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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-20
Welcomed by the Sick

, bleaching in the streets, and buzzards as
tame as sparrows, hoped aside to let US
pass.
Welcomed by the Sick
The windows of the hospitals, in which
there were over 1900 sick men, were crowd
ed with invalids, who dragged themselves
there to witness our incoming. In one
square a relic of an old merry-go-round
told of happier days, but on every side there
were evidences OF the pitiless siege and Of
starving.
The palace was reached soon after 10
o'clock. There General Toral introduced
General Shafter and the other Americans
to the alcalde, Senior Ferrer, and to the
chief of police, Senior Guiltillerrez, as well
as to the other municipal authorities.
Luncheon was then served at the palace.
The menu consisted of rum. wine. coffee.
rice and toasted cake. This scanty fare
occasioned many apologies upon the part
Of the Spaniards, but it spoke eloquenNy
of their heroic resistance. The fruit sup
ply of the city was absolutely exhausted
and the Spaniards had nothing to live on
except rice, on which the soldiers in the
trenches Of Santiago have subsisted for
the last twelve days. In addition, the
for tho last few days.
The Troops Deceived
Since the refugees left Santiago and the
surrender of the city was seen to be in
evitable, reign of terror has existed. The
city's business was stopped, the stores
were closed and the troops were seemingly
allowed license to sack and plumber at
will.
At noon, after the American flag had
been raised. General Shafter turned the
city over to General McKibben, who, with
the Ninth infantry, will enforce order in
conjunction with the civil authorities.
The Spanish soldiers are encamped be-
tween the lines on the reverse slope of the
hill on which are our entertainments.
Many Of them believed, as they had been
told so, that the United States had pur-
chased the island Of Cuba and that our
government would pay them their arrears
of pay and return them to Spain. They
repudate the idea that they have sur
| rendered.
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WILL TEACH THEM FINANCE
American Money to Be introduced ir
Cuba at Once

CHICAGO, July ia special to the Trib-
une from Washington says:
The auxiliary cruiser Resolute will sail
from New York with S750,0O0 on board to
pay the American troops at Santiago. This
is the amount due General Skaters army
for June. Major 1. Sniffen is to have charge
Of the payment. All the money taken is to
be in coin. The coin ranges in denomina-
ton from IS in gold to copper pennies.
1.-THE taking of the Santiago army's pay
all in coin," said Major Fishback, one D.
Major Sniffen's assistants, "is an idea OF
Paymaster-General Stanton. The purpose
is to introduce the American money in
Cuba. General Stanton was of the impress
sion that it would be an excellent idea to
drive out the Spanish deprecated currency
at the same time that the Spanish soldiers
are driven out.
with stable currency in the island the
would be greatly facilitated. The time TO
begin, he contended, was at the beginning
The force of his argument was appreciated
by the administration and he was given his
way.
1.-THE scheme is to put out OF circulation
altogether in Santiago province the Span
ish money, both coin and paper. By the
introduction Of American coin into Santiago
province General Stanton believes that our
money can at once be made the standard of
value.
I'm order to effectively carry out this
plan. each soldier will be instructed as he
is paid to buy from no tradesman In San
tiago who cannot give him his change In
American money. The difference in the
money value of his own country and the
money of Spain will be explained to him.
and he will be asked to accept nothing but
American money.
1.-THE pay officers Of the government will
pursue this plan of General Stanton's wher-
ever the American arms are stationed on
this side Of the ocean,"
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A Plucky Postmaster

