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AT NEWPORT NEWS.
Six Thousands Troops for Porto
Rico Expedition Arrive.

NEWPORT NEWS Va), July D.
Incoming trains during the last thirty
six hours have brought nearly 5000
troops to this city. These include the
Second Brigade of the First Army
Corps, in command of Brigadier Gen
eral Haines, from Chickamauga Park
and five troops of cavalry from Camp
Alger.
The Signal Corps will arrive at IL
O'Clock. Four batteries of light artil-
lery will arrive from Chickamauga
General Haines' brigade will begin to
embark early tomorrow morning. The
transports Massachusetts, ROumania
and City of Washington are now at the
piers taking on provisions. The aux
Hilary cruiser ST. Louis is expected to
come UP Hampton Roads tomorrow
morning, and it is probable that the
vessel will sail in the afternoon with
General Brooke and his staff and ], 300
troops. The ST. Paul is expected to
steam into port tomorrow morning
from New York. She will also take on
troops and provisions.
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STARVING CUBANS.
Pitifu1 Appeal to Admiral Samp-
SON From Cienfuegos.

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GUANTANAMO BAY, July 2oth, IL
a. m.-The following pitiful appeal has
been addressed by the starving people
OF Cienfuegos TO Rear Admiral Samp-
sen:
Honorable Sir: The Cubans. old
men, women and children resident in
the town of Cienfuegos and this neigh
bcrhood, are all dying of hunger. The
young men are all in the field with the
Cuban troops, and have no shoes nor
food. All the provisions in this town
are in the hands OF the SpaniarGs
Cubans cannot obtain a piece Of
bread, as Il is necessary to send every
thing to the field. The Weyler system
is in high sway. The situation is ter
rible. If you, honorable sir, do not
come quick with your squadron 10 our
help and take possession of this town
we shall be lost. We beg you to pre-
cipitate your operations. About 3.00D
old men, women and children shall die
old men have four or five sons fight
ing for their freedom. This is our situa-
ton, horrible situation. If the great
people of the United States do not come
quick in our help we are lost. For
Gods sake come quick
SOME CUBANS."
Nothing can be done for the people Of
CienfueSos until that place is captured
This will not be for some time.
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to surrender and was defeated by them
Colonel Ezra P. Ewers of the Ninth
Infantry, acting for General Shaftar.
will receive the formal surrender of
Guantanamo.
Yesterday General Shafter released
forty Cubans who had been confined in
the local Jail on political charges. In
deed, some Of them were confined with
out charges of any character, others
on the most trivial pretexts, and yet
the insurgent cause. The jail is still
filled with many whose crimes and SEN
fences are not on record and absolutely
unknown, so far as has been yet as
certained. A general investigation has
been ordered Immediately.
American newspapers which have ar
rived here contain articles written APP
parently under misrepresentation CT
campaign and the dictation Of the
terms of surrender. General Niles
was here simply as a visitor and adj
wiser. In his official capacity he had
nothing to do with the terms Of the
capitulation, the entire credit for which
belongs to General Shafter, who, on
July 10th, received the following dis
patch from Washington of that date.
General Shafter, Siboney: The Sec
rotary of War directs me to inform
you that General Miles left here at
10: 40 last night for Santiago, but With
instructions which do not in any man
ner supersede you as the commander
of the United States troops in the field
at Santiago as long as you are able
for duty.
"CORBIN, Adjutant General"
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By Which HOsti|ities May Be Brought
to a Close.
The Pope Said to Have Communicated to
the Powers Proposals Which He Con-
Siders Acceptable to Both Spain
and the United States.

