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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
NO SUCH DlEElCuLT Mailer

Madrid, July A.-6 p. m.-Delayed in
transnission-)-Th correspondent here of
the Associated Press has had an interest
ing converse ton with a person occupying
a high position in the queen regents
household whose duties bring him daily
into intimate relations with her majesty.
He said the quarrel between Spain and
the United States is much easier of ad-
justment than is generally believed. The
queen regent, he continued, naturally en-
deavored to avoid war and she also de-
sires an honora bic ending of it, She is
quite alive to the force Of public opinion
and holds strictly to the constitutional
laws Of the nation. II is an error to sup
pose that the queen regent is so much
under the pressure Of the present or any
government that she is regardless of pub
lie opinion when it is in consonance with
the true interests Of the Spanish people
The official quoted then ADDED an i'm
portant statement, saying:
1.-The present government viii not inl-
tate peace. but modified cabinet, head
ed by Senior Gamazo minister of public
instruction. will conclude the negotia-
tons and then retire, and General Pola-
vieia, with a combination including Senior
Snvela and General Campos. will reor-
ganize the country.
Everybody considers that Spain should
treat with the Americans, whose practi-
cal good sense will prevail ever spread
eagleism."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
PORTO RICO MOVEMENTS

Washington, July 25-Maior General
Brooke commanding the First army
corps, sailed today from Newport News
TO JON General Miles at Porto Rico.
The general embarked on the St T.o,is
and rs he viii proceed Immediately win
out waiting for the whole Of his com
mano, he should arrive off Porto Rico
some time Friday or Saturday The $
Louis Will be accompanied on the nm
down the coast by the 81. Paul. on which
Will be the headquarters of Genera s
Haines The remainder of the troons in,
Chickamauga VIII be embarked AZ 4amn-
ton Roads as rapidly as possible and il
IS expected that the last Of them VIII
be aboard ship by Wednesday.
The reported boarding Of German
ettamer of san Juan. Porto Rico bv a
launch from an American naval vessel
was taken az the war department 70 con-
firm its belief that General Miles had ar
rived there. II was recalled. however.
thai some Of the vessels OF the auxi-sar,-
feet had been blochadlng san Juan. and
1t might be that il was a launch from
one OF these vessels instead Of from Miles
feet that was seen by the German YES
SCI However. the department. had no
msunr Of doubt that Nils was of Porto
Rico. and as all the details OF the exne-
dition were moving with precision there
was every reason 70 believe that the
troops would all be ashore by the end OF
the week.
Colonel Hecker. who is directly in
charge Of the transportation arrange
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ments here. returned to Washington from
Fortress Monroe, entirely satisfied with
the progress biting made there in The en-
barkation of General Brookes' command.
The war department today set az rest
rumors about the removal of Camp Alger.
There will be no change. This determine
ton was reached after a conference of
officials who had the matter under con-
sheraton Surgeon General Sternberg
had made no recommendation regarding
Camp Alger, and other officers did not
think there was any possibility Of re-
moving the camp under the present con-
ditions.
The Fifth United States cavalry has
been ordered from Tampa. to Porto Rico.
The war department has decided to send
thu First Florida. Second Georgia and
Fifth Maryland regiments. now at Tampa,
to Porto Rico.
Batteries A and of Pennsylvania, now
at Newport News, have been ordered 70
Porto Rico There was some doubt about
the destination of these batteries and 1t
was not until today that the decision was
reached TO send them 20 join General
Miles, where they VIII be used in the at
tack upon the defenses of Porto Rico.
Newport News, Va, July 25.-The troops
which arrived here yesterday were fol-
lowed in the early hours of today by the
Fourth Ohio regiment, which came in
three trains. The First battalion Of the
Fourth Pennsylvania regiment came in at
9 o'clock and the Second battalion at
l O'Clock There were then 400 troops in
camp in the suburbs of this city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
SKATER AND GARCIA