ST. LOUIS, July ia special to the
Fost-Dfspatch from Webster City, Iowa.
says:
The postoffice at Radcliffe was robbed
just before daylight today and Postmaster
F. z. Drake who was sleeping in the Office,
was seriously wounded by the burglars,
who had exploded the safe with dynamite.
The explosion awakened the postmaster
who arose and fred several times, and 1t
Is thought that one shot took effect, as a
trail of blood was found today. The burg
lars returned the fire, one Of the bullets
striking Drake in the shoulder. The burg
lars escaped on a hand car. Postmaster
Drake is too badly wounded to make an
estimate Of his loss but he Is known to
have had large sum in the safe, which
was used by the people Of Radcliffe and
vicinity as safe depository.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-20
squadron of warships in the bay here and
about the islands,

squadron of warships in the bay here and
about the islands.
The armored cruiser Kaiser and the pro-
tected cruiser Irene have remained at
Manila.
The protected cruisers Kaiserin Augusta,
Princess Wilhelm and Cormorant returned
today from the Island Of rCebu Of the
Vizcaya group, commercially very
prominent part Of the Philippine archipel-
ago. They had been coasting about the
island. Four entered the bay on returning
in column form.
All the vessels in the bay dressed ship
today in honor of the French holiday, this
anniversary Of the fall of the Bastile.
General Aguinaldo, the insurgent chief,
has established headquarters at Bakor.
He still has headquarters at Cavite, but
is not expected to occupy them. The in
surgents continue to maintain a Gordon
about Manila, but make no attempt to cap
ture the city. The report that they intend
cd to attack Manila Sunday. July 10, was
false.
There is a little firing every night, but no
general engagement.
The American troops are drilling. Theirs
has been no movement toward Manila.
The cruiser Boston left yesterday to meet
the second fleet Of transports which Is ex-
pected here this week. There Is no prob
ability of action until General Merritt arr
rives.
Four volunteers from Oregon-Captain
Heath, Wells and Prescott and Lieutenant
Teller, obtained permission to spend last
Sunday within the rebel lines. There was
much uneasiness when they did not return
Sunday or Monday. but they arrived safely
on Tuesday morning.
They explained that they got further
away than they thought and could not re-
turn on Sunday, so they decided to make q
tour of investigation along the Pasig River,
back of Manila, and got some valuable in
formation. They are now confined to their
quarters and probably will be court-mar-
tailed.
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DEWEYS PLAIN TALK
GERIGAN ADMIRAL WAS ASKED
PERTINENT QUESTIONS
Actions of the German Warships Still
Cause of Uneasiness and Com
plaint-Dewey's Patience

NEW YORK, July ia dispatch to the
World from Manila, July IA, by way of
Hong Kong, says:
Admiral Dewey sent a message to the
German Admiral recently to inquire
whether America and Germany are at
peace or at war.
If they are peace he demanded that the
German warships here pursue a different
course.
If they are at war, he wanted to know II
SO he could govern himself accordingly.
Admiral Dewey was prompted to send
this peremptory message by the action OF
the German cruiser Irene in preventing an
insurgent attack upon the Spanish garr1-
son at Subig Bay, which greatly displeased
him.
Admiral Won Diedrichs, in command of
the German fleet in the Pacific. returned
verbal answer which was apologize in
tone and satisfactory. But afterward he
sent to Admiral Dewey note stating that
he objected to the Americans stopping Ger
man ships which have been in the bay once
and been visited.
The German ships have made practice
of coming into Manila and then making
trips outside the bay. cruising among the
inlands and returning in two or three days.
The German contention is that ship
should not be stopped after the first time.
Admiral Dewey replied that Manila Is a
blockaded port and that he would continue
to have all ships communicated with when
he desired, whether on the first or the hun
dredth time of entering the bay.
The German Admiral responded. still OBJ
jecting and saying that he would submit
the question to the senior officers OF his
other warships.
The Germans continue 10 keep . lArge
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A Terrible Storm

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, July ia storm
approaching a cyclone started at Water
town, Wis, about 1880 o'clock this after
noon. Trees are reported being uprooted
and barns blown down. The windstorm
was followed by the heaviest fall of rain
in years. At Sun Prairie the storm Is re-
ported to have wrought considerable dam
age. Wires are Frustrated in many direo-
tons in the northwest, the storm extending
as far north as Green Bay. and it is feared
the damage will be great.
Previous to the storm the weather was
very hot, the thermometer ranging nearly
the 100 mark.
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DR.. Lesser Will Recover