LONDON, July 25.-It is announced
in special dispatch from Madrid pub
lished here this afternoon that the
Spanish Government has drawn up
message, addressed to the Government
al Washington, proposing an armistice
for the purpose of discussing the terms
upon which peace with the United
States can be arranged.
A special dispatch from Rome says
the Pope has communicated to the
Powers peace proposals that he con-
siders acceptable to both Spain and the
United States. namely, the American
annexation of Cuba and Porto Rico,
the restitution of the Philippines 70
Spain, and a commercial treaty giving
Spain exceptional advantages in the
colonies surrendered.
MANILA AND PORTO RICO MUST
FIRST FALL.
LONDON, July 25.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Standard says:
There is still an endeavor to keep alive
the impression that something is going
on behind the scenes in the direction
of peace, but the prevalent idea is that
the war will continue until the fall of
Manila and the invasion of Porto Rico.
Peace is impossible until there is more
unanimity in Spain with regard to the
necessary sacrifices of territory. The
Ministers, having arrived at an under
standing, will await the march of
events. Cabinet crisis has been
averted for the time being. Those who
succeed the present Cabinet will be
obliged, ere long, to ask the country
to submit terms profoundly repugnant
to the national pride. The prospect OF
Intermediary Cabinets is marred by the
loyal and correct attitude of General
Polavieja, who declines to become the
instrument of politicians eager to create
a third party.
DIFFICULTIES EASY OF ADJUST
MENT.
MADRID, July a. q p. m-Delayed
in transmission. 1.-The correspondent
here of the Associated Press has had
an interesting conversation with per-
son occupying a high position in the
Queen Regents household and whose
duties bring him daily into intimate
relations with her majesty. He said
the quarrel between Spain and the
United States is much easier of adj
justment than is generally believed.
The Queen Regent, he continued, nat
urally endeavored to avoid war, and
she also desires an honorable ending of
it, She is quite alive to the force of
public opinion, and holds strictly 20
the constitutional laws OF the nation.
1t is an error to suppose the Queen
Regent is under the pressure of the
present or any government, or that she
is regardless of public opinion when it
is in the interest of the Spanish peo-
pie. The official quoted then added an
important statement as follows:
THE present government Will not
initiate peace, but a modified Cabinet,
headed by Senior GamaZo Minister Of
Public Instruction, will conclude the
negotiations and then retire, and Gen
eral Polavieja, with a combination I'M
Guiding Senior Silvela and General
Campos, will reorganZe the Cabinet.
Everybody considers that Spain should
treat direct with the Americans, whose
practical good sense will prevail over
spreadeagleism.'
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TO SAVE THE COLON.
The Merritt g. Chapman Company
Will Undertake the Task.

NEW YORK, July 2o-Lieutenant
Richmond F. Hobson returned to the
city to-day, after the second visit to
Washington. since his landing from the
st. Paul here on Friday morning While
in Washington he again conferred with
secretary Long concerning the saving
OF the Cristobal Colon. Upon his re-
turn to this city he went to the office
of the Merritt & Chapman Wrecking
and Derrick Company to complete the
preparations for righting and preserv-
ing the Colon.
Lieutenant Hobson announced later
in the day that the Merritt & Chapman
Wrecking and Derrick Company had
consented to undertake the recovery
of the Cristobal Colon and was making
every effort to begin the work as soon
as possible
The difficulty Of saving the Colon, y
he said, lies in the complete submerg-
ence, upon her beam end, of a steamer
of 1000 tons. Only a short portion Of
her stern is clear of the water, which
fills her whole interior.
Her sea valves and her sides are in
a few places perforated by shells. The
beach upon which she lies is exceeding
~ SHciNiilS, IOi liilHS d part, III ldcl, u
the mountain which there rises out Of
the sea- In short, all the conditions
are present which render the righting
and raising of the ship an engineering
feat of large proportions. At the same
time, it is simple and quite feasible.
No new appliances are needed, nothing
to be invented it is simply question
of getting to the spot in time with the
accepted means and methods on suffi-
Gent scale"
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THE SICK AT SANTIAGO.
General Shafter Reports the Stu
alton as Improved.

