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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-05

EXcURerONIsTs AND OTHERS CAN
have accommodations at the Queen Ann9
Cottages. Dinners. 70 cents.
al 5-its Mrs. l1SrEA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-05
A GREAT SACRIFICE OF FLOWERS
TO Close out Large Quantities.

200 punches Fine Roses, with Buds. Fo-
liage. and Rubber Stems, worth &c,
reduced 10 ...........,....,.&o GENTS.
s)c. Rose Foliage. with Rubber Stems
reduced TO ...................20 CENTS.
$50 punches Cowslips, worth CSC. re-
% Sprays Of Pretty Flowers, with Foil
age. 10 be closed out at....15 CENTS.
Crush Roses, with Foliage, TO be closed
out at ........ ...............1O CENTS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-05
TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETs.
A REDUCTION OF FROM
20 TO so PER CENT.

has been made on every Trimmed Hat
and Bonnet in the house. This in order 10
clear the cases for fail stock. This big
reduction gives you an opportunity to
choose from Richmonds choicest collec-
ton of headgear at one third and one
half less than the regular price.
KAUFMAN d CO.,
Fourth and broad.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
OUR FOREIGN POLICY
a CONVENTION TO DISCUSS 1T.
The Civic Federation of Chic ,go Initiates
an Important Movement-MRny Promi
ncnt Men Sign the Gail.

Chicago. July 24.--The Civic Fedora
tion OF Chicago tonight gave out IL call
for n national conference. to be held at
Saratoga Springs, New York, August
10th and Goth. to discuss the future
foreign policy of the United States.
The call Is signed by over 1000 men
in every state in the Union. 1t says:
"The undersigned deem it necessary
that n national conference be convened
at an early day TO consider the future
foreign policy of the United States.
The war with Spain gives promise of
the overthrow of Spanish power in
Cuba, Porto Rico. the Philippines and
other of the country's colonial posses
sions. The question of what disposi-
ton the United States should make of
these possessions when peace is
reached Is none too soon in engaging
the thought of our people. The ques-
ton impresses us as being one of the
most serious the American people have
had to consider. 1t is now n question
ON which heretofore very little thought
has been bestowed by the great ma
jority of our people. Whether the for
eign policy of the Fathers" should be
adhered to or departed from is enough
To challenge the most considerable of
our ablcst and thoughtful men. In our
opinion. this conference should be
composed of men from all parts of the
country, without respect to party or
affiliations. whether they are for or
against policy of territorial expan-
sion, and men whose ability, position
and character entitle their opinions to
the respectful consideration Of the
people"
The circular letter sent out by Chair
man Henry Wade Rodgers and Secre-
tary Ralph NJ. Eastley. asking for sig
natures, stated that neither the genesis
nor conduct of the war should be dis
cussed, nor any political cast be given
the proceedings. the object being en-
tirely educational.
The responses We're prompt and en-
thusiastic. Among the signatures are
the governors of Indiana, Oregon. Ne
braska, Delaware, Vermont. West Nir-
ginln, Wyoming, South Carolina, and
the following:
j. Il. Mcbride. secretary National
Labor organization; L. jefferson Cool
idgc, William Endicott. Jr.: Samuel
Ross. secretary Cotton Spinner's AS
sociation: Franklin Carter. president
Williams College: Carl Schurz. w. II.
Parsons. vice president board of trade;
Professor n. NJ Butler, Henry White.
general secretary Garment Workers of
America; Bishop Potter. II. n. Higin-
bothcm, Chicago: William II. Harper.
president Chicago University; Bishop
Ninde; Samuel Gompers, president
American Federation of Labor, Wash
ington, ID. G.
committee of arrangements. con-
ssting of representative men in differ
ent parts of the country and represent
Ing different phases of the question to
be discussed, will be announced in II
few days.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
WERE SACRIFICED.
STORY OF cERvsaA.s OFFICERS
, The Fleet Was Ordered to Certain D-.true.
/. tion to SAtisfy spanish PoliticIAn.-rhe
Plan TO Cro.s the Atlantic Was Fool.
hardy.

