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WILL REMOVE MINES
Thought to 10 No Danger From Spanish
ships.

Washington, July 12.-The secretary
OF war has ordered the removal Of all
the submarine mines which protect
the hnrbOrs OF the United States
against the entry Of hostile ships.
This action was decided upon Mt to.
days Cabinet meeting. For weeks
past, In fact almost since the begin-
ming Of hostilities. the War Depart
ment has been deluged with protests
from the commercial ccnters Of the
country against the continuance OF
these mines. which operated to the
great dctriment Of commerce.. In ccr-
tain cases Influences were brought 10
bear tlat secured nn abatement Of
the rules. but this only Increased the
dissatisfaction In the localities where
they were rigidly applied.
Practically II has been impossible
for shipping TO enter or leave any OF
the hnrbots OF the United States dur
Ing the last two months between the
hours OF sunset and sunrise. The de-
cislon of the Cabinet to remove these
mines IL one OF the most signal mani
fcstntions Of supreme confidence OF
the government In the future and of
the exemption OF United States ports
from attack mt the hands OF any hos
tile power. After thoroughly consid.
ering the subject II hns been decided
by the engineers that the safest and
quickest means OF removing the mines
Is by exploding them. and orders TO
do this have been given to all Of the
United States engineer officers In
charge of hnrbor defcnses throughout
the country.
While the mines proper are TO be re-
moved. NIL the incidental attachments
necessary to their installation and OPP
Grafton will he retained. such as the
easements. anchors. the cable connec-
tlons and the switch boxes, 80 that II
II is found necessary to replace the
mines II may be done on the shortest
notice.
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SAGASTA RESIGNS.
MILITARY GOVERNMENT TO
TAKE HOLD
sp,n VIII Probably Sue for Pcace-Al.
legged Conditions Demanded by tho
United States.

Madrid, July lit is understood
that the United States makes the fol-
lowing demands us conditions Of
peace:
FIrst-The possession of Cuba and
Porto Rico, with Il port In the Cam
ries.
Second-An indemnity Of 4S,OOO,OOO
pounds about $24O,OOO,OOO.
Third-The retention of the Philip
pines as guarantee of the payment of
the indemnity.
These terms are regarded us impos-
slble.
1t Is understood that Premier Sagas-
ia has submitted to the queen regent Il
question of confidence In the Cabinet.
1t Is said that Captain General Blnn-
co has cabled to Madrid declaring that
the volunteer army In Cuba wished the
war to continue us the troops hope to
secure victories.
London. July 12.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Times. telegraphing
Monday. says:
"Senor Sagastn went to the palace
today and rendered his resignation
and that OF the Cabinet. 1t Is said that
he advised the queen regent to appoint
a new Cabinet, largely consisting OF
the military element, which would not
necessarily mean the adoption of 4
warlike policy, but probably the re-
verse.
1T is generally expected that the res
ignation will be accepted. but the re.
suit may possibly be merely n partial
reconstruction OF the Cabinet. The
ministers are now In council. and Senor
Sagastn has doubtless communicated
10 them an account of his audience
with the queen regent"
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THE SPANISH DEssRTERs
cay rhat tho Condition Of the Garrison Il
Not Desperate.

AZ General Skaters Headquarters.
I9.y ,, 10. via Port Antonio, July II.
~ n. m.-Dcscrters from the Spnn-
sn ranks this morning included n
,uon'coinmissioncd officer. He said
,a' the situation In Santiago was
,% ulu' but by no means hopeless from
,ne spanish point of view. He said
m"ops had food enough for their pres
rnt needs. were In good health and
mouId make good fight when they
were called upon. He said the men
"".c given 81 each OH Saturday, and
", ~ was the first money they had re-
el,sd , In many months they were
Mr'lng very cheerful. The water sup
pE Tor the Spanish troops IL getting
Iule bad. and the amount OF Il Is
,,tInicwhat ,t limited. although up to this
ulhe there has been no serious dis
"IsS on this account.
assertions from the ranks OF the
pniish volunteers continue. and It is
nU now sad that fully 5000 men who
agreed TO fight for Spain nre out of
wv Wv eity. A party OF 500 cavalry left
Sn mc city Sunday morning. marching
S,c .nc direction of Holguin. The
mrt,'ish mpn.s infantry have removed all
Iul oii,. articles from the trenches to fa.
nnte ,nte their movements in case the
mined upon.
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ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS.
Cable and Sullivan. Former Gold Men.
Promise to support the Party Hereafter.


