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TAKEN PEACEFUL POSSESSION.
Conquered Territory An Anna
xon Drilling cunner-.

Orr SANJuAN M PoRro RICO, Aug.
i.-The Americans have taken peaceful
possession Of the eastern portion ofthe
ISLAND. Small parties of marines have
been landed. who have lighted lamps
IN the Lighthouse al Cape san Juan
and other lighthouses along the coast.
They met with no resistance. Indeed.
AZ Cape san Juan Populations Of citi'
Gems came out To meet them.
The War ships la the Vicinity.
The war ships now in this vicinity
are the Montgomery and the Annap-
oils. the Puritan and the Amphitrite.
The two former are looking for the
transports with troops which left the
United States and have scattered all
about the island. The Annapolis
rounded up the Whitney, the Florida
and the Raleigh yesterday and they
are now at Cape san Juan.
Made "a Mistake ms To the Rendezvous.
There seems To have been a serious
mistake as to the rendez vous, for ne
two ships got to the same place, and il
will take several days to locate them
and to get them TO Ponce, where Gen
Miles is waiting.
or IA Jaun the cruiser New Or
leans alone maintains the blockade.
The city is grim and silent. but bach
OF her yellow walls there will bt
plenty of determination and hghl
when the Americans open fire.
\ Proclamatio
Capt.-Gen. Macias has issued a proc
lamation, in the course of which h,
says:
spain has not sued for peace, and ]
can drive off the American boats 10Y
as | did SIMPSONS attempt before.
NeritabIe Amason.
The daughter OF the captain-general
is helping to drill the gunners in TIL,
forts. Altogether there are $500
Spanish soldiers in the city. The
troops OF the enemy, who are retreat
ing from Ponce and the other towns
on the south coast occupied by tn,
Americans. have not yet arrived.
The German steamer Polynesia, witt
q cargo of rum, canned meats and to
bacco, tried to run the blockade yes
terday morning. but was stopped by
the New Orleans.
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COL. ROOS[V[LT'S PLEA.
The Gallant Colonel of the Rough
Riders Doesn't Want TO See
His Men Sacrificed.
NE WRITES WITHOUT MlSCING WORDS.
The Men Wiling to Face Yellow Fever as
Readily as They Paced Bullets ~ >eces-
ssry. Hut the Necessity for Their tseten-
tion In the Deadly Climate Having
Passed They should he Removed.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Aug aIlDelaved
In transmission Summoned by Maj
e Shafter, a meeting vas held here
this morning at headquarters. and in
the presence of every commanding and
medical officer ofthe Fifth army corps,
Gen. SKATER read a cable message
from Secretary Alger ordering him. at
the recommendation of ~surgeon-Gen-
eral sternbeg, to move the army into
the interior, 70 San Luis, where il is
healthier.
As a result of the conference. Gen.
Shafter will insist upon the immediate
withdrawal of the army north within
two weeks.
As an explanation Of the situation,
the following letter from Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt. commanding the First
volunteer cavalry. to Gen. shafter. was
handed by the latter to a correspon-
dent here for publication:
Maj Gen Shdner
SIR In a meeting % the general and med
ical officers. called hy you a. the palace this
morning, We were all. as you know. unanimous
in view OF what should be- done with The army.
To keep " here. in the opinion Of every onicer
commanding a division or a brigade, will sim
ply involve the destruction OF thousands
There Is no possible reason for not
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TALE OF TERRIBLE SUFFERING
and Labrador Coasts \ Further suffer
ing Predicted for the Future.

HALIFAX, n >, Aug. 6-Tht
schooner Cambridge arrived here yes
tcrday bringing "A tale of terrible
suffering on the Newfoundland anc
Labrador coasts. The party was on q
prospecting expedition, and included
DIR. Morris, whose services were re-
quired at Lewis Inlet night and day to
give relief to persons sick and dying
from starvation
Large quantities of provisions were
distributed from the vessel. The same
condition Of affairs exists all along
the coast There were 1900 persons
similarly situated and immediate re-.
lief IS necessary. The failure of the
fisheries will tend to further increase
the suffering.
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SAGASTA AND SENIOR SILVELA,
spanish Onicisls Take Counsel I'm View q
the Desperate situation Of
the Country.

