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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

Washington, July l9.-There is yet
some dispute over the final disposition
of the Buffalo. formerly the Nictheroy.
now at Norfolk. The bureau of con-
struction has reported that to put her
in first-Class shape would cost $3.50, 900
The department refused to expend such
an amount, and for a time it was sup
posed the Buffalo would not become
cruiser. Commander Hamphill who
will command the Buffalo if she is con-
verted into a cruiser, informed the de-
partment that with a crew he could
make the repairs deemed necessary, such
as tearing out the woodwork and replac-
ing it with ironwork, and getting rid of
yellow fever germs that may be lurking
about the ship. II has been decided to
allow this, and the ship will be fitted
out with guns and sent to the war. She
has been ordered to New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

Santiago, July 19.-The residents of
the city seem to be uncertain of their
ground, moved alternately by regret
that the Spanish sovereignty has ceased
to be potential in Santiago province and
by feeling of happiness that the Ameri-
cans are here to feed them and to keep
the Cubans in leash.
AS rule the residents are we'll dressed,
the men wearing brown duck clothes
and the women being attred in light
fabrics, tastefully patterned All ap-
pear to have money and to be willing to
spend it literally for food.
Absolutely nothing is left in the city
except wine, 50 that the residents for
the present must be dependent upon the
Americans for supplies and upon the
Red Cross staff for medical attendance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

London, July 19.-The Hong Kong cor
respondent of The Daily Mail says:
United States Consul Wildman in
forms me that as the German cruiser
Irene was passing Mariveles, off Manila,
the other day, the Hugh McCullOch was
sent after her to ask her to stop. AS the
Irene refused to obey a shell was sent
across her bow and a small boat went
to discover what she was doing. The
German admiral protested and insisted
that German ships had right to enter
the harbor without being searched. a
claim which Admiral Dewey declined
to recognize.
at is reported that Admiral Won
Diederichs. who is in command of the
German squadron at Manila, inter-
viewed Captain Chichester of the Brit
ish cruiser Immortality as to what he
would do If the Germans interfered
with the bombardment Of Manila. Cap
tain Chichester replied that only Ad-
miral Dewey knew himself"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

Washington, July 19.-The prevalence
of typhoid fever is the principal subject
now engaging the attention of Camp
Alger. There are so cases at the Fort
Meyer hospital. Colonel Girard the
chief surgeon, said that the fault lay
principally with the men. If they
would observe the camp rules and drink
nothing but boiled and artesian water
there would not be much typhoid. The
Sixth Pennsylvania regiment is not
we'll located, as is the case with the
Twelfth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania
regiments.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22
NO. If.

Washington, July 1s-A state paper
that will b. historic, marking an epoch
in American history. has been issued by
direction Of President Mckinley. 1t
The full text Of the document is as fol-
lows:
To the Secretary OF War: Sir-The
capitulation OF the Spanish forces In
Santiago de Cuba and in the eastern
part of the province of Santiago. and
the occupation Of the territory by the
forces of the United States render II
necessary TO instruct the military com
mander of the United States as to the
conduct which he is to observe during
the military occupation. The first ef-
feet of the military occupation Of the
enemy's territory is the severance of
the former political relations of the in
habitants and the establishment of a
new political power. Under this changed
condition of things, the inhabitants so
long as they perform their duties, are
entitled to security in their persons and
property and in all their private rights
and relations. 1t is my desire that the
inhabitants of Cuba should be acquaint-
ed with the purpose OF the United States
to discharge TO the fullest extent its
obligations in this regard. 1t will there
fore be the duty of the commander Of
Fhe army of~occupatiOn to announce
and proclaim in the most public man.
ner that we come not to make war upon
the inhabitants of Cuba nor upon any
party or faction among them, but tC
protect them in their homes in their
employments and in their personal and
religious rights All persons who, either
by active aid or by honest submission
cooperate with the United States in it.
efforts to give effect to this beneticen
purpose will receive the reward of it,
support and protection. Our OCcupa'
ton should be as free from severity a:
/ possible.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

Key West, July 19.-Monday prize
crews brought in the Three Bellies
schooner, and the Pilgrim, a sloop,
seized July 6 near ManZanillo. They
encountered suicide and Spanish bullets
and, buffeted about by hostile winds,
drifted helplessly about in strange seas
until wen nigh hopeless of ever reach
ing shore. Both prizes We're under the
British flag, bound from Kingston for
Manzanillo with food supplies The
Bellies captain, an Englishman, jumped
overheard after a debauch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

