Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-07-13

Report In Circulation THAT the u.n>s
states Was Sounded In the Interest. OF
reaes-coadisies At santiago


WASHINGTON. July .. There was q
continuation Of peace talk Friday and
other evidences in this line than those
OF Thursday are coming To the SUR.
face. Such. for instance. was the con.
hrmation by the state department OF
the report that the Csdiz ficct was re.
turning TO Spain. since IL il scarcely
conceivable that the spanish govern.
ment would doom this last remnant OF
their feet TO destruction at the hand.
OF Watson's squadron. which in all
probability could head IL off before n
reached Cadiz. It's homo port. There.
fore. the assumption Is that the Spanish
government calculates that al least an
armisticc precedent To peace will be
obtained before the ships reach Soain
An unusually definite report was i'm
circulation that the United states had
been sounded in the interest of peace
by the British ambassador. but when
~ was brought 70 SIR Julian Pannce.
totes attention he authorized an eN.
plicit denial aud said he had not com.
municated with the government in
any way regarding the termination of
the war
Conditions at Satingo also arc re-
gardcd as favorable just now accord
ing to Cen. Skaters dispatch received
during the forenoon. Nothing moro
came from him during the day. but tho
impression prevails that the spanish
arc In n desperate plight within tho
lines OF the city, and Gen. Shafter's
action In allowing Linarcs To COM
municate freely with Madrid il an inn
plication that there Is at least n r.n.
sonable hope that the Spanish general
contemplatcs surrender
However that may bc every prcpara-
ton is making for great engage.
ment, the final one at santiago IL IL
hoped, which may begin even as enrlv
as Saturday IL Skaters reinforcements
are on hand. The department has not
heard SO far OF the arrival OF these
soldiers but believes they have reached
shaftcr. The greatest difficulty Tint
has been encountered Is In the land
ing OF troops aud supplies.
This being the hurricane season.
and the wind setting straight on the
southern coast the masters of tho
the transports have become alarmed
aud taken their ships many miles out
10 sea nccessitating long Journeys by
The ships boats, which make their
landings through the surf with the
greatest difficulty and danger. So
slow and tedious has been the service
under these conditions that Secretary
Alger has order Gen. Shaftcr 10 seize
the transports. one and ali. and
place them AS near the coast
rs he chooses without regard To
the fears of their masters. Ten DAVIS
ago Lighter were started down from
Mobile TO Tampa, but so far Gen.
Shafter has received only one. These
lighters have been a nightmare 10 the
department ever since. The captains
tie up IN creeks at the slightest sign of
bad weather. while the charter rate of
500 day runs on. Orders have been
sent forward TO terminate this state of
things even IL It Is necessary TO lose a
few lighters In the effort TO reach
Shafter.
The government has not yet deter
mined how 90 dispose OF Adm. Ger.
vera. A feeling OF the highest admira.
ton prevails here at the gallantry dis
played by the old warrior and the
noble spirit exhibited by him under
misfortune The disposition is 10
treat him with as great liberality as
conditions will permit IL has been
proposed that he be released or
parole, not 10 engage In hostil.
tiles sgainst the United States un.
til the end OF the war, but IL has
not yet been decided whether To-
do this or 20 confine the admiral tech.
nically within the limits of the naval
academy reservation at Annapolis.
All the other captured Spanish naval
officers Will be confined there save the
surgeons, who will be allowed 20 re-
main with the enlisted men at the
prison station az Seavy's island. Ports.
mouth harbor, n. II. The st. Louis il
due there Friday night or Saturday
with the first lot OF prisoners, while
the Harvard Is just about TO start
from on Santiago with the remainder.
The report Of the appearance OF
Spanish privateer on the const OF
British Colum bia, which appears 70
have created such commotion on the
northwestern coast. came from one Of
the government agents ia that section
OF the world. Moreover. the same
person said that two vessels were tax.
ing on coal az a British Columbian
port, which, ~ was presumed, vas in.
tended for The Spanish feet should Il
have made rs way into the Pacific
ocean through the suez canal
The failure ~ congress 20 act on the
naval advancement special acts may
after all b. beneficial as enabling the
president 20 arrange with more delib-
GRAFTON aud justice scale Of rewards
for meritOrious officers.
Honors fos Lawtos and Wood.