NEW YORK, July 19.-According to a
cable dispatch received today, DR.. A. NJ
Lesser, surgeon-in-chief of the American
National Red Cross, who has for several
days been confined in hospital near Playa
del Este with yellow fever, is improving
and in fair way to recovery. No mention
was made in the dispatch of the condition
Of Mrs. Lesser or Of the Red Cross nurses
who were also stricken with the fever.
Dr. c. r. Gill, now at Key West, has been
authorized to employ ten immune nurses
and to take them to Santiago de Cuba,
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A Missing Ship

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-Grave fears
are expressed for the safety Of the Ameri-
can bark Kennebec which is out 1888 DAYS
from Baltimore with a cargo Of coal for
this port. The ship Aryan, which left Bal
timore about the time the kennebec, sailed
made the trip In 121 days.
The Kennebec is an old craft and well
known on this coast. She was wrecked at
San Pedro in 1887 and was bought by w.
Boole from the underwriters. She laid up
in the bay for about six years and was
again put in commission in 1895.
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Soldiers Poisoned

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Fifty-fve men
belonging to Company A, Twenty-second
Kansas Volunteers, at Camp Alger, were
poisoned today by eating hash which had
been cooked in a tin-lined vessel that had
become corroded. Fifteen of the men are
seriously Ill and are not expected to re-
cover
The hash was eaten at breakfast and
those who partook of it became Ill shortly
afterwards. The hospital doctors pro-
nounce 1t to be ptomaine poisoning. The
names Of the men have not been ascer-
tanned.
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San Diego Mines and Lights

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-The light
house board has issued orders that the
submarine mines in San Diego harbor will
be continued in position as portion of the
defenses of the harbor. A bulletin has also
been published for the benefit of mariners,
giving detailed instructions as to entering
the harbor. The light on Ballast point, as
we'll as the other lights. will be re-estab-
lished at once.
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California Pensions

WASHINGTON. July Extensions were
granted Californtans today az follows:
Alonzo B. Swartout, st. Helena, SO: Joshua
Stewart, dead, San Jose. So to $12: Emma
M. Stewart. San Jose, %; minors Of Ander-
son Carr, Los Angeles, 80; John g. Harri-
son, Veterans Home, Napa, IS: Charles
Anderson, Santa Barbara, 81; Howard Il
James, MADEIRA. y to IA
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Japan's New Commercial Codes

YOKOHAMA. July 19.-The government
has notified the powers that the new COM
mercial codes went into operation on July
/, and that the civil code became operative
on July 49,
1t is reported that the United States Min
lister to Korea, Mr.. II. w. Allen, has con
cluded an agreement with the Korean Min.
lister for the engagement Of American ex.
perts 10 survey the country with view oil
building roads, bridges. and other public
works
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Death of Spanish Prisoners

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 19.-The
Spanish prisoners here are becoming &C.
customed to living on the American plan.
The officers are in citizens clothes and ap-
parently are enjoying the freedom they
have of Portsmouth and vicinity. Four
deaths, as a result Of malarial fever
marked today's mortality in the Spanish
camp.
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Andrews Accepts

CHICAGO, July 19.-Protessor e. Benz
jamin Andrews, President Of Brown Uni
versity, in a telegram today to President
Harris OF the Board Of Education, formally
accepted the position of Superintendent OF
Chicago's public schools.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-20
Undelivered kilograms

There are undelivered kilograms at the
office Of the Western Union Telegraph
company for Clarence Bresee, James
Christey and Ernst Tamm.
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SURRENDER OF SANTIAGO
How Toral Turned Over His
Troops
THE COMMANDER IS HEARTBROkEN|
DEFENSES OF THE CITY SURPRISED OUR BRAVE
GENERALS
An Awful Slaughter Must Have Resulted If the City Had
Been Taken by Assault-The Spanish Troops
Are Received

bleaching in the streets, and buzzards, as
tame as sparrows, hoped aside to let US
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-04

