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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
TORAL WILL NOT SURRENDER
HE REITERATES HIS DETERMIN4-
 TION TO RESIST.
the American Bat- teries Did Not Open Fire and the Re- newa1 of the Bombnrdment Was Post poned Until To-day-News of Refusal to Surrender Confirmed Ina Madrid But Not in Washington,
Not in Washington.

Copyright 1898, The Associated Press.l
 Before Santiago, via Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay, July 12.-This morn ing General Toral sent out a reply to General Shafter's second demand for the unconditional surrender of Santi- ago, made by the latter yesterday af- ternoon. In his reply General Toral re- ferred to his refusal to accede to the American demand made on Sunday and again reiterated his determination to resist. Notwithstanding, the American batteries did not open fire this morning and the renewal of the bombardment will probably be postponed until to- morrow (Wednesday), when it is hoped that all of General Randolph's batter ies will be in position. The siege guns landed yesterday will also be brought up as soon as possible.
 Torrents of rain fell last night, drowning out the boys in the trenches and making the roads almost impassa- ble. This may delay the batteries and siege guns. The volunteers who are being hurried on the front are being lo- cated along the right center in the po- sition which has been occupied by Gen eral Lawton's division, while the latter has moved forward, extending our right until it almost touches the road at Cai- menes, over which General Toral would have to retreat if he should now be foolhardy enough to make the attempt. The Cubans under General Garcia took Caimenes without opposition. The Americans are now in position to strike the enemy on the left flank and roll it up, making the Spanish entranchments north of the city untenable.
 General Toral realizing the weakness of this flank, has been busy during the truce in doubling back with entrench- ments. and fixing his guns in the di- rection from which he is threatened. Most of General Randolphs guns were located upon the heights in the center of General Lawton's new position, where they command the town. Yes terday afternoon the Capron and aines batteries on the right succeeded in tearing up the emplacements for a. palm" battery, as it is called, in plumping shells into the several block houses on salients, but the shots di- rected at the Spaniards in the trenches did not appear to have much effect. Shrapne1 was rapidly broken directly over the trenches: yet in five minutes the trenches at every point of explosion would be alive with the enemy. They would watch for the flash of our guns and drop before the shells exploded. Our mortar fire was directed at the Spanish bull rings and tore up almost everything in the vicinity, It is under stood that the bull ring is being used as a barracks. Three large steamers lie in the harbor. All these could be plainly seen by the Associated Press correspondent The First Illinois vol unteers and the District of Columbia volunteers are now located in the trenches that were occupied last week by General Chaffea's brigade.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
MAINE DEMOCRATS.
State Committee Attacks Silver Demo-
 crats and Their Belief.

Brunswick Me, July 12.-The state committee of the national democratic party to-day issued call for state convention in Portland on the Fist instx and in doing so issued strong mani-l festo to the democrats of the state, att tacking equally the republican party and it's policy and the silver democrats, and their belief. It denounces the act authorizing the coinage of the seignior- age of the silver bullion in the national treasury as an act of violation of pub lie faith and of an attack upon the ad- vocates of a stable currency and sound financial legislation, only less culpable than the threatened debasement of our monetary standard urged by the advo- coates of the free. unlimited aud inde- pendent coinage of silver.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
SANTIAGO GABLE CUT.
This is the Line That Connected the
 City With Havana.

Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay, July 12.-Captain Young of the Hist, commanding an expedition composed of the Hist, Hornet and Wampatuck, yes- terday morning, (Monday), while off Santa Cruz succeeded in cutting the cable connecting Havana with San tiago, via Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Tunas and ManZanillo. Under cover of the night Captain Young went in, facing superior forces, and located the landing place of the cable. He remained in hiding until daybreak and then cut the cable fifteen miles southeast of Santa Cruz. in ten fathoms of water. Then he cut off 16O feet of the strand and lowed the ends in opposite directions
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
ORDERED TO REMOVE MINES.
Important Result of Cabinets DeIibera
 tions-MiIitary Men Opposed.

tions-MiIitary Men Opposed.
 Washington, July 12.-The most im- portant result of the cabinet delibera- tions to-day was the order to remove the mines which guard all the coast ports. Many military men were oppos- commercial interests, and some of them are predicting that not a few of the communities which have been so earn est in their demands for the removal of the mines will be clamoring for pro- lection at the very first rumor of the presence of a hostile gunboat or cruiser off their coast. In cases where it is safe an effort will be made to remove the mines instead of exploding them. Wherever there is any doubt they will be exploded. The action of the sea in some instances causes the dynamite in the iron ellipsodial vessels to ooze out through the screw threads where the plug is inserted, and unless the greatest care Is taken the removal of the plug may cause an explosion. It will be some days before the actual operation of removing the mines can be put in motion, and the question as to whether the interests of commerce demand it will be left to the discretion of the off, cers. Orders for carrying into effect the decision of the cabinet will be sent to them immediately. While the mines proper are to be removed, all the inci- dental attachments necessary to their installation and operation will be re- tained, such as the easements, anchors, connections and the switch boxes, so that if it is found necessary to replace the mines it may be done on the short- est notice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
CONTRIBUTION FOR SOLDIERS.
Request That They be Sent to Army
 Building, New York.