MADRID. Aug. 6-ln the conference.
between senior Sagasta and Senior Sill.
vela, the latter urged that il was i'm
perative to summon the cortes for the
negotiation of a treaty OF peace.
Gen. Polavieja, who was present, de-
clined subsequently to speak Of the
conference 10 the representatives OF
the press on the ground hal his duty
as y soldier imposed secrecy upon him
but Gen. Azcarraga said that II Spain
possessed adequate ~esource the val
should be continued in order TO secure
more acceptable conditions; otherwise
peace ought TO be Immediately con
cluded.
blamed the Government Greatly.
Gen. Chinchilla. captain-general OF
Madrid. said: I'VE have "A brave and
well disciplined army. and it is ready
to 70 wherever il is sent
Later Senior Sagasta conferred with
Senior salmeron. the republican leader.
who told the premier. in the curse OF
a long conference. that he blamed the
government greatly for closing the
cortes and sitting the press
VIII Not support the Existing Oligarchy.
After the interview he said he haG
assured Senior Sagasta hat he would
reserve his opinion on the general Sit
uation until the chamber was con
voked, but that. neither directly nor
indirectly, would he support the lex
listing oligarchv, which Is the cause OF
all SPANS misfortunes.
lin the Multitude Of Counsel There H.
Wisdom"
Last evening the premier conferred
with Gen. Weyler. Marshal Primo de
Rivera Senior Gamazo, minister of
public instruction and public works
and senior Romero Giron, minister OF
the colonies.
Captured by the Americans.
An official dispatch from Porto Rico
says:
American cavalry, assisted by the
insurgents. have captured Fueneta and
Cabejas, the lighthouse station at san
Juan"
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The Philippines situation as Viewed from
nt Singapore.

LONDON. Aug. "A dispatch n the
Daily Mail from Singapore says:
president Mckinley's proposal that
government Of the Philippines is con-
sidered here as giving Spain a chance
Of recovering partial authority over
her revoltcd subjects. This state OF
thirgs, it is thought. might afford an
opening for intrigues on the part OF
foreign powers unfriendly TO America,
Great Britain and Japan. and might
prove dangerous to the cause of per.
manent peace in the Pacific"
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CAMPAIGN IN PORTO RICO.
Gen. Brooke Insug uratei n Flank Moves
ment ON Gen. Otega's Position at
Aibonito- Bet W cen Two Fires.

PoSCE, Aug. ., via ST. THOMAS. ID w.
l., Aug. 3-CDelayed in transnissi ,n).
The plan Of campaign is no fully de.
.ermined upon, but the natural strength
IF the Spanish position at Aibonito and
The character Of the defensive works
erected there necessitates "A flank move.
nent. The turning movement was in.
%Augurated to-day, when Gen. Brooke
landed 1900 men at Arroyo, 60 miles
east of here. From there he
Can strike the Military Road
leading to San Juan at Caycy, beyond
Aibonito. This will compel the span
ish commander, Gen. Otega, who has
. great reputation. to abandon his
stronghold or be caught between two
fires.
1t is possible that a second column
nay move on his LEI. flank, in which
,ase the present advance on his front
will be shown TO be only "A feint.
Dashing Reconnaissance
Gen. Stone is making "A dashing re
,onnaissancc north in the direction OF
Arecibo. lie went into Adjuntas las,
night with five men and four CORE
spondents, and to-day he brought his
command on along the Utuado road.
The road rises west ofthc Caycy range,
and is rough, but practicable for caval.
nv and infantry. Ii it is found posi-
BILE at Utuado IA light column of troops
may be pushed
Across to the North Coast
and strike In on San Juan on the lief,
flank. But il Gen. Brooke is success
full, it is probable that Gen. Otega will
find Aibonito untenable, in which case
the whole of our army, after effecting
a junction, will move on the main road
toward San Juan.
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"rotest Against Esorbitani Duty on Iron
from santiago.

W~AsnINGroN. Aug. "a Maryland
steel company has protested to the
president against the export duty fixed
ON iron ore shipped from Santiago de
Cuba. II Is stated that the tax as now
fixed IS absolutely prohibitive, and the
1000 workmen employed BY this com.
pany will have to be discharged. In
addition TO the old duty the new gov.
eminent at Santiago has fixed an ex-
port duty OF - cents a ton, which il
declarcd TO be- very onerous, the span.
ish duty heretofore imposed being ouly
five uer cent.
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Appointed second Lieutenant In Rccogni
tion of services Rendered.

