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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-05
Prisoners Will Be Exchanged.

Moreover. they will not languish long in Span.
ish prison, if the authorities here can bring about
their release. Half hour after Simpsons hull
letn displayed the walls of the navy depart
ment, Col Carter. assistant adiutant general. had
taken the preliminary steps TO arrange for an ex-
change of prisoners, and learning just how
many Spanish officers and enlisted men were still
held in captivity at Fort MCPHERSON Ga. where they
had been taken from the prizes captured by the
American naval vessels. In addition to these, the
navy has just turned to the military authorities
at Fort Monroe for safekeeping another Spanish
officer supposed to be of high rank, but who has so
far managed TO conceal his identity. The officials
confident they have than enough Spanish
officers 10 offer ransom for the one American OFF,
Ger and seven enlisted men held by Ccrvera.
The officers and all took note of the generous
recognition by the Spanish admiral or the bravery
Of the Americans and his kind treatment of the
prisoners. and it he guaranteed that the adj
mraIs lines will fall in pleasant places az any
captive has right 10 expect should he be overcome
in the end and forced TO surrender to Sampson.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-05
A0BS0NS NAME ON THE LIST
Of AMERCAS NAVAL HEROES.
Exploit of the Merrimac Recog-
nized as Most Brilliant.
ONLY TWO OF HIS MEN INJURED.

Exchange of Prisoners viii Be Arranged
Promotion Sure to Come to the Gallant
Leader and His Associates Old Collier
Sunk by an Internal Torpedo So as
Efectually to Close the Harbor of
Santiago-Cervera Securely Locked In.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-05
SAMPSON HAS PAVED THE WAY
FOR THE Capture Of SANTIAGO.
Investment of Porto Rico Will
Begin Without Delay.
REGULARS UNITE WITH THE CUBANS.

United States Warships Soon VIII Silence
the Guns of San Juan, and Gen. Lee
Will Engage the Spanish Army-Qujck
Blow Will End the. War, and the West
India Possessions Can Be Held for In
demnity-Soldiers Sail From Mobile.
The herald., 1898-09-08
ARMS AND CLOTHING
They Must Be Accounted for by the
Volunteers

WASHINGTON, Sept. THE muster
by vexations and troubles for the officers
of the regular army and for many Of the
volunteers themselves. This Is due to a
misapprehension upon the part of some
OF the officers of the volunteer organdza- =
lions respecting the property Of the gov
ernment which they have in their possess
sion.
The government will require that every
article be accounted for. Every officer
or man in the volunteer service who has
charge Of division property will have to
account for 1t before he can be mustered
out and paid.
An instance is related of a Governor of
one State who received two regiments OF
troops. He told them they could take thir-
ty days furlough and go home. What be-
came Of all the equipment in their possess
sion, which is the properly OF the govern
ment, the United States officers cannot
tell. Some of these equipments belonged to
the ordnance bureau Of subsistence and to
the Quartermaster's department.. Receipts
were given by some one when equipments
were furnished by the government, and
volunteer officers who gave them will be
held responsible for them. 1t is the inten-
tion Of the War Department again to sup
ply the States when the guns and arms
are accounted for, but in order to keep a
straight account in the department rec
ords 1t Is necessary to have the property
first returned to the department. The
same Is true Of other government property.
The herald., 1898-09-08

In the country's service. 1t Is hoped by the
department, however, that this will not be
made necessary, as 1t Is very anxious to
have the Gloucester and her peers retained
lii the navy itself. There is room for them
and plenty Of service for them to perform
Besides they would add to the glory and
prestige Of the fleets Of the country, just
as veteran corps adds TO the military pres
tige.
1t is exceedingly probable that IL the
Gloucester, once the yacht Corsair, the
property Of ]. Pierpont Morgan Of New
York, were put on sale, her former owner
would be glad 10 buy her In for a much
larger price than the government paid for
her. 1t would add to the pleasure and eclat
OF a yachting cruise in the Mediterranean,
for instance, to make It in the little craft
that had won so mitch glory in the battle
Of Santiago. But 1t is the confident opinion
Of the Navy Department that these boats
can be retained in their present places In
the navy, and 1t Is probable this will be the
result Of efforts 10 hold them.
The herald., 1898-09-08
LAFAYETTE MONUMENT
American Children to Be Asked to Foot
the Bill