London, July ia special dispatch
from Havana dated Monday says:
Seven American warships heavily bonn
barded ManZanillo this morning. Three
steamers of the Mendez line We're set
on fire. Several gunboats in the har-
Dor issued for the defense of the town,
but We're stranded. The result of the
bombardment is not yet known here"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

Cincinnati, July 19.-The second hos
pital train with "a sick and wounded
soldiers from Santiago has arrived at
Fort Thomas. KY, and all are reported
as doing well. Promptly on arrival the
transfer was made to the hospital. All
will recover. The following are among
the arrivals: Second Massachusetts
Arthur l.. Carey, company NJ; David
DeTour, company A; John w. Eaton.
corporal, company B; Edward Demour,
company d; F. C. Schiller, company l..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

Though the powers of the military
occupation are absolute and supreme
and Immediately operate upon the pO-
litical condition of the inhabitants. the
municipal laws of the conquered terri
tory, such as affect private rights OF
persons and property, and provide fol
the punishment of crime. are considered
as continuing in force, 50 far as they are
compatible with the new condition OF
things. until they are suspended Ol
superseded by the occupying belligerent
and in practice they are not usually
abrogated but are allowed to remain
in force. and to be administered by tn,
ordinary tribunals substantially a 5 they
We're before the occupation. This en-.
lightened practice is so far as possible
to be adhered to on the present occas-
ion. The judges and the other officials
connected with the administration of
justice may, if they accept the SUI
to administer the ordinary law of the
land, as between man and man, under
the supervision Of the American com.
mander-in chief. The native constabu.
F larry will, so far as may be practicable
4 he preserved, The freedom OF the peo
+ pie to pursue their accustomed occu
/ pations will be abridged only when il
| may be necessary to do so.
While the rule of conduct of the
( American cOmmander-in chief will b.
such as has just been defined. it will b.
his duty to adopt measures of a differ
ent kind if, unfortunately. the cours,
/ of the people should render such meas
ures Indispensable to the maintenance,
of law and order. He will then posses!
the power to replace or expel the nativ,
officials in part or altogether, to sub
/ stitute new courts of his own constitu
ton for those that now exist. or t
/ create such new or supplemental,
tribunals as may be necessary. In tn
I exercise of these high powers. the com
mander must be guided by his judgmen
and his experience and a high sense o
justice.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

The fall of Santiago was celebrated
by the citizens of Nashua with parade
and fireworks. Governor Ramsdell
made a short speech.
A French warship will be the first
foreign ship to salute the American flag
flying on Cuban soil. The French
cruiser Rigault de Genouilly has been
ordered to Santiago from Guantanamo.
There are 200 men in the hospitals at
Chickamauga. OF this number 25 have
measles. The hospital of the third di-
vision, First corps, has almost as many
patients as it will accommodate, includ-
ing number Of typhoid fever cases.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-07-22

Portsmouth, N. H., July 19.-All the
prisoners in the sick bay of the Harvard
were landed Monday afternoon and
taken to the new hospital building near
the other fever-stricken patients.
While the condition of the men in the
hospital, speaking generally, is tmprov
ing, the critical cases are still likely to
result fatally, two deaths having oc-
CURED yesterday. At $50 these bodies
were given burial with the usual honors.
orders were received allowing the
transfer of six Spanish nurses from the
stockade to the naval hospital, but as
their officers refused to vouch for their
safe return, Colonel Forney had them
returned to the stockade. The health
of all the men inside the stockade is ex-
cellent.
The Harvard took on board supplies
of water, coal and stores, while the
Massachusetts Volunteer Aid associa-
ton sent on a barge load of food and
clothing which is to be forwarded to
the men at the front.
The arrangement Of the guard and
battery at the camp now makes escape
out of the question. Captain Russell Is
quoted as saying: You cannot drive
these Spaniards outside the stockade.
They are just beginning to find out what
| life is"
The record-union., 1898-12-19
PRAISES DEWEY.
Commander Of the Chitose Had a
Chance to See His Work.

SEATTLE, Dec. 1S.-Commander l.
Mori, who is on his way to San Fran
cosci to take charge Of the new Jap
anese cruiser Chitose, says the policy of
expansion which has been adopted by
tha United States receives the most cor
dial moral support of the Japanese from
sentimental and commercial reasons.
Commander Mori places Admiral
Dewey in the same class with Admir-
ais Ito and Nelson. He is not only
great naval officer said he "but a gen.
eral and a statesman" He did not
know Admiral Dewey personally, but he
saw the result of his work, having ar
rived at Manila in command of the
cruiser Maniwa, to look out for the
japanese interests there
Commander Mori thinks a consider
able portion of the future contracts for
Warships Will be let to American firms.
One of the principal reasons of this,
aside from the superior workmanship,
will be because the United States is
nearer to the home country, so that the
vessels can be taken across the Pacific
without the long voyage through the
Suez Canal or around the Cape of Good
Hope.
The record-union., 1898-12-19