WAsHIyGToS, Aug. "a commission
rs second lieutenant has been issued
by the "a department to Grant
Squires, Of New York, who. under di'
rection of Gen. Greely, as head of the
signal service, has, since early in the
war, with rare tact and capability
discharged the trying duties of federal
censorship upon all matter incoming
and outgoing at New York city. Mr..
Squires' commission bears date of Au.
gust l., and his assignment is to the
volunteer signal corps under his pres
ent chief. Gen. Greedy.
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surgeon Woods Opinion.


Gen. Ames has sent the following
cable message To Washington:
Hos CHARLES III A'LgS. ASSISTANT SEC
RkrARY or rHE NAvY; This army is incapa-
BILE. because OF sickness, from marching any
where except 70 the transports IL II l. ever
TO return TO the United States It mast do 50 AT
once
To a correspondent Gen. Ames said:
III had the power. | would put the men
on the transports at once and ship them
north without further orders. l am confident
such action would ultimately be approved 4
fun list Of the sick would mean a copy OF the
roster OF every company here.
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THE PRESIDENT IS FIRM.
No Modification of Demands on Spain
Except in Slight and Unim-
portant Respects.
spain Must Definitely Accept aud Comply
with the Conditions Laid Down lsefor.
This Government WIN Consent to En-
tertaln Amy Permanent Peace i'roposl-
lions Whatever.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4-The United
States government is now waiting To
hear again from Spain, and this time
it is expected the answer will be final.
Firmly, but courteously. the president
has declined the earnest appeal of the
French ambassador to modify the
United States demands. except in slight
and comparatively unimportant re-
spects. There is no doubt that the
peace negotiations are progressing to
the entire
satisfaction of the President
and the members OF the cabinet A
statement to that effect was made by
n high official of the ad administration,
who expressed the belief that within
a very short time there would be a
complete cessation of hostilities. The
conference Wednesday afternoon ut the
White House. in which the president.
NJ. Cambon and Secretary Day partici-
pated, was devoted almost entirely to
A Discussion of Details
which are regarded by the president as
unimportant, and hence the requests of
the French ambassador, for the most
part, will be accedcd to. One of these
was that the commission TO be APP
pointed to settle the terms of peace
and preferably in France. The presi.
dent sees no material objection 10
granting this request, and it is
said to be Practically settled
that the conferences will be held in
Paris. The Madrid government.
through NJ. Cambon, ~propounded a
Number Of questions as To the time
when Spain would be expected 10
evacuate Cuba and the territory to be
coded the United States. and as to what
provision would be made 10y the United
States
To Protect the Interests OF spanish Sub
jects.
VI. Cambon was informed upon all
Of these points, presumably to his sat
isfaction. There is one point. how
ever. which the Spanish authorities,
judging from their communication to
their representative here. fail fully to
comprehend. and Secretary Days cali
upon the ambassador "Wednesday night
was for the purpose. principally, of
Making Perfccting Clear This One Point
which was that the evacuation of Cuba.
Porto Rico, and one Of the Ladrone
Islands, TO be selected by the United
states, and the permanent cession TO
This government of all Of thesc islands
except Cuba, was made a condition pre-
,edent to all peace negotiations. and
that not until these terms had been fully
complied with would this government
consent to entertain any peace propo-
,ition whatever.
This Very Important Condition
does not, il is said. seem to be fully
somprehended by the Madrid authori.
lies. and it was with the view TO set
sing the ambassador straight upon this
point that Secretary Day made his
.all upon NJ. Cambon.
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THE GROUND ROBIN" WORKED.
The Eject of Col. Roosevelt and His Fell
low Commanders Effective. hut IL
Called Forth - Rebuke.