Washington, July 25-Nothing had come
today from General Shafter to the war
department, either in the shape of a ca
blegram or a mailed report. containing
any reference to the correspondence sup
posed to have passed between himself and
General Garcia. The officials have no
doubt that General Shafter wrote a reply
to the Garcia letter, but they still refuse
TO believe that Garcia either wrote or
knew of the initial letter which was said
to have been addressed by him to General
Shafter. One point which seems to afford
some basis for this disbelief is General
Skaters statement that ne invited Cen
eral Garcia to be present at the cere-
monies attending the raising of the Amer
lean flag over Santiago 1t is hardly con-
ceivable that General Garcia therefore
should have made such a statement as
that attributed to him in the alleged
letter. directly at variance as it is with
the facts as reported by Shafter.
While regretting the friction that ex-
lists at Santiago between the Cubans and
the American forces, our government can
see no cause at this moment for a modif-
the matter of the government of the
city. AS one Of the ablest legal advisers
of the administration has stated IT:
Civil government in a town like San
tiago can exist only IN time of peace. In
war time the military arm must be su-
preme and until peace is attained the
only form of government that can be
erected and maintained over the city &C.
cupied by an army is a military govern
ment. To attempt to be guided by any
other rule would be to invite anarchy
and would lead 10 notable excuses.
1t is not intended By this statement to
reflect upon the character Of he CIbans
or their ability for self-gOyernment. but
this rule would and should be applied in
any conquered territory. II could not be
conceded for a moment that the United
States forces should 60 on capturing
communities in Cuba and then turning
them over while war existed. to an ele-
ment that had been parties themselves
TO the c2Dtlire''
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
QUEEN lMPLORES PEACE

Paris, July 25.-A special dispatch from
Madrid gives the following account of
the queen regents daily life during the
present crisis:
Poor queen" This is the exclamation
SO often heard of late, day after day as
matters grow worse and worse as the
Spanish disasters repeat themselves and
as the throne Of the little king seems Slip
ping from her hands, into which it was
given in trust. I see her majesty looking
csreworn and anxious. Even her drives
are becoming fewer and fewer. Ii would
surely appeal to any mother in the world
were she TO see the way this queen moth
er each day seems TO cling closer and
closer TO her boy. as though to shield
him from the dangers closing about him
with almost fatal force. 1t is very touch
ing to witness it. Her worst enemies rec
ognize in the queen personal qualities
worthy OF the highest admra ton The
queen used every means at her disposal
70 prevent war. Her great hope lay in
Senior Moret (Senor Moret Y Prendergast.
the former minister of the colonies). and
he would have carried his point but for
Senior Gullon (the former minister for for
eign affairs. Today. and ever since the
war began the greatest occupation of the
queen is to ind the quickest way for its
termination. At many of the councils Of
late held a the palace tho queen has
burst into tears. begging and urging her
minister to seek for a solution for the
terms OF peace, which they seem incapa-
bic Of Undertaking. peace, which the
queen. with common sense. sees to be Of
ministers keep postpoetaoinshrdnupn
such vital Importance and which her
ministers keep postponing with the word
SO fatal to Spain-Manana tomorrow.
The queen has taken every chance Of
fered in the council of putting in a word
Tor peace, and little by little she has final
ly managed to bring the cabinet to her
view and to thoughts of peace"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
INTERNAL DISORDERS

Paris, July 25-Private letters received
here from Madrid under date of July %
say that the internal disorders in the
Spanish provinces continue
Some demonsua tons have taken place
at Ora NADIA, supposed to be due to the on
position manifested toward the octroi tax
and local disputes, but in view of the
rigorous censorship on all questions of
public order it is difficult to ascertain the
facts
At Gargaria. in the province Of BARGE
Iona, mob recently fired on the gen d.
armes, and an armed band. said to have
been composed Of jailbirds has appeared
at Banoe and Valdorres. Thus far tho ef-
forts Of the authorities to capture them
have been futile.
Great precautions have been taken at
open air theatres in the Buen Retro gar
dens in Madrid. owing to an expected
demonstration in favor Of General Wev-
Ter who was present, but nothing devel-
oped.
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N LEAGUE N|IHGARC|A
Certain Newspaper Cores
pondents Still Roaring.
CUBA LIBRE Is WARNED
To Let Up on Bushwhacking--
BuriaIs on the Field.