and purposes to be a permanent law.
The expenses Of the war would be
large, but they would not end with the
close of the war. The United States,
he said proposed to have a great navy
commensurate with the dignity and de-
velopment of our country, and in ad-
dition, all the cities along the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts had right to de-
mand protection from foreign in
vasion. The expenses Of the govern
ment were great now, but they were
certain to be greater at the close of
the war ct is the duty of the Sen
ate," said he, ito take sufficient time
for the consideration of the pending
bill to determine how much money it
will raise l don't want to vote upon
the bill until we know what it will pro-
duce in revenue. The government will
not be hampered in any way if this
bill does not pass for ten days or I'M
til July L.
Mr.. Aldrich said that careful esti-
mates had been made of the revenue
producing qualities of the bill, and he
was satisfied the amount would be be-
tween s150OOO,OO0 and 5000 1000, 600,
certainly not in excess CT the latter
sum-
The Senate agreed to substitute the
Wocott amendment to the war reve-
nue. bill for the Finance Committee pro-
vision in regard to the coinage of the
silver seigniorage to the extent of $42,-
100000, which is to be the amount first
coined. The vote stood 4S to 81, as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, But
Ter, Cannon, Garter, Chandler, Chiffon,
Clark, Cockrell. Daniel, Faulkner, Gray,
Hansbrough, Harris, Heltfeld, Jones
(Ark), Jones (Nev), Kyle, Lindsay,
McEnery, McLaurin, Mallory, Mantle,
Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Money, Nor
gan, Pasco, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pettus,
Pritchard, Rawlins, Roach, Shoup,
Stewart, Teller, Thurston, Tillman,
Turley, Turpie, Vest, Warren, Wolcott
-48
Nays-Aldrich Allison, Baker, Bur
rows, Caffery, Cullom, Davis, Deboe,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger,
Gear, German, Hale, Hanna, Hawley,
Hoar, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan, Ma
son, Morrill,, Murphy, Nelson, Plat
Comm, Plat On. W, Proctor, Sewell,
Spooner Wetmore-31
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Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Charleston, W. Va, June 3.-Secre-
tary of State William Nj. 0. Dawson,
who went to Washington to confer with
Senators Elkins and Faulkner and join
with them in an interview with Adult
ant General Corbin relative to West
Virginias quota Of troops, returned
home to-day, well pleased with the re-
suit of his trip.
He says the War Department desires
the State to furnish the 1886 men neces-
sary to recruit the First regiment now
at Chickamauga and that he received
satisfactory assurances that the claims
Of this State for another full regiment
will be granted. This makes it salts
factory to the State officials, and the
1886 men necessary to recruit the First
regiment VIII be forth coming. The
work Of securing the men will begin at
once.
There appears to be no great hurry
at Washington in the matter Of secur-
ing the second call of the President,
and therefore it is not known when the
Second regiment will be called out. Mr..
Dawson says it was intimated to him
that a third call for fifty thousand men
might soon be made.
The officers who were commissioned
for the new regiment and who went to
work to raise the men feel revived and
encouraged now that the full regiment
will be accepted.
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A REVOLUTION
Has Broken Out iu the Republic OF
Santo Domingo Explains the Fass
nita'S Movements.
Copyright, Associated .Press)

Copyright, Associated Press)
Cape Haytien, Hayti, June 3.-ll:4o
a. m.-The mystery surrounding the
movements of the Clyde line steamer
Fanita are now said to be fully ex-
planned 1t appears fully established
beyond doubt that the reports of an
uprising in the republic Of Santo Do
mingo against the power OF PRESIDENT
Hourreaux, are correct The initial
blow was struck at Monte Crlsto, on
the borders of Hayti, the nearest Do
minican port to Cape Hayden,
1t would that the Fanita instead OF
having on board ony seventeen Domln-
leans, probably had $50 on board.
The majority of the Dominlcans, 1t
appears, while here, were shut up in
the hold of the Fanita, 50 as TO escape
attention
General Juan Ysidro Jiminez ana
General Pablo Villanueya are believed
to have been on board. 1t is also noted
that the former has long been in the
public eye in San Domingo as , desir-
able man for the presidency. General
villanueva fought brayely against Pres
ident Heurreaux's alleged usurpation.
and was exiIed. He has been living az
Great Inagua for some time past and
the Fanita is said to have stopped there
= !, on
The preparations for the revolution
are said to have been very elaborate
and there is a strong belief here that
the reyolutionists are sure of success.
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TWO ALLEGED SPANISH SPIES.