WAsHI>GrON, Aug. Col. Theo.
Roosevelt. of the Rough Riders. has
succeeded in hurrying the movements
of the war department in fetching
Skaters army away from Santiago.
though in his disregard of the con
ventionalities he has drawn upon his
head a rather sharp rebuke from the
secretary Of war, who evidently re-
CARDS the course pursued by Col.
Roosevelt as being calculated to injure
discipline. though inspired by the most
worthy motives. 1t is only fair to
state that the war department for some
time has been intent upon removing
these troops. and it is now more than
a week ago that Gen. Shafter was in
structed by a special cablegram to
cheer up the soldiers by publicly in
forming them of this determination.
IL was rather a question of ways nG
means than of lack OF intention 10 re.
deem this promise that caused delay.
Made No such Recommendation.
As far as the question of removing
the troops back into the mountains
was concerned tthe question which
seems to have precipitated the indigna-
tion meeting among the American
commanders at >antiagol. il is learned
hat the medical department here made
no such recommendation. All that il
had to say on this subject was that IL
the troops must remain near Santiago,
an effort should be made to remove
them at one to some healthier camp
ing grounds.
Not Immune to Yellow Fever.
Surgeon-Ieneral Sternberg agrees
thoroughly with the opinion expressed
by the signers of the Round Robin".at
Santiago that men who have suffered
from the severe malarial fevers of the
south Cuban coast. SO far from being
immune against attacks of yellow f..
yer. as has been asserted in some quar-
tiers. are actually in very much greater
danger than those who have escaped
the malaria
No Protection Against Yellow Jack.
Malarial fever, it is stated, is no
more a protection against a subsequent
attack OF yellow fever than would be- q
case Of measles against smallpox.
while the fearful debility resulting
from the malarial fever would GER
tainly tend to make the victim On espe-
cial mark for Yellow Jack.
The departments Resources.
The department Immediately gave
out a statement of its resources in the
way of transports at Santiago. and
also. as an incident. directed attention
TO the fact that the troops cannot be
withdrawn as a whole until the Span.
ish prisoners are disposed Of Other.
wise, there is no certainty that. find
ing themselves able to do SO, the
spaniards would not overpower their
captors, repossess themselves of San
tiago, and thus lose 10 the American
army the small foothold in Cuba
which il has cost so much blood and
money to secure. 1t is, however, the
expectation that all of the American
troops will have beer removed from
Santiago To the United States by the
end OF this month. and that is proba-
bly, the very best that can be lone un-
der the circumstances
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Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Yesterdays
statement Of the condition OF the treas
ury showed; Available cash balance,
S57, l25, 39I; gold reserve. slss.o7o,927.
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rSignedl y FoRp KENT.
Maior-General Volunteers. Commanding First
Division. Fifth Corps
J. C. BATES.
Malor-General Volunteers. Commanding Pro-
yislonai Division.
ADNA CHAFfEE.
Malor-General Commanding the Third Brigade
Second Division.
SANuEL :. SUMMERS.
Brigadier-eeneral Volunteers. Commanding
First Brigade Cavalry.
WILL LUDLOW,
Brigadier-Oenera Volunteers. Commanding
First Brigade. Second Division.
ApELnKRr AMKs.
Brigadier-General Volunteers
LEONARD Moop.
Brigadicr-scneral Volunteers
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Colonel. Commanding Second Cavalry Brigade
surgeon Woods opinion.
Maj. NJ. w. Wood. the chief surgeon
of the first division. said:
The army must be moved north. adding
with emphasis. ~or il Will be unable To move
itself"
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The Only Formal Note.

Up TO the middle of the afternoon it
that the Spanish answer had not been
received; that the only formal note
that had come 10 hand was n from
the Madrid cabinet to VI. Cambon ask
lug for information upon some points
that were not clear to the Spanish min
i.Anr-
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The secretary DID Not Appear to he Dis
couraged

as he made this statement, though he
admitted that no time had been set for
another conference. From this it il
gathered that the much-expected an
swer of the spanish government to the
presidents note, upon being received.
had turned out to be just as it was ex-
pected, either a counter proposition or
a request for a fuller statement in de.
tail upon some of the heads of the
presidents note.
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Cavalry Regiments Ordered to Montauh
Point.

Skaters daily health report failed to
show any Improvement in the health
conditions of the Fifth army corps, so
that it is n matter for congratulation
that the war department was able to
announce yesterday that It had ordered
five OF the cavalry regiments of that
corps to be embarked at once for the
new camp at Montauk Point, l.. 1.
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This Very Important Condition

ioes not, il is said. seem to be fully
eomprehended by the Madrid authori.
lies, and it was with the view TO set
ting the ambassador straight upon this
point that Secretary Day made his
,all upon NJ. Cambon.
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No Protection Against Yellow Jack.

Malarial fever, it is stated, is no
o a protection against a subsequent
attack OF yellow fever than would be o
case Of measles against smallpox.
while the fearful debility resulting
from the malarial fever would GER
tainly tend to make the victim III espe-
cial mark for Yellow Jack.
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70 GET Together.
Tie President and Ambassador Cam
bon Spend an Hour in Confer
ence Without Result.
MILITARY OPERATIONS TO Bs PUSHED.
Rico Even Though AN Armistics
should Be Declared The Most Conn
piete Expedition That Has Yet Left
Our shores.