WASHINGTON, July a25.-In a dis
patch to the War Department tonight
General Shafter reports that about 500
new cases of fever developed in his
corps at Santiago yesterday. This
number includes, of course, all classes
of fever. probably some cases of gen.
uine yellow fever.
Only one death is reported. that being
from yellow fever. The cheering intel
ligence is conveyed that the situation
is improving. and that about 450 men
who have been i'll have returned to
duty.
The dispatch. as posted by the War
Department, follows:
Santiago. July 25.-Adjutant Gem
eral l.. S. A. Washington: Number of
new fever cases on the 2ith inst. was
800 AT least $50 returned to duty.
Actual figures will be given hereafter.
Notwithstanding figures. the situation
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GERS and men of the squadron under
your command for transmission to you,
and herewith incloses the same.
Accompanying the copy of the joint
resolution the department received a
letter from the Secretary of State re-
questing that there be conveyed TO
you his high appreciation of your char
acter as a naval officer, and for the
judgment and prudence you have
shown in directing affairs since the
date of your great achievement in de-
stroying the Spanish fleet. This l take
pleasure in doing, and join most hearth
ly on behalf of the Navy Department,
as well as personally, in the commenda-
ton of the Secretary of State. Very
respectfully, JOHN d. LONG,
Secretary.
Rear Admiral George Dewey, U. s.
N, Communicating Chief Asiatic Sta
tion.''
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QUEEN REGENTS DAILY LIFE.
The Ruler Of Spain Looking Care
worn and Anxious.

PARIS, July PA special dispatch
from Madrid gives the following ac-
count of the Queen Regents daily life
during the present crisis:
Poor Queen, This is the exclan1a-
ton so often heard of late day after
day, as matters grow worse and worse,
as the Spanish disasters repeat them
selves, and as the throne of the little
King seems slipping from her hands,
into which it was given in trust.
see her majesty looking careworn and
anxious. Even her drives are becoming
fewer and fewer
1T would surely appeal to any moth
ell. in the world were she to see the
way this Queen mother each day seems
to cling closer and closer to her boy.
as though to shield him from the dan
gers closing about him with almost
fatal force. 1t is very touching TO
witness it. Her worst enemies recog-
nize in the Queen personal qualities
worthy of the highest admiration.
THE Queen used every means at
her disposal to prevent war. Her great
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SITUATION AT SANTIAGO.
Insurgents Retarding the Work of
Military Governor Wood.

NEW YORK, July 25.-Dispatches to
the World from Santiago say:
The Cuban insurgents, encouraged by
the correspondents of a sensational
New York newspaper, are retarding the
work of Military Governor Wood. They
are still disgruntled because the town
was not delivered over to them.
The Spaniards are accepting tie
change of government in Santiago with
good grace. The insurgent forces have
left the American camp and gone
twenty miles into the interior. They
have been warned, under threat OF ex
IRENE penalty, not to modest Spanish
residents or return to the old system of
brigandage.
There were fifty funerals here yester-
day of refugees who died as the result
of the scarcity of food. Santiago is still
short of food. The streets are full of
ordered to clean their houses. A big
sanitary force is at work.
There is great need among the
Americans of lemons and preserved
acid fruits.
contract for the deportation of Spanish
SURRENDERED troops mas uolllieu siiSlil
by cable to be ready to start next week.
The Americans heroes, during the
heat Of the fighting, compelled to force
every step of their way, were buried
where they fell with the ceremony Of
war. Near the Quasini bloekhouse.
which the Rough Riders stormed and
took some days previous to the bartle
of San Juan, twenty-five are buried in
one grave Chaplain Vandewater of the
Seventy first New York conducted the
burial service twenty-five times in one
day The bodies of Captain Capron and
Sergeant Hamilton Fish were not
buried here. Both We're taken \ one On
the steamer Hudson, which started
Thursday, by Nicholas Fish, father Of
the dead Sergeant.
At the last ford before San Juan hill
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GARCIA INCIDENT.
Nothing Yet Received From Gen.
Shafter on the Subject.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-Nothing
has come yet from General Shafter 20
the War Department either in the shape
OF a cablegram or a mailed report con-
tanning any reference to the correspond
ence supposed to have passed between
himself and General Garcia The Off
Gals have no doubt that General Shat
ter wrote reply 10 the Garcia letter
but they still refuse to believe that
Garcia either wrote or knew of the
initial letter which was said to have
been addressed by him to General Shat
ter.
One point that seems to afford some
basis for this belief is General Shat
ter's statement that he invited General
Garcia to be present at the ceremonies
attending the raising of the American
flag over Santiago. 1t is hardly con-
ceivable that General Garcia. therefore.
should have made such a statement as
that attributed to him in the alleged
letter directly at variance as ii is with
the facts as reported by Shafter
While regretting the friction that ex
lists at Santiago between the Cubans
and the American forces, our Govern
ment can see no cause at this moment
for a modification of the program il
has outlined in the matter of the gov
eminent of that city. AS one of the
ablest legal advisers of the Adminstra-
ton has stated it, civil government in
a town like Santiago cannot exist only
in time of peace In war time the mill
tary arrangements must be supreme,
and until peace is attained the only
form of government that can be erected
and maintain over territory occupied
by army is military government To
attempt to be guided by any other rule
would be to invite anarchy and would
lead to notable excuses. 1t is not in
tended by this statement to reflect upon
the character of the Cubans or their
ability for self government, but this
rule would and should be applied in any
conquered territory 1t could not be
conceded for a moment that the United
States forces should go on capturing
positions in Cuba, and then turning
them over while the war existed to an
element that had not been able them
selves to effect the capture The posi-
ton OF the Government in this is be-
lieved to be exactly in accordance with
the most advanced principles Of a gov
eminent during the time of war; and
it is, therefore, improbable that any
change will be made in the status at
Santiago until peace is attained"
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PAYMENT OF SOLDIERS.
Shafter Requests That Gold and
Paper Money be Sent His Men.