Promise to support the Party Hereafter.
Springfield, ILL.,. July 12.-Thc Demo.
cratic State Convention to-day nomi-
mated the following state ticket:
State treasurer, Willard +. Dunlop.
Jacksonville.
State superintendent OF public In.
struction. Perry .. Silver Of Frccport.
Trustees OF the University Of ILL.,
nois, Jacob l.. Seller of Mt. Carmel. Nn-
Holmes Smith of Chicago.
The convention was held at the En-
position building Mt the State Fair
grounds. William Prcntiss of Chicago
was both temporary and permanent
chairman. and a. G. Bentley of Pitts
field was secretary.
The chief incident of the convention
proceedings was a bitter fight over the
appointment to the state central com.
mittcc of two men prominent as gold
Democrats In 1S96LBcn 4. Gable OF
Rock Island and Roger c. Sullivan of
the Fifth Congressional district.
The fight was carried into the con-
vcntion. where Gable was denounced
ns n traitor. but the choice OF both Ca
bic and Sullivan as committeeman was
finally ratified. II having been an
nounccd that they would hereafter sup
port the Chicago platform.
The ticket was put through without
opposition. For university trustee. ia
cob l.. Seller of Mt. Carmel was named
by the Pcpulists In the fusion arrange
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PHILIPPINE TROOPS.
General Otis Will soon start With tho
Fourth Expedition.

rOurth fxpeuitlOn.
San Francisco, July 12.-Plans ure
nearly completed for the departure of
the next two expeditions for the Phil
ippines. A slight change In the assign
ment of signal corps men has been
made, and, instead of the full COM
pany, only n detachment Of eight Of
the corps will go on the expedition to
sail next Thursday or Friday. Gem
eral Otis and staff are ready for de-
parturc. The fleet of transports to fol-
low Is expected to get away In less
than ten days. and some officers fix
the date rs early as next Monday. The
troops for these three vessels will not
be designated for two or three days.
After tomorrow the troops remain
ing at Camp Merritt will be re-brig-
AIDED, and 1t Is probable that BrlgadIer
General King will remain to 10 with
the last expedition. 1t Is thought that
Brigadier General Otis Will be In CON-
mand OF the fleet, comprising the st.
Iaul, Pennsylvania and Rio JnneIro.
These will overtake the Peru and City
OF Pueblo mt Honolulu, and after the
annexation ceremonies the five ships
Will proceed to Manila with General
Il. s. Otis In charge.
The fourth expedition to the Philip
General Otis will sail BrIgndIcr Gen
eral Hughes. chief OF stan Of the De-
partmcnt of the Pacific; Lieutenant
Colonel Barry. assistant adjutnnt gen.
eral; Major Mallory, inspector general; !;
Captain Charles Mcclure, judge advo-
cate: First Lieutenant Sladen, aide.
The remaining members OF the stnfY
VIII go to Manila next week OH the
City OF Rio md join hIw on that yes.
sci on Its arrival mt Honolulu. They
are: Captain IL. Bclford, assistant nd
jutnnt general: Captain 9. A. Dcvol,
assistant qunrtermnstcr; Captain 9 C.
Wnlcutt. assistant qunrtermaster.
General Otis expects that the steam
ers Rio JaneIrO, Pennsylvania and St.
Paul Will be ready to sail with troops
on Friday OF next week. He does not
expect to get any more troops away
until the return from Manila OF the
steamships City OF Peking. City of
Sydney and Australia. He thinks these
vessels Will be back In this port by
about August Bird.
Tho Seventh California will 20 to
Manila II present plans nre not nj
tered. The 300 men of the Sixth mr.
tillcry who Will sail on the Peru with
their guns have nearly nll Ind long
experience and many OF them are cx-
pect mnrksmen.
Ninety horses and 100 mules Will be
sent to Manila on the ship TncOmn.
They will be cared for by Veterinary
Surgeon Plummer OF the Fourth cav
airy, and detail Of thirty men.
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MAY HAVE FLED.
Thought That tho Spanish Army Has Left
santiago Quietly.


