The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
Spanish War Minister Cables
General Macias
To Surrender Porto Rico on
TOraI's Terms.
TO AVOID BLOODSHED.
FutiIity OF Further Resistance
is Recognized.
Macias Was Prepared For a
Hard Fight.

New York, Aug. "a dispatch to the
Herald from Madrid says:
The government has given orders that
the minister of war shall not force re-
sistance in Porto Rico to the utmost
This is at the instigation of Premier
Sagasta, who deplores any unnecessary
loss of life, knowing that Porto Rico
will inevitably fail into the hands of
the Americans.
Captain General Macias has been in
strueted to obtain terms like those OBJ
tanned by General TOral or better, so
as to save Spanish honor as much as
possible.
Eastern End is Ours.
Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
On Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat off San Juan de Porto Rico,
via st. Thomas, D. W. L, Aug. 6.-The
Americans have taken peaceful posses
sion of the eastern portion Of the island.
Small parties of marines have been
landed, who have lighted lamps in the
lighthouse at Cape San Juan and other
lighthouses along the coast. They met
with no resistance. Indeed at Cape San
Juan deputations of citizens came out
to meet them.
The warships now in this vicinity are
the Montgomery, Annapolis, the Puri-
tan and the Amphitrite. The two former
are looking for the troop transports
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 at Cape San Juan.
There seems to have been a serious
mistake as to the rendezvous, for no
two ships got to the same place, and
1t will take several days to locate them
and get them to Ponce, where Gen
Miles is waiting.
on San Juan the cruiser New Or
leans alone maintains the blockade The
city is grim and silent, but back of
her yellow walls there will be plenty of
determination and fight when the Amer
leans open fire.
Captain General Nacias has issued
proclamation, in the course Of which he
says:
''Spafn has not sued for peace, and I
can drive off the American boats now
as I did SIMPSONS attempt before
A daughter of the captain general is
helping to drill the gunnerS in the forts
Altogether there are 6, 500 Spanish reg
ulars in the city. The troops of the en-
eny who are retreating from Ponce and
the other towns on the south coast Oc-
cupied by the Americans have not yet
arrived. The German steamer Poly
nesia, with a cargo of rum, canned
meats and tobacco, tried to run the
blockade this morning, but was stopped
by the New Orleans.
More Troops Arriving.
Ponce, Porto Rico, via St Thomas
D. w. I, Aug. 6.-MaJor General Miles
is proceeding entirely without regard to
peace negotiations. Krag JOrgenSenS
are being issued. The Second and Third
Wisconsin are moving up to the Six
teenth Pennsylvania Col. Hulings has
captured five thousand pounds of rice
Thus far the enemy has not mOIested
him.
Major General Brooke's landing at
Arroyo is successful The troops from
the ROumanian, four batteries of the
Twenty-seventh Indiana, the First Mis-
souri,, the First Pennsylvania and the
Fifth Illinois are disembarking there.
The Morgan troop of the Fifth cavalry
and the Mississippi commissaries have
arrived here.
Lieutenant Hunter of the artillery,
was slightly wounded by one of our
picl1ets last night. Captain Edgar HUI
bert who died of typhoid fever, has been
buried with military hOnOrs.
General Roy Stone is repairing the
road to Arecibo, but a movement there
is iu1DrOba BILE,