CHICAGO, Sept by direction Of
Commis missioner-General Peck, Robert j.
Thompson, Secretary of the Lafayette
Monument Commission, has appointed the
SUPERINTENDENT of Education of all the
States and Territories upon a honorary ad-
yisory committee of the monument asso-
citation. His letter of appointment In part
is as follows:
"A special commission has been formed
by the Commissioner of the United States
to the Paris Exposition for the purpose OF
securing by popular contribution funds to
erect a suitable monument to General
Lafayette.
be built in time for unveiling and dedica.
ton on United States Day, the Fourth OF
July 1900, at The Paris Exposition, thus
making the day most conspicuous one
both for America and France.
"It Is proposed that in raising the funds
the schools of America be utilized as the
agency for reaching the people and procur-
ing the contributions, and to this end l
urgently request that you ask, as early as
is convenient, that the teachers and Of
ficers of your schools, colleges and uni
versities public and parochiaD recognize
October 10, the date of the fall of Yorktown
to which Lafayette contributed so largely
as Lafayette Day and that they devote a
part of the day mentioned to relation OF
the historic events pertaining to Lafayette
and the early days of the republic
The herald., 1898-09-08
A FAMOUS FIGHTER
Naval officers Wish to Keep the Little
Gloucester

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1T is the desire
Of the Navy Department that all vessels
which won fame In the late war with Spain
shall be kept by the government. The
board appointed to consider what DISPOSE
tion should be made Of the auxiliary ships
bought or chartered during the war is now
at work. and has already recommended the
selling of number Of vessels. All Of the
auxiliary coast defense fleet has now dis
appeared, disposition has been made Of the
vessels and the officers and men have been
discharged. But there are number of
boats, like the Gloucester, which, though
bought for temporary service and for SER
vice that was not supposed to be warlike,
have made a. lasting reputation and will
remain forever as glorious names in the
annals of the American navy. The Navy
Department thinks 1t would be a
great misfortune II these ships were sold.
The Gloucester has become already as much
part OF the glory of the navy of this
country as the Constitution or the Oregon
or the Olympia. Other vessels in equal or
less degree, have won fame in the recent
war. 1t would be a distinct loss to the
navy to have these go back to their old
rcle as pleasure yachts or traffic carriers.
1t was sid at the department today that
!! the board should decide It hest to dispose
OF the ships. the list of them will be turn ed
over to other branches Of the department.
such as the revenue or lighthouse service
to see II they could not be purchased for
use along the coast. ana thus be kept with
The herald., 1898-09-08
BY REASON OF AGE
Army and Navy Changes to Occur This
Year


WASHINGTON, Sept. MANY inn
portant changes will occur in the army and
navy during the remaining months of the
present year. These are due to the natural
course of events and are in no wise the re-
suit of the war with Spain.
Two br:gadier generals Of the army and
four rear admrals of the navy will go on
the retired list by operation of law on &C.
count of age, making vacancies which will
result In promotions all along the line in
both services. The two army officers who
will retire are Major General William A.
Graham, now commanding the Second
Army Corps, now in camp at Middletown,
Pa, and Major General B. J. Coppinger, in
command Of the Fourth Army Corps, with
headquarters at Huntsville, Ala.
The rear admirals who retire this year
are Admiral M. Sicard, recently President
of the Naval War Board and yet President
of the Naval Board Of Promotions, who
retired on the 30th inst; Admiral E. O..
Mathews, formerly Chief of the Bureau of
Yards and Docks, and now President of the
Examining and Retiring Boards, who re-
tires October "a; Admiral J. N. Miller. the
ranking officer of the navy, now in COM
mand of the Pacific station, who retires
November %, and Admiral F. N. Bunce
commandant of the New York Navy Yard.
who retres September 25.
The principal heroes of the Spanish war
will retire in the following order:
Admiral George Dewey, commanding the
Asiatic Station, December, 1899; Admiral
w. S. Schley of the Porto Rican Eyacua-
tion Commission, October 1901, and Ad-
miral W. T. Sampson, on the Cuban Eyac-
uation Commission, February, 1902
The herald., 1898-09-08
ALGER MAKfSIT CLEAR
HE HAS DONE NOTHING WHICH
DESERVES BLAME
Hereafter Men in the Army Will Be
Treated as Soldiers and Their
Health Preserved