Chicago. July "a dispatch TO the
Record from Annapolis gives an inter
esting Interview with the Spanish Of
ficers now ON parole there. The cor
respondent says:
While the officers OF Admiral Ger
vera's squadron decline To discuss the
probabilities of p.ace or the conse-
luences that may follow watson's ex-
pedition and the invasion OF Puerto
Rico. they talk very freely of their
own experience and consider them
selves as having been sacrificed to
atone for the sins of the ministry at
Madrid. This expression was used by
one of them in discussing the fate OF
their fleet. They declare that the dis
patch of their vessels from Spain to
the West Indies under the circum-
stances then existing was an unpre-
cedented example OF administrative
) 'oily. for which Mr.. Moret, then min
;Ster of the colonies ut Madrid. was
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

en- OF. as reported in your papers.
The only naval guns rsed in the forti-
fications were from the Reina Merce-
des.''
asked the officers about the effect
of the dynamite shells which the We
suvius threw toward the city. They
replied that the noise of the explosion
caused great terror among the sol
diers, and particularly among the citi-
zens. and n great deal of earth WAS
displaced. but the shells did not hap
pen to fall where they could do great
damage. All of Cervera's officers
agree that the Fesuvius is II most for
midable and destructive agent of war.
l asked my friend who suggested
the sortie of the fleet. He threw up
his hands in horror.
would that knew" he exclaimed
Would that knew the man who sug-
gested our sacrifice. 1t was the most
cruel and unnecessary command that
wns ever given to brave men. We
were ordered to enter the very gates
OF hell for no other purpose, as can
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

We're provisions that instead of re-
ceiving stores we We're ordered by the
government to take the sailors ra
tions from the holds of our ships and
distribute them among the soldiers.
The merchants had sold out and had
not replaced their stock. SO that they
would have little to lose in case of the
capture of the city by the Americans.
while the commissarat of the army.
by some dreadful mismanagement.
had made no provision for siege.
Half the soldiers We're sick and all
of them We're on starvation rations.
During the battles of the first days of
July 1.5o0 sick men were carried in
carriages and carts TO the trenches
and made to fight. although many of
them fell from exhaustion. The hos
pitals were emptied. We sent n lot
of sailors from the ships to assist
them, but none of our guns We're tax
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
SKATERS PRISONERS.
There Are $4,000 Of Tn, m-rhey Have to
Be Fed.

There Are $4,000 Of Tn m-Thcy Have to
Jse Fed
Washington. II. c., July 24.-The
War Department at midnight posted
the following:
Santiago. via Hayti. July "a.
"Adjutant General of the Army, WASH
ington:
Lieutenant Miley has returned from
San Luis and Palma Estrinao. where
he went four days ago to receive the
surrender of the Spanish troops. The
number surrendered was larger than
General Toral reported. Three thou
san1 and five Spanish troops and $50
volunteer guerrillas gave up their arms
and gave parole and have gone to
work.
"Three thousand stands OF arms were
turned in, loaded on ox-car.s and
started for the railroad. Spanish troops
accompanying them to San Luis. and
all apparently greatly delighted at the
prospects OF returning home. They
were on the verge Of starvation. and /
have to send them rntions tomorrow.
III the numbers keep up as they
have there will be about "a 900 to shin
nway-nearly 1900 here, 5000 from
San Luis, G.O0O from Guantanamo and
over 1900 at Sagua and Baracoa.
"SHAFTER,
Major General Cjmmanding."
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

directly responsible. but he was sup
ported by all of the members of the
Cabinet except the minister of marine,
who finally and with great reluctance
consented to issue the necessary or
ders to Admiral Cervera. They cX-
plain that public sentiment in Mad
rid and elsewhere throughout the
peninsula, as represented by the poll
ticians and newspapers, demanded
some offensive demonstration toward
the United States. They We're not
, satisfied with the defensive policy of
the administration. They We're impa-
tient because the Spanish army in
Cuba was bottled up in Havana. San
tiago and other ports by our blockade
and because every vessel sent to its
relief was captured as IL prize of war.
They insisted that Il feet of cruisers
which was idle Mt Cadiz should be
sent out to destroy our commerce.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