Washington. July 11.-DIspatches
from Santiago are very meager. 1t ap-
pears that the fleet threw n few shells
into the city and exploded magazine.
Before General Skaters men had done
much fighting n flag OF truce was seen
coming from the city. Further than
this little Is known.
Advices come also In cable dispatch
Is to the New York Herald saying that
part OF the Spanish army may have
evacuated the city. There nrc not n
few In the War Department who In
cline TO the opinion that General Shaf
Ter may have brought his infantry for
,hc hrst time durin: this attack active
" In play. and Is now spnring no vigor
mat VIII put the city mt once Into his
hands, and the fleeing Spaninrds also.
On Sunday General Shnftcr held n
conference with the American gcner-
aus Mt the front concerning the offer
made by the Spanish commander, Gen
.tai Toral. TO surrender Santiago. II
lhe spanish garrison were allowed to
march out with their side arms and
nave twenty miles start without moles-
,ation. General Toral agreed that II
.nls was accepted he would not destroy
.he ships In the hnrbor. the nmmun!-
uoh In the forts or the buildings In the
Ccly. The majority of the generals.
neenral Wheeler leading nrc In favor
VI VI 'he acceptance OF these terms. on
,hc ground that the Spaninrds can
nlhrch out to the westward anyhow.
anu nurn the city and destroy MI the
leaving. '''" ~
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Madrid Weyler and his followers or
the army nre only waiting for an ex-
cuse to depOrt the Queen and substi-
tute military regency.
1t has been suggested that Mr.. Sa-
EnSa may escape the penalty of sacri-
ficing what they call the honor of
Spain by carrying negotiations to u
point where 1t Is impossible for his
government to withdraw or retrnct,
and then resign and leave to his sue
cessor the duty and disgrace of max
ing the concessions demanded by tho
Yankees. Such n coup d'etat may be
rcsortcd to, but 1t will not relieve the
danger that threatens the throne. Its
seriousness is illustrated by the hasty
journey which the venerable Arch
duchess Elizabeth, the mother of the
Queen Regent, made from Madrid to
Vienna last week to beseech her
cousin, the Emperor Of Austria, to In
tervene and save the dynasty. Those
who nre best posted in Spanish affairs
believe that the only course open to
Queen Christina Is to abdicate the
regency In favor of her sister-in-lnw,
the Infanta Isabella, who Is the most
popular member of the royal family,
and may be able to sustain <he throne
during the approaching crisis. She is n
woman OF excellent abilities and noble
character, n great favOrite with the
army and common people rs well us
with the aristocracy. She understands
the Spanish character rs Christina does
not. She has shrewdness. energy and
courage. and other qualities that are
needed In the present emergency. and
the people might forgive her for sign
Ing away the colonies OF Spain. while
they would not permit foreigner like
Christina To do 90
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wouu,i. Heal Readily,

Washington. ID. c.. July 12.-Sur-
gcon General Van Reypcn of the navy
has received n report from the sur
gcons with the fleet. showing that In
the many eases of wounded. some of
them are serious, not n rise of tenn.
pcraturc or an accumulation OF pus
has appeared In any case. From n
medical standpoint this IL said to be a
marked advance from the condition.
during the Civil War. and Is attributed
to the Introduction of nntiscptic treat.
mcnt of wounds. 1t shows that no f..
yer follows the wounds. and that with
the absence of pus the wounds heal
rapidly without complications. Con.
sidcring the great number of wounds
to be treated, now and hereafter. this
Is regarded as n most satisfactory
showing.
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THE WAR LOAN.
Offers Arc More Than Five Times tho
Amount of tho Loan.


Amount of tho Loan.
Washington. July 12.-Thc subscrip.
tions TO the new war loan will close Mt
3 o'clock next Thursday afternoon. Up
to this time. both the number OF sub.
scriptions received and the aggregate
amount subscribed for far exceed all
estimates. Yesterday the number Of
subscriptions was about 21.OO0 for the
day. and the total reached the sur
prising aggregate OF 100000.
Those for $500 and under to date are
for about siNty-five million dollars. and
1t Is expected that II will approximate
scvcnty-fivc million dollars by 3
o'clock on the 18th instant. The sub
scriptions for sums exceeding $500 nj
ready aggregate 30l million dollars,
and 1t is expected that Mt the time OF
closing they will have reached AS
million dollars. making in the grand
total, including the large blanket bids.
over billion and II quarter of dol
lars. Offers for large amounts are still
coming In rapidly, two fivc-million dol
lar applications having been received
yesterday. Although the hurry of re-
cciving and scheduling the offers has
prevented the officials from making
any accurate computations. II is known
that the individual subscriptions nrc
far In excess of the whole loan, and
therefore Assistant Secretary Wander.
slip will direct that. beginning next
Thursday evening all subscriptions
from firms or corporations be imme-
diatcly returned to the scnders with
the checks which accompanied them,
This class of subscriptions alone now
aggregates about % million dollars.
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BoUNTiEs FOR SAILORS,
Over 100000 to the Men Who Deatroycd
CcrSern'a Fieet.