WASHINGTON, July 20. = Major
Sniffin of the pay corps will sail from
New York tomorrow on the Olivette
for Santiago, accompanied by three
paymasters. They will begin the pay
ments of troops on their arrival, and
in very short time will be joined by
other paymasters, who will assist in
paying off General Skaters army, and
then will proceed to Porto Rico to pay
off the army of General Miles.
A rather interesting question has
arisen in regard to the payment of the
troops. A telegram has been received
from General Shafter requesting that
gold and paper be sent to Santiago. as
tradesmen there refuse to accept Amer
lean silver dollars at their par value,
and rate them at 30 cents on the dollar
like the Mexican dollar
1t was Paymaster General Stanton's
intention to send as little silver as pos
sible, combining it mostly to subsidiary
coin for the purpose of making change
on account of the greater convenience
to take gold and paper, and he will
continue to do so.
Considerable indignation is expressed
that American money of any kind is
discounted, and suggestion has been
made to the Secretary of War that any
tradesman who refuses to accept United
States money of any kind at 100 cents
on the dollar should be removed from
any territory over which the American
flag floats. 1t is not known that any
orders will be sent to General Shafter
on the subject, although the suggestion
has been made that American money
should not be allowed to be questioned
by the countries occupied by United
States troops.
The supposition is that the refusal to
accept silver dollars is the result of the
long use of the silver of Mexico and
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DEFEAT OF CERvERA.
Official Reports Will be Given Ont
for Publication Tonight.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The official
reports concerning naval operations off
the east coast of Cuba eliminating in
the destruction Of Admiral Cervera's
fleet will be made public by the War
Department tomorrow afternoon for
publication in the newspapers Of
Wednesday morning A statement TO
this effect was made by Secretary Long
to-day. The delay in giving them out
is said to be due to the fact that they
cannot be copied before tomorrow at
ternoon.
There are several reports, and they
include nearly a complete history of ma
val operations around and about San
tiago. The principal report is made by
Acting Admiral Sampson as Command
er-in-Chief of the naval forces in Gu
ban waters, and it is accompanied by
the reports made to him by Commodore
Schley on the Brooklyn, in active COM
mand of the fleet which destroyed the
Spanish fleet; by Captain Evans, COM
handing the battleship Iowa; by Cap
tain Clark, commanding the battleship
Oregon, and by Captain Taylor, COM
manding the battleship Indiana
The reports of Captain Philip, COM
handing the battleship Texas, and
Commander Wainwright of the auxil-
larry cruiser Gloucester, which vessels
took prominent part in the chase and
destruction of the Spanish vessels, VII,
be withheld for publication at a sub
sequent date.
Secretary Long said that in view of
the decision to give the reports out in
full tomorrow evening, he did not feel
al liberty at this time to disclose even
the general character of their contents
In response to a direct inquiry he did
say, however that Admiral Simpsons
report was a plain statement of the
facts connected with the destruction Of
the Spanish fleet, and showed conclu-
sively that there was no friction be-
tween the officers in connection with it.
The officials of the Navy Department
decline to say anything about how the
reports came to the department fur
Their than to reiterate their former
statement that they We're not brought
to Washington by Naval Constructor
Hobson. The supposition is that they
were brought to New York on the aux
Hilary cruiser st. Paul, and sent from
New York to Washington by mail.
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it is estimated that forty of our men
We're buried in trenches. Twenty lie in
the trenches at the foot of the hill at FL
Carey.
starving, caring for the wounded and
establishing an orderly government in
the province, the refinement of the
brave men buried in the jungles has
been impossible. Ultimately, however,
they will be given a proper burial Only
the bodies of officers will be sent home.
Collins will be provided for the men.
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GUANTANAMO sURRENDERs.
Seven Thousand Spanish Soldiers
Lay Down Their Arms.

