desire to follow this economical and absOlute- ly safe method in payment of bills. Gen. “'heeler rte-nominated. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 19.——At the Democratic " primaries in the Eighth eral Joseph Wheeler was unanimously renominated to serve his ninth term in Congress. A good vote was polled as a mark of the high regard in which the hero of Santiago is held at home. General Wheeler made no canvass, simply announcing ,in a letter written while he was before Santiago that he desired reelection. ' ‘Mr. Watson on the *chal Commission, Washington, Sept. 19.—-The president has appointed ex-Representative David K. Watson of Ohio 2. member of tthe commission engaged in the work of codifying the criminal and penal laws of the United States. The appointee at. one time was attorney general of Ohio. The retirement of Judge A, 0. Thompson, a member of the commis- sion, who was Saturday appointed fed- eral judge of the southern district of Ohio, made a new appointment neces- sary. ' Muslulm an/s Must Disarm. Admiral Noel, the British naval corn- mand for the disarmament of the Turo kish population.- The pascha is await- ing the- instructions of the Turkish government on the‘subjec‘t. \.. e “G A z' The Latter Territory W‘s hung a Deiwnd' 'cncy of the E'- ‘ From the foundation of Manila 1571, .up to the year 1511-}, the colony of the Philippine islands was a. denun- cy of Mexico. During that long Veriofi there was absolutely no direct inter- course between the mother country and 1121‘ far eastern colony. everything destined for the Philippines passed through Mexico until the Amer. ican colony threw off the Spanish yoke. Thenceforth, for fifty-one years, com- munication with Spain was via the Cape of Good Hope. The commercial history of the Philippines would be too long to relate here in extenso; suf- fice it to say that it is a series of strug- gles between the colonists, who sought liberty to trade freely with Mexico and China, and the Spanish king and his councillors and the trading community in Spain, who persistently determined to curtail that freedom as much as possible. The policy of the Spanish merchant class was to hold Mexico as theirexclusive market. They opposed Philippine frame with China. because this necessitated silver dollars, which they knew must come from Mexico sur- reptitiously, if the islanders were not openlyperm-itted to give goods in ex- change. The famous galleOns, which were so frequently interrupted and seized by British privateers from the days of our Queen Elizabeth onward, formed the only connection between Mexico (Acapulco) and Manila—Con- temporary Review. ~ ' '.~rni.‘-:".V l» I!) Pickles'and an Emergency. The talk turned the other day'in an eastern Maine town on good luck com-. ing out of apparent misfortune, and as an illustration a gentleman told how a. Waldo county man’s house caught” fire in'a time 'of great drought when the well was dry and there was no waterwithin half a mile. The woman of the house discovered it burning at a lively rate on the dry roof. "Help was as scarce as water. She began wring- ing her hands and saying over and over to herself “Here’s a pretty pickle! A pretty pickle!" “Pickle, Pickle,” the word uncom- sciously repeated itself,” and then she thought of a whole barrel full of pork pickle in the cellar, saved for boiling over. She darted down the cellarway and soon began deluging the roof with the brine. Everyone who has tried it knows what a complete fire extinguish- er salt water is. The effect was mag- ical, and before the supply of “pickle" was exhausted she had the fire out and the home saved. She says she never would have thought of it if that word “pickle" had not kept running in he: mlnd.——Lewi’ston (Me) Journal. ' ———-o-—-———-‘ 5‘ Set of Ware That Coot $651630. At the Saveton sale in London, a few years ago, a service of old sevresware was sold for $5,000. The genuineness of this set was proved by certificates is- suedto the owners by the French gov- eminent. But by far the most valuable service turned out at theSevre-s por- tery (in 1778),, was made for the Czar-ind. Catherine II. of Russia, and consisted of 745 pieces, which cost- $65,630. The Sevres ware, ,old or modern, is usually light, in color, and daintily dec- orated with flowers or figure subject tastefully arranged. The porcelain it- ,self, although of good texture, is infe- New York, Sept.,‘19.—‘_—Mrs.>M. SB. Stev- , ens, Mrs. C. B." Alexander and Colonel . new departure will be an aécommoda- . Congress district Saturday Major Gen- . 'Candia, Island of Crete, Sept. 19.—-' mander here, has handed to Edhem , Pasha, the Turkish governor, a, de. rior to that of the English pot-terns. ‘ Decorated pieces generally bear picto- rial panels on white ground, surround- ed by frames of gilt scrollwork. These, as well as the tableware, are quite in keeping with the national character. Although the Sevres works are still in operation, they are kept busy in copy- ing’iancient Chinese and Japanese mod- els, instead of increasing their repu- tation in the manufacture of the wares which 'm'ade them famous.——Godey’s Magazine. _._,_______ Spurgeon’s Little Strategy. While Spurgeon was still a boy preacher, he was warned about a cer- tain Virago, and told that she intended to give him a. tongue lashing. “All : right," he replied, “but,that's a game. . at which two can play." Not long af- ter, as he passed her gate one morning, she assaulted him with a flood of bil- lingsgate. He smiled and said: “Yes, , thank you, I am quite well ; I hope you are the same." Then came another burst of vituperation, pitched in a still higher key, to which he replied, still smiling: “Yes, it does look rather as if it is going to rain; I think I had better be going on." “Bless the man,” she exclaimed, “he’s as deaf as a post; : what’s the use of storming at him?" And so her ravings ceased and were never again attempted—New York Tri- bune. ——————.——__—-—-—_ ....... Be Meant Business. Father—“You’ve been calling on my daughter rather frequently of late. Are your intentions serious?” YoutJh—“Yes, indeed, I’m trying to persuade her to buy the make of wheel I'm agent for.”——Chicago Post. SPARKS OF WISDOM. The opportunity of a. lifetime seldom comes heralded by a brass band- The minister who writes out his ser- mons‘is more apt to realize their length. - This world would be a paradise if people were as good as their pictures look. , A woman's words are the milk and her meaning the cream which slowly ’ comes to the surface. The man who stays down town late in order to get a balance usually man— , ages to lose it on his way home. The w0man who is a slave to fashion should never marry a man who is .._—.. “._-_ averse to the financial encouragement“ of slavery. . A woman is always harping on her ideal man to her husband, but a man 9 seldom says a word about his ideal l women to "his wife—Chicago News. _ ”NC-“us .. ..; MEXICO AND THE mum-ewes. i J. Everybody and _ \ . BEGI ' THE YEAR: BY n FOR THE , . . AND if BOTH P APERS Sent to gnxr Ad. dress i201. . One "'_ Dollar! \ ADDRESS AL'L ORDERS ,TO GazDTTE
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