Washington, July 12.-SomethIng
over 100000 will be paid by this gov.
ernment ns head money" to the OIL.
GERS and sailors who destroyed Ger.
vera's fleet. This Is according to the
law which provides payment OF 500
a head for every man OH tho ships Of
the enemy when these ships are de.
stroyed. A few OF the officers will re-
ceivc pretty good fortunes.
The law governing the distribution
OF this money Is very explicit. There
nre exnct provisions for carrying Il in.
to effect. and every man according TO
his rank Will be paid In due season.
According to this law the officers md
men of SIMPSONS fleet will he entitled
to 500 for every officer and man on
board the six Spanish vessels that were
destroyed or Santiago. Records In the
Bureau OF Intelligence mt the Navy De-
pnrtmcnt show the ccomplcmcnt OF ofii-
GERS and men on these ships:
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NILES IS AT SANTIAGO
nc VIII Not. However. Relieve shnftcr In
Command.

washington. July 11.-Gcnernl Mel
s,n.' syn a. Miles, commanding the United
hue, hates army. arrived Off Santiago bay
,%iorIy riuy after noon to-day. Upon the ar
ms ,na' OF the auxiliary cruiser Yale. on
cnn., SMacll General Miles was passenger.
t,O,,''Ihuhlcntion Nv, y, was opened with Admi-
w'a W. sampson. and the two commanders
"Yte @ soon In conference.
Nnnuf'ng the early afternoon General
co," Ss landed at Playa del Este and
eo,"anunicnted eo,"a with General Shafter.
Son,nuing the American forces before
lpro prinso, by telephone. What the na-
wero ",ld result OF the two consultations
pa.,, pt is not disclosed nt the War De-
'leht, but General Miles doubtless
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On this reckoning the government
will pay the officers and men Of
SIMPSONS fleet S2O7,7OO. The figures
in Commodorc's watson's dispatch to
the Navy Department nrc slightly diff
ferent. but change the result only
tri1p
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was placed In possession of all salien,
points of the situation from the view
point Of both the navy and the army.
1t Is not expected that he will relieve
General Shafter.
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FOR ARBITRATION.
National Building Trades COun-
Gil to Take Important Action.

Kansas City, Dec. 12.-Theodore S.
Jones of Kansas City, president of the
National Building Trades council, called
the second annual convention OF that
organization to order at $3.50 o'clock this
morning at labor headquarters. All
parts of the country are represented
The convention will be in session for
about four days, and one of the most
important questions to be brought up
will be the establishment of a joint
board of arbitration, to be composed OF
master builders and members of the
building trades council, whose office
shall be the settlement by arbitration
of all disputes and grievances between
employer and empIOye. There will be
no attempt at consolidation with the
American Federation of Labor, accord
ing to the statement of General Sec
retary and Treasurer w. H. Steinbeiss
n St
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pulled in on the siding the fast mail was
upon it, and the engine of the mail
train struck the freight engine with ter
rife force. A brakeman from the
freight train had succeeded in getting
a short distance up the track and flag
ging the engineer of the fast mail, who
made every effort to reduce the speed
of his train. Had it not been for the
f1agman the mail train would have
crushed into the freight at a rate of
about so miles an hour
The collision delayed traffic over the
main line for some time. 1t also served
to keep up the unlucky record of the
fast mail.
Engine so, the Inflated locomotive
was pulling the fast mail.
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ONCE MORE
Is the Fast Mail in Collision and
Engines Smashed Up.

The fast mail train on the Santa Fe
collided with freight train at Horners,
a small station seven miles west of Flo
renee, shortly before Z o'clock yesterday
morning. The engines of both trains
were badly damaged but no one was
hurt. The engineers and firemen
jumped to the ground before the engines
came together, and in this way probably
saved themselves injury.
The collision was due to an accident
to the freight train. 1t was running
with two engines attached, and just as
it reached the siding at Horners where
it was to meet the fast mail the coup
ling of the forward engine broke, leav-
ing the second engine and the train with
the air set on the main line. Before
the air could be remedied and the train
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BRYAN RESIGNS.
Even Fitzhugh Lee Couldn't Induce
Him to GO to Cuba

Savannah, Ca, Dec. 12.-General
Keifer, who is in command of the re-
naming troops of the Seventh army
corps since General Lees departure for
Cuba, confirms the rumor of Colonel W.
J. Bryans resignation of his command.
Both General Lee and General Keifer
endeavored to induce Colonel Bryan to
go to Cuba, but were unsuccessful.
Lieutenant Colonel Vifquain of the
Third Nebraska regiment, who will sue
ceed Colonel Bryan, upon the latter's
resignation, received notice today from
the Chinese legation at Washington
that the emperor of China had con-
ferred upon him the decoration of the
Order Of the Double Dragon. in recog-
milton of his services to the Chinese
residents Of the republic of Colombia,
when he was United States consul at
Panama.
Lieutenant Colonel Vifquain is a
graduate of the Royal Military academy
of Brussels and served in the service Of
the present king of Belgium. He served
throughout the civil war in the Union
army and was breveted brigadier gen
eral by Abraham Lincoln.
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eARc1A's FUNERAL
The Body Will Be Returned to Cuba
on q Warship.