and the greater nations of the old world.
The United States is accommodating
wealth twice as fast as any other coun-
try. 1t would occasion no surprise
should 1t be reported that Russia was
seeking a loan in England or France,
and should not in the case of this re-
port that Russia may seek a loan in
America
Elbridge C. Keith, President of the
Metropolitan National Bank, said:
The idea of the United States max
ing any loan to Russia does not seem
probable, chiefly because American
financiers are not we'll enough acquaint-
ed with conditions in Russia to warrant
them in meeting such a proposition
without a good deal of caution. The
financial relations have not been close
between the two countries and the mat
ter would appear in a different light
If England or Germany or France or
Belgium, or any of the countries with
which we have a large trade should
seek to make the loan. Then, too, spe-
Gle payments in Russia is a new thing,
and there would be question as to the
stability of conditions there. But Amer
lea now has a large surplus to its cred
it. due to temporary conditions largely
in its favor. such as increased exports
and large foreign credit balances. But
this country has lots of use for its own
money in developing its own industries
and resources, and though there is much
American money abroad, it does not
seem probable that American capital
would seek investment in any large
sums in Russia"
Chauncey J. Blair, President of the
Merchants National Bank, said:
Il know nothing about conditions in
Russia or the probability Of that coun-
try trying to negotiate a Government
loan in America, but the conditions of
the money market here are such as TO
make the story credible"
The record-union., 1898-12-19

not make a speech. but in a conversa-
tional way, expressed himself. his re-
marks being nomiEally addressed to
Colonel Berner Of the Georgians,
though they were intended for the
whole. assemblage.
1T seems to me- said General Shat
ter, that a great many people have
erroneous ideas respecting our rela-
tions with the Cubans. As 1 view it.,
we have taken SPANS war upon our
selves. We shall in all probability hear
a good deal more of the insurgents -
How about elfgovernment for the
Cubans?" General Shafter was asked
'Self-government," the General re-
peated. why, those people are no
more fit for self-government than gun
powder is for hell"
In the same line General Shafter
went on to tell why the United States,
in his opinion, would be obliged to re-
main in the island for some time and
govern the territory by military force
The record-union., 1898-12-19
WHAT The GAR THINKS.
DOES NOT FIND OUR CTVILIZA-
TION VERY GOOD.
ALI Nations Trying to Seize Terri
tory and Poverty and OPP
preston Increasing.

NEW YORK, Dec. ia dispatch
to the Times from London says:
AT the great public conference held
Sunday afternoon in ST. James Hall
favoring an international ratification of
the Cars peace proposition, William
T. Stead said that though he could not
give the exact words of the Gar in a
recent interview, the substance of what
his majesty said was as follows:
Il look out over the world; I study
our civilization and do not find it very
good. 1 see nations all engaged in sez-
ing or trying to seize all territory not
yet occupied by European powers.
Il look at the results. They do not
seem to me to be good.
For the native races what does i'm
perial expansion mean? Too often OPT
um, alcohol, and all manner of foul dis
eases, a great gulf between the govern
ed and those who rule, and crushing
taxation upon the natives for the bless
ings of this civilization.
And for the nations who seize, what
does it mean? A continual increase Of
suspicion, jealousy and rivalry; the
building up of fleets and armies in or
the world, with the result that the army
and navy are swallowing UP more and
more millions that should be used for
the welfare of the people and the ,sd-
vancement of the world.
"On top are very few rich and COM
Portable Down below with an ever
increasing pressure of taxes for arma-
ments, is the great mass of poor people,
whose position is not very good. There
is an ever-increasing multitude of those
below with their breeding discomfort
ripening into socialism and developing
into all kinds Of anarchy.
mo. I do not find our civilization
good. Why do we make 1t so? We
have at the present moment arrived at
this stage that we put all our very best
manhood in the army. So much is this
the case that we cannot mobilize the
whole fabric of the social community.
"War has become so expensive that
no State can stand the strain of pro-
tracted war without having to look
bankruptcy in the face, and we are so
perfecting our modern weapons Of de-
struction that no army can go into the
field without losing SO large a proper
ton of its officers. that when the war
is over, even if that army be victorious.
the war will have inflicted irrepara BILE
loss on the country. What with dis
connection caused by mobilizing; what
with empty exchequer; what with de-
cimated ranks of leading and govern
ing men, / see nothing before any ma
ton but a terrible heritage of revolu-
tionary anarchy"
The record-union., 1898-12-19
Charged With Stealing Goods From the
Burned Stores.
Xhere Have Been Many Complaints
OF Property Being Stolen at
Fires in That Town-Transport
Scendia Arrives From Manila,
Having on Board Some of the
New York Troops-"Barney"
Murphy Appointed Bank Com
missioner.