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Secretary Al.
ger Is now putting his affairs in shape to
admit of his absence from Washington on
tour Of inspection Of the army camps
throughout the country. He will leave to-
morrow evening, going first to Camp
Meade, Pa, and thence to Detroit.
Now that active war operations have
closed the secretary feels free to express
certain views entertained by the president.
and himself respecting the plans Of treat
ment of the soldiers and touching the per-
sons upon whom responsibility should DC
placed for the matters of complaint.
In this connection he says:
1.-THE regiments that have been ordered
mustered out will be mustered out. The
regiments that have been designated by the
president to remain in the service will have
to remain. As soon as we have mustered d
out 100, ,000 more or less, we shall reorganize
the army-every brigade, division and
corps-and put them into comfortable
camps until such of them as are needed are
withdrawn Tor service in Cuba, Porto Rico
or the Philippines. In these camps, with
the experience of the past to guide us, SAN
itary conditions will be strictly enforced,
The men composing the army will be
treated as soldiers. They will be shown
every possible consideration and their
health will be preserved. The officers COM
manding regiments and companies will be
held strictly accountable for the sanitary
conditions Of the camps. They are the ones
who should be held responsible. During the
war many of these officers disregarded the
specific instructions that had been given
looking for the proper care of the men. Now
1t is for them to take this work upon them
selves and with the knowledge that they
are to remain in service they will be ex-
pected to devote their best energies to the
work. Where men are incompetent to dis
charge these duties they must give way
to competent men, for again wish to make
It clear that these company and regimental
officers are to be held to account for the
welfare of their men,"
The herald., 1898-09-08
CAMP MANAGEMENT
The Illinois Volunteers Suffer From
Somebody's Bungling


CAMP WIKOFF, Montauk Point, Sept
7.--General Shafter said today that he
had not had any official confirmation of
his unofficial information Of yesterday
that some of the Porto Rican troops were
coming to his camp, consequently he
assumed that none Of them were coming.
The First Illinois Volunteers had been
ordered to leave for home this morning.
Their baggage was sent to the trains, and
a portion Of the regiment was at the sta
uon ready to take the train, when 1t
was learned that there would not be
enough sleeping cars for the men. The
Illinois men will require about forty
sleeping cars.
Colonel Turner got telegram that the
cars were not ready, consequently he de-
clined to go until he knew positively
whether the number Of sleepers needed
would be ready for him on the Jersey
side.
The baggage was all sent to the camp
and all the men returned. Several hours
after THE men departed the hospital
authorities had been notified that the
First Illinois Regiment would go and am
balances with the sick men of the regi-
ment began to arrive at the station. There
were 80 or 40 and they had also to be
sent back to the hospital. This was par
ticularly hard on the sick men. Colonel
Turner thinks the regiment will be able
to leave tonight. There were seven
deaths in camp at the general hospital
up to noon today.
The herald., 1898-09-08
A Schooner Lost

HALIFAX. N. s.. Sept. IAN unknown
schooner, believed to be fishing vessel,
has been lost with all her crew at place
called East Lake, mile north Of East
Point reef, Prince Edwards Island.
Men on shore saw the two topmasts of
vessel sticking out of the water only a
short distance from the beach. They
rowed out and discovered that schooner
had foundered and was lying upright on
the bottom in five fathoms of water. On
Sunday night heavy thunderstorm and
fierce gale ragged at East Point and persons
living near the shore state that while the
tempest prevailed they heard cries Of the
persons in distress. But nothing was
learned of the disaster until today.
The herald., 1898-09-08

cent second. Enie Ainslie third; time,
1:04 1-5.
Mile and a furlong-Algol won. White
Frost second, Lady Marian third; time,
1855.
Six and a half furlongs-Rhinelande
won. King Barleycorn second, sdr Hubert
third; time, 1923.
One mile and three furlongs-George
Boyd won, Candleback second, Rappahan-
mock third; time, 2:25
Six Observation-Disclosures won, Typhoon
II second; time, ZIG.
Mile and a sixteenth, selMng-Continent.
al won, Octave sccond, Lansdale third;
time, 1851 1-5.
At Hawthorne
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-Hawthorne results
Six furlongs-Cutter won, Conova sec
ond, Friskal third; time, 1:1s.
Five furlongs-vic Lamont won, Palo.
macita second, Nora C. third; time, 1:0ilk
Five furlongs-Espionage won, Coco
Hope second, Cora Havil II third; time
1:O3M.
One mile-Hosi won. Umbrella second
Locust Blossom third; time, las.
Six furlongs-No Bids won, Troll second
Michael G. third; no time taken.
One mile-Marsella won, Branch second
Con Reagan third; time, 1:45h.
At Buffalo
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 7.-Summary:
Seven furlongs, selling-Sister Jane won
Boulare second, Prince Zeno third; time
1876.
Four and half ngs-Gla snevin won
Amelia T. second, Defiance third; time
1:00h.
Six furlorgs-AMce Farley won. Judg,
Wardell second, Lady Irene third; time
1874
Seven furlongs, selling-Homelike won
Mamie Dillon second, Lauretta d. third
time, 1885.
One mile, selling-Leon won, Bromok
second, Tony Honig third; time, 1:43.
The herald., 1898-09-08
SACRAMENTO RACES
Commissions Taken by Black & Co.
Every Other Day