Atlanta, Ga, June 3.-Jose Castcl-
lanos and Frank Miller, who are be-
lieved to be spies, were brought here
to-day from Tampa in charge Of Lieut..
Johnson. of the Fourth artillery. Cas-
tellanos is a Spaniard and has trav-
eled all along the Atlantic coast. Nil
Ter is said to be an Englishman. 10
papers were found on them. The Two
men were locked up in the military
prison at Fort Mcpherson.
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CRUSHING BLOWS,
The Government to Use Large
Forces in Both Cuba and Porto
Rico With the View Of Speedily
Ending the War.

Washington, June 3.-The cab
met meeting to-day, which lasted
till one o'clock, wcs largely de-
voted to the discussion of present
and prospective army and navy
movements which cannot be made
public.
In the course of the meeting At
torney General Griggs explained to
the members that the several
prizes captured by the United
States vessels which have been
condemned by the court, can be
appropriated to the use OF the
government without formality or
any decree involving advertise
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ment and sale.
There seems to be no doubt that
it is the purpose of the govern
ment to push forward with the
greatest possible expedition the
military and naval movements
against Santiago and Porto Rico.
and for the purpose of making the
result OF both expeditions abso-
lutely certain, large military forces
will be dispatched to both points
to cooperate with the navy and
the insurgents. The purpose is to
make them overwhelming in
strength and numbers, and SO crush
the enemy at every point and bring
the war to speedy termination.
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THE MONTEREY
Leaves Mare Island NAVY Yard on
Her Way to the Philippines.
BULLETIN:

BULLETIN
Vallejo, Gala, June 3.-The monitor
Monterey left the Mare Island navy
yard this afternoon for San Francisco.
AS the vessel steamed away from the
dock she was greeted with cheers from
hundreds OF sailors and people on
shore who witnessed the departure.
All the steam whistles in this vicinity
saluted the vessel as she passed down
the bay.
The collier Brutus, which is to ac-
company the Monterey TO Manila. will
leave for San Francisco tomorrow, and
the two vessels will probably sail from
San Francisco Saturday. or Sunday.
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cruising all the while in the off
ing.
[ 1t will be noted that there is al
important discrepancy as to the
time at which the bombardmeat
is said to have begun this morn
ing between the dispatches from
Cape Haytien and Port Au Prince,
the former saying o'clock and
the latter s. 1t is possible that
this arises from a confusion be-
tween the figures and s.
Baltimore, Md, June 4.-The
Merrimas was purchased by the
government from the Lone Star
Steamship Company. The transfer
was made in this city early in April.
She was formerly the Norwegian
steamer Solveig, and was nearly
destroyed by fire at Newport News
in 1896 She was built at New Cas-
tie, England, in 1894, was $50 feet
long, A feet beam and had a net
register of 2,193 tons. The Merri-
mac left Norfolk, where she was
fitted for government purposes,
about a month ago.
Cape Haytien, June 3.-10:25 p.
ma dispatch from Santiago
says that the vessel sunk is I'M
derstood to be the Merrimac.
Only the extremities of her funnel
and two masts are visible above
the water.
THE Santiago advices to Cape
Haytien, in referring to the sunken
vessel as an auxiliary cruiser,
proba bly, mistakes her faractar.
The Merrimac is a sollier and al
ways has been a collierl
Washington, June 4.-The Navy
Department up to an early hour
this morning had received no ad-
ditional advices from either Adj
miral Sampson or Commodore
Schley. The department officials
have no information concerning
the engagement reported to have
taken place at Santiago yester-
day. Official advices are not OK
pected before tomorrow
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JAGGE DHIS THROAT.

Special to the Register.
Marietta, Ohio. June 3.-John Fisch-
er. a we'll known florist, attempted sui
eide tonight by stabbing himself in
the throat with knife. He was tenn
porarily deranged The wounds are
not necessarily fatal.