WASHINGTON. Aug. AFTER IA con-
just an hodr, yesterday afternoon, be-
tween the president and VI. Cambon,
the French ambassador. the latter act
ing rs the representative of Spain,
Secretary Day emerged from the White
House and announced that the days
conference was inconclusive. where
fore the parties To il had agreed TO say
nothing publicly as 10 what had oc-
CURED.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-11
STATE NEWS.

William Jones, the Walla Walla
wheat king has bought the Gross
block, Tacoma, paying $51 600 for the
property. 1t has frontage of lis
feet on c street and 100 feet on Ninth
and is five stories in height.
While the local Great Northern
train for Blaine was switching on that
roads trestle, which covers the water
front at New Whatcom, a few days
ago, two cars loaded with flour and
one empty left the track and plunged
into the bay. A passenger coach also
jumped the track but did not entirely
clear the trestle.
Albert s. Miles, the mailcarrier, who
was injured in the coasting accident
in Spokane Monday evening. lies in a
precarious condition at the Protestant
sanitarium. 1t is not expected that
he can possibly live more than two or
three days. That he has so long
survived his serious injuries is a great
surprise TO physicians conversant with
the case.
A mass meeting of Lincoln county
Populist unanimously resolved as fol.
lows: "That We, the Populist, or
peoples party, of Lincoln county,
having met in mass meeting to de.
termine the Democratic and silver
Republican plan for q continuance
OF the fusion policy, declare it 10 be
our deliberate conviction that such an
alliance will inevitably defeat the
true purposes of Populism - free
government and happy people -
and that We will oppose such an
alliance by all honorable means.
George Taylor, of Castle Rock, had
quite an experience with a tramp last
Saturday morning. The tramp went
into the Office of the Spencer house,
the evening before, sat down by the
stove, removed his shoes from his feet,
and proceeded to dry his socks and
warm his feet. This being done, he
made the mistake of putting on a SIS
pair of gumboots that belonged to a
guest of the hotel, instead of his old
shoes. The boots were missed early
next morning, and the proprietor OF
the hotel started in search of the
stolen goods. The tramp was over
hauled a few miles above town and
persuaded to deliver up the boots, and
he went OH his way with socks only ON
his feet.
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Won't 1t Work Both Ways P

The y. y TrihuDe >ay~ that the
pir,il,itaii'lI al vote 10y Congress on
tl,r Teller Resolution j. a fatal blum
der To- the Democrats: for had hey
kept >till the usual reaction which
takes places after Presidential cleo
tjnn and the certainty that the new
tariff had no, brought IN revenue
cuujigh to meet the Government cN-
Icn>r>. might have given them the
congressional elections. The issue he
IN" =" >Iuarclv made Oh Il PARTISAN
basis. it eliminates that uncertainty
which Il profession for international
hmctalli>m involved, and the diydin"
line will hereafter he >luarclv cut be-
tween a sound currency and de-
prccatcd one
Aside from the confession OF weak
ness which this stalwart champion OF
Wall street makes, we apprehend that
the very incentive which it assumes
will prompt many Republicans to gulp
down the lump in their Threats that
has hitherto restrained them from
swallowing the golden bolus, will like
wise prompt the uneasy POpuliSt and
the somewhat uncertain Silver Rcpub.
leans from breaking loose from the
only organization that affords a glim-
mer OF hope of victory. To intensity
partisan action on one side is to unite
all the elements opposed to it on the
other. To shout the war cry and
sound the charge of battle, nerves the
enemy to resist quite as much rs it
invigoratcs the forces that make the
assault.
So we may regard the results of a
Fatal Blunder" that the Tribune sees
hanging like a pail over the Demo-
cratic party as chimera of an imagi-
nation wrought up to its highest COL
ors by the patent indications of de-
feat, admitted as probability ON a
fair estimate of the results of its
party's policy.
This expression of the Tribune is
based upon the reply of Assistant Sec
rotary Long to its correspondent, and
must therefore be taken as an Admin.
istration as we'll as Wall street view
OF the effects of clear-cut issue. Nci-
ther of these reservoirs of wisdom are,
however, in rhapport with the farming
population, who constitute the hosts
of silver, and have hesitated to bow at
the behest OF any party on matters of
such great moment to the industry
they represent. Their hesitation will
now amount to a declination to be
longer led by the nose by party that
has outlived its days of usefulness.