Inc vessels lacked AIMS, men and
fuel. and one Of them. the Cristohal
Colon. did not carry guns enough for
a ship of one-tenth its tonnage. When
Admiral Cervera was asked where
the guns Were he replied: I'm the
pockets OF the contractors" 1t is
claimed that on the four vessels-the
Cristobal Colon. Vizcaya, Ouuendo
and Maria Teresa--there We're only
six guns of large calibre. two each
upon the three last named.
When ! asked what the govern
ment expected to accomplish by send
ing over this feet one OF the captains
with sarcastic smile. replied that
Moret. who is Il dreamer. believed IL
was possible to lombard New York.
Boston. Washington. Chicago, st.
Louis, and blockade all the rest of the
cities of the United States with four
half-armed men-of-war and three tor
pedo-boat destroyers. He said that
they could get no coal at Martinique
and missed the English colliers be-
cause the latter had been captured by
the Yankees. At Curacao they got
barely enough coal to carry them TO
Santiago.
Who would suppose" continued
one of the Spanish officers, that the
second capital OF Cuba. and the most
prosperous city on the island. would
be empty OF all provisions and sup
plies when we arrived there: So short
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

only one chance. n slight possibility
that one or perhaps two of the YES
sells might escape. Tie arrangement
of the Yankee fleet was favorable.
The lookouts told us that the New
York had gone to the east and the
Brooklyn was the only ship In sight
that could outsail the slowest of our
vessels. 1t was the intention to ram
the Brooklyn Immediately and sink or
disable her. even though one of our
vessels went down with her. Then 1t
was hoped the others could outrun the
battleships. Sur plain failed because
we could not get near enough TO the
Brooklyn. She did not close in on us
like the Texas and Oregon, hut stood
OFF at long range. and when the Maria
Teresa started for her she made n
wide sweep and ran away. Cervera
asked Commodore Schley why he did
not come nearer, but got no satisfac-
tion. But the Maria Teresa was al
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.
General Skaters Reports Cause the ON
ciais TO Hope for the Best.


Washington. July pa dispatch re-
Corbin from General Shnfter says that
1906 new eases of fever of all classes
We're reported in the camp before San
tiago yesterday.
AS the same dispatch reports only
four deaths. and none of them from
yellow fever. from among the hun
dreds OF cases of fever known to cx-
list In the camp. the war authorities are
more than ever inclined TO the belief
that the cases of yellow fever are of a
mild type.
Previous dispatches from General
Shafter and the medical officers of the
corps have indicated the existence in
the camp of very large amount of
cases OF malarial fever and dengue
fever, the latter being peculiar TO the
Cuban climate.
Some clear cases of yellow fever are
reported, but the officials say they are
few rs compared with those of other
fevers.
General Shafter's dispatch. as made
public by Adjutant General Corbin,
follows:
Santiago de Cuba. via Hnyti. July "a.
Number of new cases of fever OF all
classes for yesterday, approximately,
306. Deaths not previously reported:
Private Daniel a. Stone. company d.,
First Illinois infantry. typhoid fever,
July 20; Sergeant J. Blair. regimental
quarternnster, Twelfth infantry. died
July 22nd OF dengue fever and asthe-
mia, and on July 23rd of nalarial fever,
Privates William Peacock and Gar
raft Learnesheck, both of company T.,
Second infantry. SHAFTER.
Major General Commanding.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

take prizes among our shipping and
blockade and bombard the ports of
the United States in retaliation for
what our fleet was doing in Cuba.
Admiral Cerveras officers say that
4 these demands were made by people
who were not aware of the untitness
OF the navy, and the ministry could
not make it known without exposing
the long-continued corruption of the
marine department and the robbery of
the government by the diversion of
funds appropriated for naval de-
fenses. They think 1t possible the
true state OF affairs was unknown TO
some of the ministers and that per-
haps Mr.. Moret shared the delusion.
The minister OF marine. who was
fully aware of the situation. remon-
strated, and was sustained by prom
inent officers of the navy. Bnt he was
compelled to yield. and finally issued
peremptory orders for nm expedition,
which every man familiar with the
navy knew was not only hopeless but
./suicidal.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