New York. July 25.-Dispatches to the
World from Santiago say:
The Cuban insurgents. encouraged by
the correspondents Of a sensational New
York newspaper, are retarding the work
of Military Governor Wood in restoring
order in the city. They are stu dis
gruntled because the town was not de-
Hvered over to them.
The Spaniards are accepting the change
of government in Santiago with good
grace.
The insurgent forces have lett the
American camp and gone twenty miles
into the interior. They have been warn
ed, under the threat of extreme penalty,
not to modest Spanish residents or re-
turn TO the old system of brigandase.
There were fifty funerals here yester-
day of refugees who died as the result OF
scarcity of food at FL Caney.
Santiago is still short of food The
streets are full Of beggars. The house
holders have been ordered TO clean their
houses. A big sanitary force is at work.
There IS great need among the Ameri-
cans of lemons and preserved acid fruits.
The Spanish company having the con-
tract for the deporta ton of SPANS sur
rendered troops has notified them by ca
bic to be ready to start next week.
The American heroes during the heat
of the fighting, compelled to force every
step of their way, were buried where they
fell, with the scant CEREMONY of war.
Near the Quasina blockhOuse. which the
regulars storTned and took some days
previous to the battle of San Juan, TWEEN
ty-five are buried in one grave. Chaplain
Vandiwater, of the Seventy-first New
York, said the burial service twenty-five
times in one day.
T ne bodies of Captain Capron and Ser
geant Hamilton Fish were buried here.
Both were taken home on the steamer
Hudson which started Thursday, by Mich
olas Fish, father of the dead sergeant
AT the last ford before San Juan hill,
it is estimated that forty Of our men
were buried in trenches Twenty lie in
the trenches at the foot of the hill al
Ell Caney.
Owing to the necessity Of feeding the
starving, caring for the wounded and es-
ia blfshing an orderly government in the
men buried in the jungles has been i'm
possible. Ultimately, however, they will
be given a proper burial. Only the bodies
of the officers will be sent home. Collins
will be provided for the men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
IMMUNE REGIMENTS

New Orleans. July 25.--olonel Duncan
Ho6d's regiment Of immunes who have
been in camp at Cov!nSton for several
weeks, arrived here today. Colonel RIch's
immunes from Texas arrived sunday.
Both these regiments viii be taken 70
Santiago by the big transport Berlin. now
taking on stores for the expedition Gen
erai Shafter IS very anxious 70 have these
two regiment sreach him As soon as pos
s.bls 70 DO garrison dlry At SautisEo.
The opinion was expressed today that the
Berlin viii not gst away before Wedues-
day Or Thursday. The haram0crs nat
are 70 be swung between decks and whlct.
ar to be occupied by the troops 81 the
trip. have not yee arrived ard thar alb
sence is likely to cause s'srus delay OiE
srwiss the troops are ~ssl equipped
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
SAMPSON REPORTS TOMORROW

Washington, July 25.-The official re-
ports concerning naval operations off the
east coast of Cuba, eliminating in the de-
struction of Admiral Cervera's fleet, Will
be made public by the navy department
tomorrow afternoon for publication in the
newspapers of Wednesday morning.
A statement TO this effect was made
by Secretary Long today. The delay in
giving them out is said to be due 10 the
fact that they cannot be copitd before to-
morrow afternoon.
There are several reports. and they in
clude nearly a complete history of naval
operations around and about Santiago.
The principal report is made by Acting
Admiral Sampson as commandments
Of the naval forces in Cuban waters. and
it IS accompanied by the reports made TO
him by Commodore Schley, who was on
the Brooklyn. in active command of the
fleet which destroyed the Spanish fleet;
by Captain Evans, commanding the bat
tleShip Iowa; by Captain Clark, command
ing the battleship Ortgon. and Captain
Taylor, commanding the battIeship In
diana. The reports OF Captain Philip.
commanding the battleship Texas. and
Commander Wainwright. of the auxiliary
cruiser Gloucester which vessels took a
prominent part in the chase and destruc-
ton of the Spanish vessels. VIII be with
held for publication at a subsequent date.
Secretary Long said that in view of the
decision TO give the reports out in fun
tomorrow evening. he did not feel at
liberty at this time 10 disclose even the
general character of the contents. In
response TO a direct inquiry he did say.
however. that Admiral SIMPSONS report
was 4 plain statement Of the facts con-
nected with the destruction OF the Span
ISL fleet. and showed conc,usiveIy that
there was no friction by the officers in
connection with it,
The officials Of the navy department de-
cline 10 say anything about how the re-
ports came to the department. further
than 10 rejterate their former statement
that they were not brought n Washing
on by Naval Constructor Hobson. The
supposition IS that they we're brought 10
New York on the auxiliary cruiser =
Paul ard sent from New York 70 Wash
jrgtoa by mail
LUce-ne. Switzerland. July 25-Don Car
los. pretender 10 the Spanish throne. has
arrived here with his wife and aide-de-
camp.
CASToRrA.
Bear. tha he Saa I:l E... A..Ls Ba9sh4
s', a &MAzNsx
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
HnRS0N BACK I'M NEW YORK