Washington, Dec. 12.-The funeral of
General Garcia, the Cuban commander,
VIII be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow at
St. Patrick's church in this city The
celebrants of the mass and the honorary
pallbearers have not yet been selected,
but will be announced later. The body
Will be placed in a. metallic casket and
deposited in vault at 1slington, pend
ing it's removal to Cuba. The date OF
removal has not yet been fixed, but this
government will place a war ship at
the disposal of the Cubans for this pur-
pose This arrangement is said to be in
accordance with the wishes of General
Garcia's family and his comrades in
arms.
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TODAY'S NOMINATIONS.
Are Made Up Largely of Promotions
in the Army.

Washington, Dec. 12.-The president
sent these nominations to the senate:
War-Regular army: Cavalry arm,
captains to be majors-Charles A. p.
Hatfield, J. B. Kerr, J. H. Dorst, Geo.
Sanderson.
First Heutenants to be captains-Les-
ter w Cornish, T. R. Rivers, John A.
Lockwood. Henry T. Allen.
Army-Second Iieutenants to be first
ieutenants, infantry-Samuel P. Lyon,
William T. Schenck.
Medical department-To be assistant
surgeons with rank of first lieutenant
Clyde S. Ford of West Virginia; James
r. Church of District of Columbia; H
NJ Ashburn of Ohio; E. A. Dean of
Tennessee; r. B. Westredge of Iowa;
T. NJ. G. Usher of Kentucky; s. L.
Steer of Pennsylvania; w. F. TRULY Of
Pennsylvania; L. P. Williamson of Mis-
souri,
Treasury-To be assistant surgeons in
the marine hospital SERVICE. w Kerr
of Ohio; Gustave NJ. COrput of Georgia:
Dana E. Robinson of Ohio
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The Man Whom Spanish Bullets
Could Not Harm
Falls a Victim to Pneumonia at
Washington.
HERO OF TWO WARS.
Had Been Fighting For Cuban
Freedom 30 Years.
His Life and Its Work End To-
gether.

Washington, Dec. 12.-GeneraI Calix-
to Garcia, the distinguished Cuban war
rior and leader, and the head of the
commission elected by the Cuban as
sembly to visit this country, died here
Sunday morning shortly after 10 o'clock
at the Hotel Raleigh, where the com
mission has its headquarters. The sud
den change from the warm climate of
Cuba, with the hardships he has there
endured, to the wintry weather of New
York and Washington, is responsible for
the pneumonia which resulted in his de-
mise. He contracted a slight cold in
New York which did not assume an
alarming stage until the early part Of
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WILL LET BRYAN OUT.
War Department Will Accept His
Resignation.

Washington. Dec. 12.-AIl doubt re-
specting the intentions of Col VIM J.
Bryan were removed by the receipt by
the war department of a telegram re-
ceived from him stating that he had
mailed his resignation of his commission
as colonel of volunteers and that it was
approved by the division and corps
commanders.
The war department of course cannot
act upon the resignation until it comes
formally to hand, but there can be no
doubt Of its acceptance. It is supposed
at the war department that the lieuten-
ant colonel of Col. Bryan's regiment will
succeed him in the colonelcy.
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is said to be particularly true of the
Chicago City railway, which is owned
for the greater part by such men as L.
z. Letter, Marshall Field and p. d.
Armour They naturally object to the
unpleasant notoriety of the present
situation which their necessary aff1lia-
stock not personally SO popular has
brought them into. Mr.. Yerkes repre-
sents the other element, and his hackers
nearly all live in the east.
The council meeting tonight promises
to be the most sensational in the his
tory of Chicago.
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WRECK OF THE GLENEIDA.
She Encountered a Hurricane When
Two Days Out.

New York, Dec 12-Captain Corning
and nine shipwrecked seamen of the
American bark Gleneida were passen-
gers per steamer Orinoco, which arriv-
ed today from Bermuda. The GIeneida
sailed from New York Nov. 25 for
Buenos Ayres with a general cargo.
When two days out she encountered a
terrific hurricane from the southeast
with tremendous seas. in which the deck
load of rOsin broke adrift, and owing to
the heavy sea carried away the fore