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Satisfaction at Washington.

Washington, July 1S.-The first mes
sage conveying the news of Santiago 5
formal surrender was received at the
White House shortly before II O'CLOCK
Just as the president was preparing TO
go to church About 5 o'clock in the art
noon Gen. Shafter forwarded a dispatch
that graphically related the story Oh
the day and portrayed a situation en-
tirely satisfactory from the American
point of view The first message did
not come from Shafter, but from the
vigilant signal officer who has before
shown that he was alert for vital
events. The first message was brlet,
saying only that the surrender hau
been accomplished; that the Spanish
troops marched out of the trenches, one
regiment at a time, stacking arms Tor
delivery to the American forces, ana
that the Spanish flags had been hauled
down Secretary Alger and Adjutant
General COrbin were at the war depart
ment at the time, and were soon ap-
prised of the news, but as 1t DID not
come in the usual form as report
from Gen. Shafter, the fact was not
buIIetined Secretary Alger expressed
his qualification at the elimination OF
the Santiago campaign. He had fully
expected the surrender to be fully car
ried out at o'clock, according to Gen
Skaters telegram yet it was relief
to know that the last chance for parley
and Spanish diplomacy had passed and
that our flag was flying over the city.
1T is a magnificent achievement"
said he, land, most of all, it is a tribute
to the bravery, pluck and endurance of
our American soldiers. Now that their
efforts have brought final and COM
DIete success, I believe their campaign
will be recorded as one of the most
glorious pages of our military history.
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chance of war and not so grave as
many taken during the civil strife.
What SchIey Found.


Commodore Schley's party first
steamed around the wreck of the Reina
Mercedes, which lies with her bow
pointed toward the city. She had a list
to Starboard and rested on a reef near
the foot of the Moro fleet. The cruiser
was sunk to the upper deck, on which
one six inch gun remained. One tor
pedO tube was loaded and the auxiliary
battery seemed in place. Evidently the
crew Of the Reina Mercedes left her in
a hurry. This is less to be wondered at
when it is noted that there were great
gaps in her sides, showing where two Ii
and two Is inch shells had struck her.
The sea washed through the after
cabin, which was decorated in old fash
ioned style and the wind f1uttered a red
silk curtain which could be plainly seen
over an inner door as the launch steam
ed up.
About 600 yards ahead of the Reina
Mercedes and almost in line with her
was the wreck of the Merrimac, lying
in fully six fatnOms of water, on the
very edge of the channel. Had not the
current swung the doomed ship along
side instead of athwart, the channel,
the latter would have been well block
ed. When Assistant Naval Constructor
HObson took the collier into the har-
Dor, he was hunting for a four fathom
spot and only missed it by few hun
dred yards.
At the firing station on the west side,
which Commodore Schley inspected in
person, the American party met a Span
Gus, but gloomy. Commodore Schley
was his own interpreter and advised
the officer, with the few men under his
command, to go up to the city and sur
render as quickly as possible.
When the Spanish captain was asked
to point out the route to the 6-inch bat
terry on the west hill, he said there was
none, and explained that the way to get
there was over steep, rocky and diff
cult ground. 1t was learned later that
this was not true and it was surmised
that the Spaniard was anxious to pre-
vent the Americans from seeing the
damage done by the bombardment.
Commodore Schley then said he was
determined to have glimpse of San
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Hero of the Merrimac Again
Enters the HarbOr
Of Santiago Under Different
Circumstances
MINES ARE EXPLODED.
Found to Be Not So Formidable
as Expected.
MOrrO Castle Little Damaged
by BOmbardment.

Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
Under Morro Castle, Harbor of San,
tiago de Cuba, July II, via Playa del
Este, Province of Santiago de Cuba,
July 18.-At exactly o'clock this morn
ing the Spanish flag was lowered from
the staff crowning the heights upon
which battered Morro castle spreads
half way. The lowering of this emblem
of the defunct sovereignty of Spain in
this part of the world was witnessed by
a few Spanish and American troops on
shore and by the Brooklyn, New York,
Vixen and Vesuvius, lying within a few
hundred yards of the harbOr entrance.
Almost Immediately the flag was
hauled down steam launches command
ed by Lieutenants Hobson and Palmer
entered the harbor, penetrating as far
as the firing stations O. the submarine
mines. These mines were found to be
not so formidable as expected and later
in the afternoon they were all exploded
under the supervision of the Vixen.
1t was seen that two mines had been
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Not more than 10000 men were engaged
when the most serious fighting occurred
but they pushed forward and created
condition which has brought the sur
render of % 900 men"
Later in the afternoon the official dis
patches came from Gen. Shafter, giving
in brief military fashion an unusually
clear statement from the general of the
days events. 1t was entirely satisfac-
tory from every point of view, showing
that the American army was in COM
plete control of a city that it would have
cost 5000 lives to capture by storm.
Moreover, it was very encouraging from
a medical view, in that it showed, con-
trarY to what had been expected, that
there was little sickness and scarcely
any yellow fever in Santiago, but
great deal of suffering and distress.
Talking 1t Over.
The president, after his return from
church, had a conference with Secre-
taries Alger and Long and Captain
CrOwninshield. chief of the bureau of
navigation, and a member of the naval
war board. 1t was stated after the
meeting that plans had been discussed
for an aggressive movement in which
both army and navy will take part,
against Porto Rico. Before going to
the White House, Secretary Alger had
been in conference with Gen. Brooke
for two hours. They had before them
a large number of maps of Porto Rico,
and the plans of campaign were dis
expected that Gen. Miles will go direct
from Santiago to Porto Rico, and that
Gen. Stone and Col Micheler, of his
staff, will leave from New York in a
day or two, on the ResOlute, to join the
general at Santiago. Secretary Long
would not discuss the naval programme
except to say that active preparations
are on foot for the next forward move
ment.
During the day Secretary of War Al
ger indorsed the plan of Col. Heeker
for the transportation of the Spanish
forces at Santiago back to Spain. 1t
provides for an aggregate of 1000
Spanish officers with first class cabin
accommodations and $4,000 soldiers
with third class steerage passage. The
circular says that the Spanish forces
will be delivered on board at Santiago
for transportation to Cadiz, Spain, or
such other ports as may be designated.
1t is provided that the accommodations
are to be kept up to the standard re-
quired by the United States army reg
ulations as to officers and men, in re-
gard to galleys. ventilation, etc. The
subsistence furnished is to be equal TO
the prescribed United States army ra-
tiOn, which is set forth in detail as
guide to bidders as to what they must
furnish.
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take two weeks more to get these bat
teries together and have them mount
ed. This meant delay and an order has
been given that the work be completed
this week or else that the cOlliers go
without their light batteries. The same
view is taken as to the conditions of
the ships. The fleet officers would like
to hase the ships bottoms scraped and
considerable overhauling done. But this
means delay and the disposition is to
have the cleaning and repairing done
as we'll as possible by the men on the
ships so that everything will be in read
mess by the end of the week, or soon
fheraa fer
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Yellow Fever Conditions.

The only disquieting information re
yellow fever conditions at the front,
and this dispatch was modified in an
encouraging way by Gen. Skaters Ia
ter news. 1t was a dispatch from Col.
Greenleaf, chief surgeon with the army
in Cuba, saying that 16 new cases had
appeared. While this was regarded
with some apprehension by laymen, the
surgeon generals department consider
ed the showing entirely satisfactory.
Col. Alden, acting surgeon general dur
ing the absence of Gen. Sternberg, said
a report of only 16 cases was an excep-
tiOnany good showing, as the number
must be taken relatively to the large
number of men at the front. With the
surrender accomplished. there will be
better opportunity to get the men on
high ground and keep them away from
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WATSON TO SAIL.
Ordered to Get Away For Spain
This Week.