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SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July %
Everything is peaceful. The 1000
Spanish soldiers at Guantanamo laid
down their arms to-day. The $3.50 men
from Palma Soriano. San Luis and
Longo surrendered yesterday to Liau-
tenant Miley and to-day pack trains
were sent to them. The only others
included in the capitulation are the
1000 at Baracoa and 1000 at Sagua.
They have not yet been turned over,
but they are now here in General Gar
cias vicinity. He is at Jiguany TO-
day and reached there without encpun-
tering any Spaniards.
General Shafter authorizes an abso-
lutte contradiction of the report that
Garcia encountered force of Span
iards who were returning to Santiago
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Seven Thousand Spanish Soldiers Lay
Down Their Arms Shafter Denies
That Garcia Met and Was De-
feated by the Spanish.
ST. THOMAS, July 25.-The Unit
ed States troops are landing to-day
on the island Of Porto Rico, near
Ponce, ON the southern coast.

MADRID, July GA private
dispatch from San Juan de Porto
Rico says a strong American
squadron has appeared before
Bahia Honda, but that the Ameri-
can attempt to disembark was re-
pulsed with considerable loss.
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seems somewhat improved One death.
Sergeant J. Larnnen, Troop c, Third
Cavalry yellow fever; Siboney.
"SHAFTER, Major General"
As heretofore indicated by General
Shafter and the medical officers of his
corps, the cases of fever are of a nota-
bly, mild type. The patients are i'll from
three days to week, and then re-
turn to duty quite as we'll as ever. The
medical officers concur in the opinion
that this fever renders the men inn
mune, for the time at least, to yellow
fever.
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Condition Of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the Treas
ury: Available cash balance x266
269, 100; gold reserve, $3.50, 043, 673.
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LUZERNE (Switzerland), July Do
Don Carlos, the pretender to the Span
ish throne, has arrived here with his
wife and aide-de-camp.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-03
CITY BREVITIES.

Capt. H. S. Chadwick of Company M. of
the First North Carolina Regiment, has
been receiving mail addressed erroneously
on account of an error in a report of the
personnel of the officers of that command.
Through a mistake his name appeared as
Capt. Hubert instead of Capt. Chadwick.
The trial of the case of T. j. Davis and
Others turnpike commissioners, against
the Vernon Shell Roard Company for for
fixture of charter, was continued in the
Superior Court yesterday. A number of
witnesses for the plaintiffs was examined
as to the condition of the road at the time
Of the suit and the trial viii be continued
to-day.
The regular Thursday night Bible class
at the Young Mems Christian Association
will be held tonight at the building corner
of Bull and Jones streets at $50 O'Clock.
The teacher of this class is the Rev.
Osgood F. Cook, and the lesson for to-
night is one of great interest, How we
Got Our English Bible" The classes are
not limited to members of the Y. NJ. c. A..
and all young men, especially soldiers.
will receive cordial welcome Sunday
mornings at 9:45 o'clock the general sec
rotary conducts his class for the train
ing of Christian workers.