Evening star., 1898-07-23
THE WEEK ENDING JULY 2s, 1se

1 anu Mrs. w. STOChttt Will take pace To-
day.
| THE WEEK ENDING JULY 23, 1898.
The War With Spain.
The military expedition against Porto
| Rico was started, after some delay, Cen
| eral Miles, commanding, leaving from San
| tiago on the Yale with a body of troops
| under strong naval convoy, while other
| troops were dispatched from Tampa and
| Charleston. President Mckinley proclaim
| ed the terms Of the measures to be adopted
| for the temporary government of Santiago
| by the Americans, ordering that the Span
| ish civil officials be retained in their posi-
| tions pending a permanent governmental
| organizations; General Leonard Wood was
| named military governor; reports were re-
| ceived of friction between General Garcia
and the American commander, Garcia hav-
| ing withdrawn with his forces to the hills,
| after writing a letter to General Shafter
| reproachng him for his failure to notify
| Garcia of the terms of Santiago's surren-
! der and other alleged affronts likewise
| declaring his intention to resign his COM
mand in the Cuban army; later reports
| stated that Garcia had attacked a consid-
| cradle body Of Spanish soldiers on their
| way to Santiago to surrender and that
| after a sharp engagement the Cubans had
| been defeated Washington officials were
| much concerned in the reports of trouble
| between the Cubans and Americans. Ad-
miral Sampson reported that a naval ex-
| pedition against Nipe,, on the northern
| coast of Cuba, opposite Santiago, had been
| entirely successful the Spanish cruiser
| Jorge Juan being destroyed and the har-
Dor secured as an American base Reports
| were received of naval operations at Man
| zanillo indicative of a complete victory
| there for the American forces, several
! Spanish gunboats and transports being de-
stroyed. Admiral Dewey reported the ar
rival OF the second Ietacbnoant Of
| forcements at Manila; the troops were dis
| embarked within two miles of Manila and
an engagement. was shortly expected ;
ASuinaldo proclaimed a dictatorship and
| issued a proclamation specifying the in
| sigma to be worn by himself and members
OF his government; the German cruiser
irene ignored the first orders of an Amer
lean commander to heave to as she nassad
| into Manila bay and a shot was finally
! sent across her bows Admiral Dewey
claimed that foreign warships must submit
| at al! times to the regulations governing
| the blockaded harbor, while Admiral Died.
| erichs, commanding the German SQUADRON
| demurred to this claim: no further trouble
| ensued: 1t was understood that the Ger
| man ambassador at Washington satisfied
| the State Department thateGermny had no
Interior designs upon the Philippines or
any intention to thwart the American pur-
poses there: nevertheless the continental
press continued to echo sentiments ad-
verse to this proposition, Insisting that the
cupation or an Anglo-American protecto-
rate over the islands. Lieutenant R. =.
Hobson, the naval constructor who gained
renown by his daring act in sinking the
| collier Merrmac in Santiago harbor re-
turned to the United States and reported
to the Secretary of the Navy as to the
condition of the sunken Spanish ships After
opening bids the government awarded to the
Spanish Transatlantic Steamship Company
the contract for transporting the surren-
dered Spanish prisoners from Santiago to
SPAN, the company to carry the men
der their own flag, with an American naval
convoy. Preparations for dispatching Com
modore Watsons squadron to Spanish wa
ters for an offensive stroke were pressed
though it was reported that the start would
not De made until after the investment of
forto Rico had begun. Repeated rumors of
peace negotiations were heard but they
seemed to be without foundation 1t was
reported from Madrid that the Spanish gov
erhment proposed to court-martial General
Ioral because of the fact and terms of
| his surrender to Shafter: Captain General
Blanco issued a characteristic proclama-
uon noting the surrender of Santiago and
declaring that the Spanish army would be
eventually victorious
Foreign Affairs.
The Swiss federal council entered pro-
test against the advantages given by the
United States to France by the reciprocity
treaty, asking for the same advantages for
Swiss goods. The revolt in China con-
tinued, growing to alarming proportions.
riots occurred at Shanghai and French
rchce and marines killed and wounded
many natives. Emile Zola and M. Perre-
lot, publisher, We're convicted on their Sec
ond trial for libel and sentenced to nav a
heaVy nne and suffer a years imprison-
! ment each; M. Zola fled to Switzerland to
evade punishment. President Alfaro of
Ecuador proclaimed general amnesty to his
political enemies. The Prince of Wales
I'm
who died were Mrs. W. W. Rockhill, wife
or the American minister to Greece at
Athens and Admiral Thomas Leeke Mas
sic, known as the father Of the British
| navy.
In the District.
/ The telephone company filed its answer to
the suit brought by subscribers to test the
validity OF the new rates prescribed by the
| current appropriation law. The Brightwood
Railroad Company filed a suit to compel
the Metropolitan company to enter into
reciprocal trackage arrangements that
would give the Brightwood company access
70 the pennsylvania railroad station. The
commissioners started to select a force of
special policemen to be stationed at the
various street railway crossings in the city,
as provided for by the law affecting the
Belt railway, recently enacted, the cost of
the service to be borne by the companies
involved. The brokerage and banking firm
OF Corson & Mccartney made assign
ueHt. MAJOR tflcnarQ sylvester, the newly
appointed superintendent of police, took
charge of his office. The police detectives
were gladdened early I'm the wsek by
dispatch from Collinsville, ILL.,, stating that
! the mayor Of that place had captured
Frank Funk. wanted for the murder of
William Brooks; the grand jury immediate
ly returned an indictme ent, and representa-
tives of the legal and police departments
OF the District were sent to Collinsville,
only to find that the mayor had been mis-
! taken and the prisoner was not the miss
ing criminal. John j. Eagle, an employe
OF the Southern railway. died as a result Of
blow on the head alleged to have been
| inflicted by Samuel Bait; the latter was
Eeld for the grand jury. An unknown white
man committed suicide by shooting while
sitting on the coping around the Hancock
statue. A rabid dog DIT Mr and Mrs. VIM.
Engle and May Seamnrk, n small girl; the
patients went to thesPasteur Hospital in
Baltimore for treatment. Vim. Pascoe was
drowned in the river near Georgetown while
| bathing.
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Martha Young colored, of Louisa county