Washington, July 18--rhe plans for
sending Commodore Watson's eastern
squadron have reached a point where
naval officers are considering the exact
day of departure and it is said that
positive orders have been given that
preparations must be brought to a
close at once with a view to having
everything in readiness by the end of
this week. Two of the golfers which
are to accompany the expedition are at
Norfolk for the purpose Of putting light
batteries nsthem. The officer in charge
of the' work, estimated that it would
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the place made an open port-the gov
ernment maintaining a strict surveil-
lance to keep supplies from getting be
yond Santiago and being furnished to
the Spaniards.
Spaniards Still Fighting.
Guantanamo Bay. July 1s.-The prob
lem of notifying the Spanish troops of
the Fourth army corps, outside of
those who composed the garrison of
Santiago de Cuba, of the surrender of
Gen. ToraPs forces is likely to cause
some trouble. The Spaniards at
Guantanamo are evidently still ignor-
ant of the surrender and the Cubans
under Gen. Parez have daily skirmishes
with the defenders of the town who
are apparently trying to break through
the lines and join the Spanish forces
at Santiago de Cuba
Gen. Miles who arrived here on the
Yale yesterday afternoon says that
Gen. Toral will send officers to the
different garrisons in the province no
tifying them of the surrender. The
Spaniards in Guantanamo can be easily
reached and they will be ordered to
come down the bay and surrender.
Those inland, however, will be more
difficult to communicate with and it
will probably be some time before all
the Spanish troops are notified.
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Japanese and Portuguese consuls and
their families, the British and French
consuIs have arrived day before yes
terday.
General Pando was never here, but
$500 men from ManZanilIO arrived on
July 8, making the total garrison here
1000.
The contact mines in the harbOr were
removed the day Admiral Cervera left,
but two chains of electric mines, one
from Estrella Point and the other from
SOcapa, are still down
The armament of the shore batteries
of Santiago consists of five brass 6-inch
Inuzzle leaders, in the MOrro fOrtifica-
tions; two 6-inch HOntOrias, from the
cruiser Reina Mercedes, and three q
centimeter mOrtars-never used-in the
Socapa upper battery; two useless 21-
centimenter moTtars, two 8-centimeter
muzzle leaders and four 8-centimeter
field pieces, in the Estrella battery;
one 57-millimeter and one 25-millimeter
Nordenfeldt and one 31-millimeter
HOtchkiSs, in the SOcapa lower battery,
and two 6-inch HOntOrias two 9-centi-
meter Krupps, and two 15-centimeter
mortars, at Punta GOrda.
Four Spanish merchant steamers,
the MOrtera, the Reina de Los Angeles,
the Thomas Brooks and the Mexico,
and the gunboat A1varado are now in
the harbOr.
The market place had been sacked by
the troops.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand refugees are
quartered at E1 Caney, 5000 at Firmeza
and 5000 at Cuabitas, FL BOniatO and
San Incente, where they have been liv-
ing for a fortnight.
lin one case 500 were crowded into one
building, which was a regular pigsty,
with horrible stencil.
They used the water from the river.
where sOiled clothing was washed and
all manner of filth is floating. The
Spanish troops will be camped two
miles out the city limits, under guard,
until their embarkatiOn takes place.
The docks are crowded by incoming
refugees in a starving condition. await
ing the arrival in the harbOr of the
Red Cross society's steamer State of
Texas, as there are no eatables to be
found in the city.
The entrance of the refugees was
quiet and peaceful, they viewing their
wrecked homes philOsOphically as the
fortune of war. Admiral SIMPSONS last
bombardment of Santiago wrecked
ffty-seven houses in the city, causing
heavy damage.
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49, - - -
American Army Leaves Cuba
For Porto Rico.
General Miles Starts With Ad-
vance Guard.
$4,000 FROM TAMPA
Will Follow as Fast as
Possible.
Two BrigadeS Are Embarking
at Charleston.
GEN. BROOKE'S ARMY
Will Follow at Once From
Chickamauga.
Shafter's Brigade to Remain at
Santiago.
viii Follow at Once From
Chickamauga.
Skaters Brigade to Remain at
Santiago.
Washington, Jolly 18.-Thc Por-
70 Rican expedition has started on
is mission to capture that island.

Washington, July 18.-General Miles
leading the Porto Rican expedition left
Siboney, Cuba, today on the Yale with
four batteries of artillery and a few
seasoned troops. Two brigades now at
Charleston are embarking today on the
transports to take them to Porto Rico.
All the force at Tampa, 1900 strong
embracing artillery will be put aboard
ships as rapidly as troops can be got
ten there and sent to reinforce our 9TH
er troops.
Gen Brooke will take the First
and Second divisions of his corps from
Chickamauga to Porto Rico. General
Brooke leaves here this afternoon for
Chickamauga to get his troops started.
1t is expected that the whole expedition
will be under way within the next four
days. 1t has been decided to retain
General Skaters brigade at Santiago
for an indefinite period.
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wEYLER BELL1GERENr.
Old "Hyena" Likely to Join the Car
lists With His Adherents.

morning says it believes that the con-
ference between the queen regent and
General Weyler means that her maies-
ty is trying by her personal influence
to dissuade the "hyena" from violently
adopting the Carlist cause and taking
his military adherents with him. The
Chronicle says:
SPANS anxiety as to Gibraltar is
quite groundless; but if she insists on
planting batteries to threaten our har-
bor and coaling station, we shall be
obliged to stop it."
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yankee Sails for Santiago.

Norfolk, Va, July 18-The auxiliary
cruiser Yankee sailed from the Nor
folk navy yard at $3.50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and passed the capes out
ward bound, two hours later. Her
destination is Santiago.
The auxiliary cruiser St Louis, re-
turning from Annapolis where she land
ed Admiral Cervera and other Spanish
prisoners, passed out of Chesapeake
bay yesterday morning. The steam
ship Buena Vista, the first Spanish
ship captured in the present war, left
Norfolk this morning for Cuba She
took about a hundred colored Iaborers.
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me. DISTINCTIONS are being removed
from the mouth of the harbor Upon
coming into the city discovered a per
feet entanglement of defenses. Fighting
as the Spaniards did the first day II
would have cost 5000 lives to have
taken it Battalions of Spanish troops
have been depOsiting arms since Gay
iiobt in the arrnory. over which I have
guards General TOral formally sur
rendered the plaza and all stores at
a m w. R SHAFTER,
= - NTainr. General.
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Donation of $4,000.