FRESNO, Dec. 1S.-Quite a sensation
was caused here this morning when it
became known that two prominent
members Of the Fresno volunteer fire
department had been arrested, charged
with burglarizing the ruins of the
White Front stores, which were burned
last Friday night.
AT several fires recently the proprie-
tors of the burned property have COM
planned to the police that articles Of
value had been stolen. During the fire
OF Holland d Hollands grocery store,
two weeks ago, the till was tapped be-
sides several articles of value were
stolen. AT the fire of Sughira & Co S
japanese fancy goods store, a week
ago, the till was tapped, and at the
fire Of McVey's furniture store, about
two weeks ago. no small amount Of
goods We're stolen.
Last night police officers were on
watch in the alley in the rear of the
White Front stores.
About l o'clock this morning Charles
Reed, fireman, was seen emerging
from the ruins with a bundle of burned
silks, handkerchiefs, etc. The officers
gave chase, whereupon the plunder
The record-union., 1898-12-19
While Learning the Harbor at Santiago
de Cuba.
It is Hoped to Float Her OF at
High Tide-The Rock Had Been
Marked by a Buoy, but It Had
Been Carried Away-General
Woods Confirmation Occasions
Rejoicing - Havana Suburbs
Evacuated.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. 49,
While the United States cruiser Gin
cinnati was leaving port about sunset
yesterday, she ran full speed upon q
rock clearly defined in the Charts, but
not buoyed Last September General
Leonard Wood, considering that the
absence of a buoy there might lead to
some accident, anchored a small one,
the first ever placed there, but the Bes-
sic, on entering the harbor one night,
carried it away and since then there
has been no buoy to mark the location
of the rock
The Cincinnati probably is rot Sc
riously damaged as she is not making
water. For the last twenty four hours
the Government collier Southery and
the Mayfiower have been engaged in an
effort 70 pull her off. Thus far they
have been unsuccessful but it is hoped
they will have better luck tonight at
high tide. The principal risk now is
tearing a hole in the cruisers bottom
while pulling her off
Captain G. M. Chester, the cruisers
commander, insists that the landmarks
are in the wrong places and have not
been altered in any way since the
American occupation. Pilots are not
compulsory upon the entrance of war
ships but the Santiago harbor is diff
cult and a warship should invariably
take one. Hereafter a large buoy will
mark the rock upon which the Cincin-
natl struck.
1t now turns out that the man who
was shot here Friday morning by a
Cuban negro after landing from a
schooner hailing from Baracoa, was
not, as at first supposed, Celeste ROdri-
guez, the guerrilla, but a merchant
from Baracoa, who had come here to
purchase supplies. The assumption is
that the crime was committed for the
sake of robbery.
From Firmesa, a town which is Vir-
tually the property of the Jura qua Iron
Company, comes a report that the AL
calde has been attacked and stabbed
with machete and that there has been
another stabbing affray at Daiquiri.
Although these affairs are probably
mining camp rows, the authorities now
feel compelled 10 police these places,
which heretofore has been unnecessary,
owing to the fact that a majority of
the workmen were Spanish soldiers and
under military discipline.
The arrival Of the fnews that the
United States Senate had confirmed the
nomination of General Wood as a
Major General was the occasion for
universal rejoicing here. General Wood
was at Ell Moro examining the i'm
provements and got his first intinlation
when the Punta Gorda Battery fired a
Major Generals salute. The bells in
the Cathedral and churches were rung,
the civic band played for. several hours,
and in the crowded cafes and clubs
there We're toasts and cheers in honor
of the Military Governor
A round of receptions have been ar
ranged and a public banquet planned
The record-union., 1898-12-19
SUFFERING IN MONTEREY.
San Francisco Merchants Will As
sist if Necessary.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S.-The re-
ported restitution of the settlers
around Lockwood, in the southern part
Of Monterey County, has caused many
expressions Of sympathy here, and a
relief movement, will probably be start
ed. President Dohrman of the Mer-
chants Association says that if the
accounts of suffering are verified that
organization and other bodies will take
up the matter and afford aid to the
unfortunate people
H. Drummer, Cashier of the Colum bia.
Trust Company, who is familiar with
the situation, says that privation and
hunger certainly exist in the Lockwood
district, but he does not think that
more than 200 people are in need Of
immediate assistance He says that
they made the mistake of settling on
land only fit for grazing and attempt
ing to support families on 100 acres of
land.