New YORK July A-ILeutenant Itic1-
moud P. Heoson returned % me city to
day after the second visit 70 washington
since his landing from ;hs s. Paul here
on Friday morning. Whll5 IN Washing
ton ne again conferred S1in Secretary
Long concerning the saving % ne CTts-
too<al Cosoa- Upon lis retarn 20 this CITY
he went % the ofssce = ne Merritt *
Chapman w-recking and nerTlcx company
20 complete The preparations fO- T.ghtlzs
An6 p-ssS<Esng he Coaoa-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-26
MORE Talk OF PEACE
This Time, That Madrid Has
Framed a Message
PROPOSING AN ARMISTICE
Queen Said to Be ImpIoring
the Cabinet.
PROPOSING AN ARMISTICE

London, July 25.-It is announced in a
special dispatch from Madrid, published
here this afternoon, that the Spanish gov
eminent has drawn up message, ad-
dressed 10 the government at Washing
ton, proposing an armistice for the pur-
pose Of discussing the terms upon which
peace may be restored.
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TO SEE PRISONERS OFF

sandgsky. o. July 2s.-Ileatsnznt 8 2
Massey. L : A. u fhlz city. who was
placed on the ret5red list a few years ago
or account q falling health. sailed from
New York today for ss-';ssgo on fas o.
vst;s on an important nntzaaca- re aas
ben Appointed agent ~ tse Vzr dsgars-
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the prisoners q var rs0sn-Iy ssrrens5 sssa
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-29
Some Lig1| on Ils ONO SeD1|OIi0!
Bribery Scandal.
OTIS SAYS A BRIBE VAS OFFERED HIN
Campbell 7Ind IL PockctfuI of MONEY.
But Said HIc Diu Not believe Innu-
ma Had Amy thing 10 do with It-Mc
Ainlcy Anxious About tho Rc~
suIt.
Columbus, O., Jan. 2S, 1898.