WauIzesha. Wis. has received from Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph voorhees, of New Jer-
sey, a donation of $4,000 on condition
that $50. 900 more be secured by October
/ and that O,OOO of the total sum be
set aside as an endowment, the re-
rnainder to be expended for buildings
and equipment. Prof. Walter Rankin
has received pledges of $4,000 towards
the remaining $50.000.
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JAIL BLOWN UP.
BY COnVictS in an Effort to Es-
cape.

st. Joseph. Mo, July 18.-Great ex-
element was created last night by an
explosion of dynamite in the county
jail, the act of a number of desperate
cOnvicts awaiting transfer to the pen
itentiary The rear end of the jail
was wrecked, but the prisoners escape
was prevented by citizens and officers
who hurried to the scene armed with
Guns and l1iSfOlS
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Government of Santiago.

Washington, July 1S.-Coincident
with the occupation of Santiago there
are a vast variety of questions which
are being considered by the president
and his cabinet respecting the future
political conditions which are to OBJ
tain there. There will have to be set
tied whether the government of Santi-
ago province shall be a military one
or a civil one with military powers
vested in the executive officer. or other
form of administratiO Unlike the
Philippines, which, although nominally
in our possession, are not formally so,
all questions of jurisdiction over and
administration of the occupied territory
of Santiago must be met Immediately.
Santiago itself is a city of approxi-
mately 10000 people, and in addition
there are a large number of people in
the captured territory whose interests
will have to be looked after The com
mercial side of the matter also must be
attended to promptly. Santiago being
ours, the presumption follows that the
blockade maintained by this govern
ment will be declared not to exist and
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BRYAN TO THE FRONT.
Leaves With His Regiment For
Jacksonville This After
noon.

Omaha, July 1S.-CoI. Bryan and the
Third Nebraska volunteer infantry will
start for Jacksonville this afternoon at
3 O'Clock. The regiment will go over
three roads. The colonel and his staff
leave on. the Burlington, and will reach
Chicago tomorrow.
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LIGHTS ARE OUT.

AIgiers, July 1S.-The Spanish author
tiles in the Balearic islands have extin-
guished until further orders, all the
coast lights there.
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infection. During the day a report was
received stating positively that no
cases of yellow fever existed on the
Harvard, which brought a large num-
Der of sick Spanish prisoners to Ports
mouth, N. H. This not only relieved
officials as to the condition at Ports
mouth, but also as to the Harvard, for
1t would be a severe handicap to the
navy if this crack craft had to go into
quarantine.
The navy department received word
from the officers at Annapolis as to the
arrival there of Admiral Cervera and
the other Spanish officers. Capt. COneaS,
one of the imprisoned officers, is per-
sonally known to Secretary Alger and
his military aide, Major Hopkins. Capt.
COneas was entertained at Detroit in
1898 while taking the caravels through
the Great lakes to Chicago, at which
time Gen. Alger and Major Hopkins
took a prominent part in the entertain
ment. They speak of Capt COneas in
the most complimentary terms.
Senator Cannon was at the war de-
partment when the first news was re-
ceived that the American flag had been
raised over Santiago. 1T is a most
notable episode" said he, "and one
which will be recorded in history. The
AnglO-Saxon flag is going up constant
ly, and this is but one more flag to be
raised as an emblem of civilization and
good government. The work must so
on until the Spanish flag disappears
from the western hemisphere, for it is
impossible for the stars and stripes and
the yellow flag of Spain to float togeth-
n NayU World -
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"a KILLED.

Breslau, July 18.-A dispatch from
Gleiwis, says that "a persons have been
killed by a cage accident at the Paulus
colliery near Morgenrot.
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MOROCCO STIRRED UP.

Tangier July 18.-The sultan of Mo
rocco is concentrating considerable
force in the vicinity of Ceuta and Me-
lila, in order to guard the frontier and
preserve neutrality.
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Refugees Coming Back.

Santiago de Cuba, July 1S.-Since 4
o'clock yesterday morning a stream of
refugees has been pouring into the city,
some naked, and all hungry, skeletons,
and footsore. Many had fallen by the
wayside.
The town of Santiago presents a dis
NAL sight. Most of the houses have
been sacked and all the stores have
been looted and nothing to eat can be
had for love or money. In the streets
of the city. at the intrenchments, at
the breastwOrks and at every hundred
feet or so of the barbed wire fences
were the living skeletons of Spanish
soldiers.
Among the arrivals were the German.
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