conceive, than to crafty the politicians
and sensation-mongers In Spain who
clamored for some Offensive demon
stration. Some of my comrades think
there was an intention TO bring about
disaster that would furnish an ex-
cuse to make pe -cc. but l believe In
the first theory"
an earnest protest against going out to
certain destruction. but peremptory
orders came from Madrid.
did the sailors remonstrate? Was
1t true that you had to make them
drunk TO prevent mutiny!"
NO. indeed" exclaimed my friend,
Indignantly. ''They are the bravest
men in the world. They knew nothing
about our plans. Not IL man on board
any of the ships, except the command
ers, was aware that he was expected
to face almost certain death until the
cruisers started for the open sea that
Sunday morning. and even then very
few of them asked questions. The
word was passed around that we We're
going out to fight the Yankees. and
the poor fellows We're enthusiastic over
the prospects of battle"
did you expect TO escapey"
NO: we expected to die. AS l have
said. the sailors knew nothing OF the
fate that awaited them. but there was
not an officer on the fleet who did not
feel that his end had come. There was
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
roa1v THOUSAND HORSES.
eovsrnmsns AE.".. 10 hoy In Denver.


Denver. July 25.-Next Monday the
government board for the Inspection of
horses for the United States cavalry
will arrive in Denver and commence
the purchase of 10000 horses. The
board Will come direc; from Washing
ton to this city and will use Denver as
its headquarters In securing the west
ern country for desirable animals
A short time ago n special board
was In Denver buying horses for Tor
rey's Rough Riders and 1t had better
results here than n, any other point
where an agency was established. All
the horses bought We're of the very
highest quality, and the board was well
pleased with the result of its work
Hence the regular Board of Inspection
for the army will come dlrcci to Den
yer and commence the purchase of
horses.
Smaller horses Were wanted for Tor
rey's cavalry than for the regular cav
airy, and great many offered We're
rejected because they We're too large.
All the animals bought by the first
board had to be between 14A and 15i.
hands high.
No horse will he accepted by the
coming board that is less than lJi.
hands high nor higher than sixteen
hands.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
want. the Con,r,c. Annu,,a.

New York, July %. George Osgood
Lord to-day brought suit In the Su-
Preme Court against the Compagnia
Transatlantique Espnnola. j. NJ. Cet,al-
los, agent, who. in behalf of the Span
ish line. made the bid for transporting
25.0OO defeated Dons fiom Santiago to
Spain for $50 for officers and $50 for
enlisted men.
The suit is to annul the contract the
Quartcrmaster's Department made
with the enemy's steamship company.
The ground for the suit Is that the con-
tract il against public policy and gives
aid and comfort to the enemy OF the
United States. Technically. Mr.. LORD
siies for 100000 damages, but the rosl
object 10 to secure the nRnullment q
the contract y, q
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
sp,niard. w.r. Convinced.

Washington, July 22.-Thc War De-
partment has posted the following:
Santiago, July 22.-Adjutant Cen
eral Corbin. Washington: Sent two
troops of cavalry with Spanish officers
and Lieutenant Miley TO receive sur
render of Spanish troops at San Luis
and Palmas. They had not heard Of
the loss of Cervera's fleet or OF Torals
surrender. They declined to surrender
unless they could come In and see for
themselves. A detachment of officers
and men came in last night and re-
turned this morning, apparently salts
fed. SHAFTER."
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
THE MONEY ooss TO SPAIN.
What the Contract for Transporting Span
isil prisOncrs Means.

New York, July 2I.-The World says:
A lawyer has been retained by tho
steamship companies who We're unsuc-
cessful bidders for transporting the
22,O00 captured Spanish prisoners from
Santiago to Spain and will begin action
TO have the contract made by the gov
ernment with the Campagnia
Espanola set aside.
The ground taken Is that the successful
bidder is n licensed corporation of n
nation with whom we are at war. and
that according TO n measure passed by
the Spanish Cortes. one-half of the re-
ceipts of every corporation doing bust
ness under the Spanish government
must be surrendered to the government
to help defray the expenses OF The war.
BY letting the contract to Spanish,
corporation the government Indirectly
pays into the Spanish treasury an
amount equal to one-half of the con-
tract stipulation. Also, that the gov
ernment thereby releases from block
ade all of the enemy's vessels to he
used In the transportation from the.
neutral ports where they are now In
shelter.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

transport ships, and n base Of opera
tions against the Spanish force remain
ing in the province of Santiago de
Cuba.
Nipe is directly to the north Of San
tiago on the north coast of the island
The bay of the same name is mag.
niticent anchorage for ships, being
sheltered on all sides by peninsulas,
which almost meet, the channel lead
ing in the bay being very narrow.
There Is plenty of water In the bay to
accommodate vessels of blockading
squadron. transports, colllers and sup
ply ships.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
Soldier. to Have Fresh Meat.