columbus, o., Jan. 2S, 1898.
The two star witnesses in the al
legged Senatorial bribery investigation
We're examined by the Senate investi-
eating committee to-day. They are
Representative J. c. Otis. Of Hamilton
county, who claims TO have been
olered bribe 10 vote for Senator
Hanna. and Thomas c. Campbell, :,,-
torney, who acted as the legal rep
resentat:ve OF Otis. There was moth
ing in the testimony of either wit
ness to even indicate that Senator
Hanna, Major Dick or Major Ra,b
Done had any connection with General
Boyce. through whom, it is claimed,
the alleged negotiations were con-
Quoted. In fact, Attorney Campbcll.
who came all the way from New YorI,
TO testify, took occasion to say he did
not believe Senator Hanna was inter-
ested in or knew Boyce.
Moreover Boycc himself had dccIar-
ed TO Campbell that he did not know
Mr.. Hanna, and that If his personal
wishes were consulted he would pre-
Ter to see him defeated He claimed
that he repre- scented j. Peirpont Nor
gam OF New York. Campbell! pro-
duced roll OF bills in denominations
OF Sloo and $50. aggregating $l,75o,
which he claimed l3oyce had paid to
MIN during the negotiations Camp
bell said If Boyce returned to lIamil-
ton county he would be glad to re-
turn the money, otherwise he would
use part Of ii in pushing n suit fol
damages against Il Columbus paper.
Nr. Otis also testified that Boyce
told him that President Mckinley wac;
deSirous Ia see Senator Hanna elect CT,
and intimatcd that IL he tDtis) voted
for him he would be taken care of.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-29
RECIPROCITY xEGor1ArroYs.
treaty Hefng Arranged Wtih spnin
and bn-Concenfrnti0no OF apnn.
ish Fleet Not Alarming.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Thc State Dc
pa"tment has received from Consul
General Lee confirmation of the killing
of A!angueren. The cublegram gave no
details.
The reported concentration of the
Spanish naval fleet al Cadiz is viewed
with unconcern in Official circles here,
though rs yet there has been no official
confirmation OF the reported order for
the rendezvous. il is not believed that
the fleet Is to be ordered TO Cuba in lis
entirety. 1t would he atdken of unlim-
tied confidence on the part OF the Span
iSh Government in the continued neu-
trality of other nations to deprive the
Spanish home ports of the protection of
the fleet.
Dispatches from Madrid, stating that
negotiations between the United States
and Spain urc along toward compile
ton not only as to reciprocity but also
peace and the end of the Cuban
troubles, canrO: be confirmed In official
quarters, so far as they relate to peace
negotiations.
Respecting the negotiation of recipro-
city treaties between the United States
on one side and Spain and Cuba and
perhaps Itorto Rico on the other, |, is
officially admitted at the State Depart
mcnt ihat such neGOtiat tons are under
way. They have no; progressed very
far. however for the reason that an ex-
pert commission is required 10 deal with
the intriclcies of the tariff schedules,
which are especially complex IN the case
of The Spanish tariff with its three sets
of schedules. each playing particular
part. AS heretofore stated, the basis
for the treaties will be found in the
reciprocity treaties with Spain. Cuba
and Porto Rico, drawn under the Nc
Kinley Act and nulifcd by the Wilson
Act, though changed business condi-
tons will be taken into account in max
ing the new arrangements. The nego-
tiations were initiated al the instance
of our Government. Minister Wuodford
inviting the Spanish Government to
enter Into such negotiations, in that
respect carrying OUT instructions that
were sent t oevery United States repre-
sentative abroad
The Cuban tobacco which has been
for so long held in Havana is now COM
ing to the United States in large ullan-
titles. General Lee has informed the
State Department tha: ny he steamer
Oliver has been shipped siXty-six bales
of filler tobacco for Tampa, while the
steamer SegurHnca carried 2.426 bales
of the same to New York. 12i bales to
New Haven and SO bales TO Baltimore.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-29
RACE TnoUBIEIs ARKANSAS.
Several Negroes Killed by Whit, A.
Negroes Advised 10 Arm and Pros
tcCt Z hcItSrIyps

Little Rock, Ark. Jan. 2S-T:ouble
between blacks and whites in LonOkc
county IL apprehcnded.
In the town of Lonlke several negroes;
have been killed by whites and Others
nave been driven away. Notices bear
ing date Of January 23 have been tackled
on the doors of nearly every negro cabin
i'll town. and OH many cabins in ';he sur
founding country, ordering every negro
in Lonoke county to leave Lonoke in
thirty days and never come back,
threatening to kill those who remain.
The notices are not signed, but are
adorned with a skull and crCss bones
Notices have also been posted on the
doors OF negro school houses, warning
the teachers to close the schools and
leave. Many of the negroes have taken
thei: families and moved out OF the
county. But a large number have
avowcd their purpose Of remaining.
One prominent colored man, in an
open letter TO his race, advised the COL
ored men of Lonoke to supply them
selves with arms and be prepared to
project themselves. when the negroes
of lonoke county kill about twenty five
of these lawless white men," said he,
the outrages against the negro race
will stop and not until then"
a white man of Lonoke recently shot
and killed negro, and was promptly
acquitted by n justice of the peace.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-29
FISET TIME EMPECrrD.
SDnninh Nmvnt Officers Expect 10 He
Treated Royalty In This Country.

Madrid, Jan. 2S.-A semi-ofticial note
just Issued, In relation 10 the visit of
the United States battleship Maine to
Cuba, says:
This ncccssitateS Captain General
B!anco sending bartleship, az well as
the cIuiHr ViZcaya, to visit American
ports. The visit will be made the oc-
casion for festivities in honor of the
Spanish sailors and the different naval
commanders will exchange visits. The
forthcoming festivities are regarded
here, as well as in Washington, as a
pacific demonstration calculated to be
satisfactory 10 both countries"
The Heraido says that besides the
active squadron which will shortly leave
Cadiz fleet Of four torpedo and five
torpedo boat destroyers will be sent to
guard the coasts OF Cuba.
King Alfonso. the Queen Regent, the
Cabinet. members of the diplomatic
corps and all the municipal authorities
attended te deum at the Church of
San Fran to-day in celebration of the
pacification of the Philippines. The
church was splendidly decorated with
regimental flags.