The Lamar register., 1898-08-17

cAefNisf Ni hfi $3.50 eAAtANr - rtNrr
ing about peace.
III ala thanked the aniba ssador per
sonaIly for the Important part he has
nlayed Ia This matter. and the latter ~
Piled in suitable terms As 4 furtilcf
mark OF bis disposition President Nc
KInley called for the proclamation
which he had caused 10 bc drawn uI
snspending h0stillfles and signed Il In
the pr,sSence OF NJ. CAmten. who eS
pressed his appreciation " The Hcsieti
Without Aelay Acting Secretary Allen
hastepel 10 the Telephone and directed
that cable messages b. Immediately
sent to all naval commanders Dewey
IN the Philippines. Sampson 81 Guan'
tanamo. and the various ceinmaudanff
AZ navy yards and stations 70 cssiss
hnstilliies Immediately.
There i also dispatch boat al Honr
Kong. and Il x believed thai L rsu
reach General Merritt In forty eight
hours at top speed-
on The parf of the army while M
rctary Alser avnIIesi q the teleErara,
Adjutanl General CoFlin hrzvcd ihc
storm and ryishssd acrnsS "a ilfe Wai
DeTartnlcui. whore h. tmne'ihatsly =
sned the orders which bad h.sD pre
pared Ia advance. 10 ell ~ ibe military
commanders. n ceasc their "p-ratiapst
The SAFE Department fulfilled its duty
by notifying diplotaalie and oousnias
agents a the action taken
Al the fortnaiita-s having bccu dis
POSED Of the PrySsdsnf spent half az
hour chatting with those PFeseni. and
then. al sss2S ih~ rain ssin cun5inuinE
n farcr. the Ambassador ansi ais ~s-e
retary eutsrs-,i thgsF CzrriaEp aud wrrv
driven 10 the embassy,
The pen which was nsasi lsY S.,crs-
iary Day Ia signing ihr Fcstueei Wa
given Ia Chlrf Clerk Mlchae1 - the
STATE pstsaFtment. who had t,e~ISosrif
H. NJ Thiettaus Sound ehat usc,t liy
the Frvnch ambassador
In aceorlance with the procismntial
issued ~ thr President ruzI~sndin<
hcsiitlJtcs. orders wrrr i~secd this
evening 80 naval cosnnrausiefs ht Siie
seysrai stations "a the United STATS,
Cui,a ana the Philippines. caTryia=
int eject the 8insviians cf ths prs
iamatiun Th- Navy Department. uni
cnly transmitted thr Pf~sislEnt's pror
lamatiou IN full to the several eum
inarii,=s=- tsa-s,lalsl hat also silrtctiuus
o. % the dist-csitloa q their yesss,-
The following iisIatrh WAS ss-nt 10
ADMIRAL sampson
''Sgspend all H1sHIiiss iliaykaar
- Cnbz zad PrEfa Hhea = Tais.sl
Howell or,icrrd 10 assenshis rc.a.siA III
kry West Proved with Nsw York
Rnooslyn. Indiana oresbu. Iowa and
Massachusetts Ia nanpklnsxiIse
plser uooulIors ia safs llaflscr in Psrfa
Rico. Nats0s transfers his Gag ;e
Newark. ard viii rsIualn At Guanta.
namo ASSEMBLE al cruisers In safe
haripors- order mar ner north oD Re.
Ulute~
The following Was -cni 10 Gsusral
Merrifts
This Isresidsni directs al military
operations against the rneuly O. ~
suspended Peace urEpiiaSiuns nre
nearing romqiriiou. n pno;oSel having
iusS bcsu signed hy representatives -
the TIVE col.itrieS. You VIII inform
the commanders OF the Spanlsh forea-
IN The Philippines Of these Ensirtic
lions Further orders VIII fellow AZ,
kuuwiciE, rcoripi
In response 10 the notification cent
10 GcuSTal Fitzhnsh I.se. tl~ faFrusr
cansul general A. Havana. wtr,-i ibs
War Department:
Thanks The Seventh rorte has
ceased frins- Unaaiclal
u l. wcii unirrsio-,d that General
Lees command was hein= reserved
for the attack uppn Havana. II the ue.-
ersslty for one should aris..
A. aa official Of the War Depart
menf expressed il tonight. III was a
BIT of sarcasm % fate that Lee did
not have a part In the active opera
tons 10 Cuba or Porto Rico.