Commissions Taken by Black & Co.
Every Other Day
Commencing with today, Black & Co..
No. 143 South Broadway, will receive the
entries and take commissions on the races
at the state fair at Sacramento every other
day during the meeting. Entries will be
posted daily at the rooms: Following are
the entries for today:
First race, three-quarters OF mile,
Shafter selling stake-Jennie Reid 105, Cas-
dale 1O4, Nilgar 1o5, The Miller SO, Midlove
lO2
Second race, selling, one mile-Kruna 1o2,
Cromwell 112, Shasta Water 104, Joe Terry,
102.
Third race. selling, one and three-six-
teenth miles-San Mateo ia, Major Cook.
1OS Rose Maid 102, Lady Britannia 100, Nom
chalance ia.
Fourth race maiden 2-year-olds, purse
five furlongs-Napian 49, Almoneer 11S, Fe-
versham 11S, Cross Molina 115, Alcatraz 118,
Cleo Dora 115.
Fifth race, purse, one mile-Manzanilla
SO, Libertine 112, Lost Girl 109, Scarborough
107, Stole 80.
Sixth race, selling. three-quarters Of n
m,le-Fig Leaf 1O9 Moringa LOG, Octuruck
LOG, Fleming log, p. A. Finnegan 10, Harry
Thoburn III, Vents 106.
The herald., 1898-09-08

fere with harmonious regulations as the
ports pass successfully under control OF
the United States forces.
Acting under the advice Of the Secretary,
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn sent the fol-
lowing telegram under date of September s.:
Commanding General, Santiago-You
are authorized to lease building for the
storage OF imported merchandise not en-
tered at the custom houses upon which du-
ties may be paid at any rme within ninety
days after importation, provided in para
graph IA, customs regulations; storage to
be at the sole risk of importers and every
expense connected Herewith to be paid
by importers"
The herald., 1898-09-08

a pound to get their food and clothing over
the Valdes glacier and up the Copper
River Valley. From 100 to 800 becoming
discouraged with their luckless attempts
to find gold finally dropped their outfits
anywhere and hurried back 10 Valdes.
News of this situation spread among the
Indians who FASTENED forward from both
seacoast and interior to enrich themselves 8
with a winters supply of provisions.
Never before have they enjoyed such lux
ury. In previous years great loads OF furs
have brought less than they are now secur.
ing free.
The herald., 1898-09-08
CAPITAL READY
To Develop the Resources Of Colonial
Possessions

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.-Articles of in
corporation of the Americsn-Indles Com
pany, with capital of 1SOOO, 900, have been
filed with the Secretary of State of New
Jersey at Trenton. The incorporators are:
Thomas Dolan, p. A. B. Widener and W
L. Elkins of Philadelphia; Thomas r. Ryan
Frederick P. Olcott, Anthony N. Brady
r. A. c. Smith, Henry D. Mcdonald, J. N.
Coballiss Guilierno de Zalde, H. p. Booth
and II. G. Runks.
Henry d. Mcdonald, secretary Of the
company, said 1.-THE company has been
organized for the purpose of taking ad.
vantage of the extraordinary economic
transformation now at work in Cuba and
Puerto Rico. 1t intends to renovate old
enterprises and create new ones in these
prodiglously rich islands, and to that end
has secured the cooperation of conserva-
tive men of wealth and enterprise"
The herald., 1898-09-08
German Labor Law

BERLIN. Sept. 7-Emperor William of
Germany, 1t IS announced in dispatch from
Coynhausen, speaking at a banquet there
last evening and referring to the prosperous
agriculture and industry of Westphalia,
touched significantly upon the labor bill
to be submitted to the Reichstag during the
present year. He said it would provide for
the Imprisonment at hard labor of any one
seeking to prevent workmen who are will
ing to work from pursuing their vocation,
and would also provide for the punishment
Of those who even melted them to strike.
His majesty also expressed the hope that
the representatives of the people would
support his effort to protect national labor.
The herald., 1898-09-08
DEATHS IN BATTLE
Few as Compared With Victims Of
Disease