Washington, July 22.-Gcneral Egan,
chief OF the cominissary department
of the army. to-day received n dis
patch from Colonel Wester. chief com
missary with General Shafter's army,
as follows:
"SantIago, July 22.-The Mississippi
came In yesterday. Issued to troops
and hospitals 25.OO0 pounds fresh beef.
Full rntions of fresh bread issued to
two divisions. and in few days all will
have fresh bread. Ovens now on the
way. Adjutant General Corbins son
met at Siboney. WESTON,
''Chief Commissary."
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
Capture of Nipr.

New York, July PA special to the
Herald from Washington, ID. c., says
Rear Admiral Sampson officially re
ported 10 the Navy Department to-day
the capture Of Nipe. Cuba. and the
consequent transfer to American con
troll of a most important strategic
point on the northeastern coast of
Cuba.
In the future it viii be used as n
base OF supplies for the army and
navy, harbor of refuge for war and
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

Siboncy with 125 sick and wounded OF
iicers and soldiers on board. During
the twenty-one days that the Relief
has been In commission. she has re-
ceivcd ON board 265 sick and wounded
soldiers; of this number thirteen have
died and n large number have been
transferred to the Seneca, Solace and
Hudson. Out OF the 1o5 men on board
the Relief there are only about iiya
dangerously wounded.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

General Calixto Garcia, in charge OF
Cuban forces In the operations about
SantiagO. to-day notified General
Shaf,er that he had rendered his res
i.natf0n Us commander Of insurgents
In the eastern department. This action
on the part OF General Garcia IL re-
garded NJ a ruse and IL believed to
have ns its object the drawing or
vote OF confidence from the leaders Of
the Cuban junta.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30
a CHANGE RUSSIA.
Decides Not to Spend Big Money on He
Navy

Navy
London. July 23.--Thc Moscow cor
respondent of the Standard says:
1T seems that Russia has dropped
the idea of spending 0.00O,o0O ron
bles ON her navy. Evidently the de
cision is sudden one. because the
representative of the Union Iron
Works Of San Francisco, who was
summoned 10 ST. Petersburg TO take
orders for ironclads had actually ar
rived there when the government
changed its mind.
''Thc motive for the change Is un-
known. but it is supposed to indicate
that the party favoring an Anglo
Russian instead of n Russo.Germau
entente is gaining strength"
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-30

New York. July 23.-The United
States hospital ship RELIEF arrived Al
quarantine this afternoon from
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-11-17
He COT ii EVEN
But He Got Back at Him
In Good Shape.

There is an old retired merchant in De-
troit who delights in recalling his expert
ences when an active man running gem
eral store in one of the northern citiei of
the lower peninsula.
I used toTeap a harvest when the men
were coming out Of the woods, he re-
lates. They were not up in styles, and
about any old thing would suit them pro-
yided the color was right and the fit even
passable9 But there were tricksters among
them and / had to have my wits about
me in order to keep even with them.
g How much is this hat? asked strap
ping six-footer who arrived from camp
one day with a pocket full of money
q :. Two fifty I replied.
had the, crowns of his hats punched full
Of holes in order to keep his head cool, and
his hair from coming out. ! soon had this
hat was worth. Two fifty I responded,
in surprise, but he laughed at me for asking
such price for damaged goods. He had me
and got his hat for a dollar while the jolly
crowd with him had a laugh at my expense.
He wanted to look at some 'fddles,' and
after pricing one at $40 concluded to take it.
Where's the bow? he asked, as was
doing up the package.
You only bought the fiddle laughed.
The others saw the point and laughed, too.
The giant tried to bluff me, but kept good
humored and got even on the hat by charg-
ing him $l.50 for the bow. not only got
even, but the others were SO pleased with
my Yankee trick that they spent plenty
of money with me. Detroit Free Press.