. WASHINGTON, Sept. THE off, .
cial records Of the War Department .
as completed show that there were .
thirty-three officers and two hundred .
and thirty-one enlisted men of the .
. army, two hundred and sixty-four in .
. ll.killed In battle during the war with .
Spain. These casualties include all .
. the lives lost by the army in the bat .
tie in the Philippines, as we'll as those .
in Cuba and Porto Rico. q
. The percentage of officers killed Is .
strikingly large and Is said to be un- .
. precedented In the battles of the world. q
. The contrast is especially striking In .
the case of the battle of ofOmdurman, Q
. where, although the loss Of life was .
. heavy. the list of killed included only z
. one officer Of the British army. q
The herald., 1898-09-08
MAY CATCH BAIT
But Permission Does Not Establish q
Precedent

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. THE New.
foundland government has consented to
allow the Gloucester refrigerator vessel,
the Tillid, to secure 5000 barrels Of fish bait
in our west coast waters, on condition that
the owners of the vessel give a bond Of
$4,000 to land the cargo IN the United
States, thus preventing the possibility of
a portion being sold to the French.
The colonial government has further i'm
pressed upon the owners the fact that this
permission Is granted as a matter of a
favor and not as a right, and must not be
construed into a precedent
No further concessions will be made un-
til settlement of the entire fisheries Ques-
ton is reached at the Quebec conference.
The herald., 1898-09-08
CUBAN COMMERCE
Tariff Regulations Not Intended to Be
Permanent

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Some changes
In the Cuban and Porto Rican tariff rates
have been approved by the President and
cabled to the United States Officers in
those places. In the former rates on both
Islands the importation Of oleomargar1ne
and such products was prohibited; under
the new arrangements 1t will be admitted
at the same rate as butter Another change
was in the administrative features OF the
Cuban tariff. There was provision where
goods were brought in and not entered for
duty for ninety days the officer in charge
could seize and dispose Of them at public
sale. Under the new provision the ninety
days may be extended TO six months, in
the discretion Of the officer in charge. The
government is doing what It can to facil-
itate the operations of trade in the Cuban
and Porto Rican ports that come under the
possession OF the United States. The de-
partment has advised representatives OF
large commercial houses in New York that
bonded warehouses are badly needed at
Santiago particularly, and that the abb
sence Of these facilities Is doing much 10
prevent commerce from resuming its nor
NAL channels and imposing loss upon Amer
lean trade.
First Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn re-
ferred these complaints to the Secretary
Of the Treasury, who has replied:
1.-THE customs arrangements as to Cuba
are merely tentative and do not look to
the immediate restoration Of commerce to
Its natural channels"
The establishment Of bonded warehouses
would entail the preparation Of an elab-
crate system Of counting and supervision
which is quite impractlcable under the con-
ditions. As to the unequal requirements at
the several ports, It may be said that no
long interval Of time apparently will inter.
The herald., 1898-09-08
Typhoid in Porto Rico

BOSTON, Sept. IA special to the Globe
from Ponce, Porto Rico. says:
Seventy-six soldiers of the Sixth Massa-
chusetts are in the hospital here with
typhoid fever, malariai and diarrhea,, and
200 are confined to their quarters unfit for
duty There has been one death. Arthur
l.. Wilkinson of Company M. Daily i'm
provement is noted in the mems physical
condition.
The Sixth Massachusetts will 60 to Are
cibo and to San Juan in ten days. No
cause exists for the alarm in Massachusetts
regarding the condition Of the regiment.
The herald., 1898-09-08
CHINESE POLITICS
Ii Hung Chang Dismissed at Great
Britaiu's Demand

PEKING, Sept. Iii Hung Chang has
been dismissed from power. 1t is presumed
it was done In accordance with the demand
which it was rumored. that the British
Minister here, Sir Claude M. Mcdonald,
was instructed to make on account of the
alleged general partiality of the great
Chinaman to Russia, eliminating in Great
Rritan's being deprived Of the contract for
the Peking- -Hankow Railroad by giving tho
Russo-Chinese Bank financial control Of the
road.
The herald., 1898-09-08
The Peace Jubilee

CHICAGO, Sept. 1T has been definite-
ly decided at a meeting OF the general
committee of the peace jubilee TO wind up
the peace celebrate with great char
ity ball at the Auditorium Theater, the
proceeds of which are to go to the Army
and Navy League. The entire manages
ment of the ball is to be placed in the
hands of committee of 100 women, to
be named by the chairman Of the general
The herald., 1898-09-08
On the Diamond

BROOKLYN, Sept. 1.-THE baseball gam,
scheduled here today between Baltimore
and Brooklyn was postponed on accoun
of rain.
Louisville-I.ouisville, 0: Cleveland, 9.
Cincinnati-Cncinnati 2; Chicago, 13.
Boston-Boston, 5; Washington, 1.