Washington, July 12.-Surgeon Gen. eral Sternberg of the army asks that contributions in the way of delicacies for the sick, paiamas, etc., intended for the troops at Santiago, be sent to the army building, 39 Whitehall street, New, York. Lieutenant Colonel Brown is in charge of the medical supply depot there and will acknowledge the receipt of contributions. These will be sent to Santiago on ship sheduled to leave New York Friday and which Is to call at Charleston, s. C., for troops In addition to other supplies the ship will carry 800 beds complete for the hospital corps and a large consignment of mineral water.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
NO NEWS FROM FTER.
Washington Not Advised of Toral's Re- fusnI to Surrender.

Washington, July 13, 2 a. m.-This has been night of anxious waiting, both at the White house and at the war department. Information from General Shafter has been momentarily expected but up to 1:15 this morning not a word of official news has been re- ceived. Shortly after 1 o'clock Secre- tary Alger and Secretary Wilson, who had been in conference with the presi- dent during the greater part of the night, left the White house. They said that the only news of the situation they had received came in the Associated Press dispatch from Playa del Este. Adjutant General Corbin left the war department about 1 o'clock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
BIDS FOR rwo FLOATING DOCKS
Navy Department Asks for Bids-Cost
 Not to Exceed $25O,OOO.


 Washington, July 12.-The navy de- partment to-day asked for bids for two floating docks, the two to cost not ex- ceeding $25O,OOo, as recently provided by congress. Chief Endicott of the bureau of yards and docks, has been anxious to get some of those structures in order to send them down to the gulf and possibly to Cuba, where our cruis- CTS. gunboats and auxiliary craft could be docked in them without the necessity of sending the ships to north ern docks. Two such docks are located at New York and three more in and about New Orleans. An officer of the bureau is now in New Orleans looking over the docks there in anticipation of their being offered to the government The choice will be made with very lit tie delay.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
FIGHTING AFTER THE ARMISTICE. | Commanding Only Road by Which Floral Could EscaDe

Floral Could Escape.
 Before Santiago de Cuba, July ii, via Port Antonio, July 12, via Kingston, July 12, 3 p. m.--When the fire opened from the American lines after the con- clusion of the armistice our men were in much better position. Caprons and Hines batteries were posted on the heights on the left of the line and in the rear of Bates line. The Hotchkiss, Gatling and dynamite guns occupied a crest on the right center and on the extreme right Best's and Crimes bat teries were poster in the center of Law tons division. Our right was strength ened by brigade of Rents division, the Sixth and Sixteenth regiments and the Seventy-first New York, which was pushed to the westward until with Gar cia's line it formed an arc reaching within quarter of a mile of Camera, which skirts the bay and fort
 The only road by which General Toral could escape was thus commanded. Small detached bodies of Spaniards had Deen ODSeTFeu ShlpplLS out or town westward early in the morning, includ- ing one squadron of cavalry. A move was made to cut off their retreat and a land bombardment begun. A shot from the Grimes battery was followed by one of Caprons guns on the left and in the right center the Gatling and the Hotchkiss batteries opened fire. For the first ten minutes the firing was quite general, the Spaniards replying spiritedly, but the rife fire on both sides soon waned, and from o'clock to half-past six, when the action ceased, the firing was confined almost exclu- sively to artillery.
 Our batteries soon got the range and poured shells into the Spanish en- trenchments. The Hotchkiss battery swept the outer line of the entrench- ments back and forth, cutting down the brush shelters like a scythe. The Spanish were soon forced to evacuate the blockhouse. A Spanish battery on the left of the town engaged by Capron's battery fired only few shells, but a battery of the right fired spirit edly until a gun cotton shell from Woods dynamite gun exploded direcrt- ly in front of it, tearing up two trees and dismounting gun. It was the last shot of the afternoon and was greeted with cheers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13

London, July 1S.-The Madrid corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says: Senor Sagasta on being asked whether a decision had been taken regarding peace, replied 'No, but what remedy can there be but to make peace" The ministerialists assert that the regular army in Cuba does not object to a conclusion of peace, but that the 10000 volunteers are determined to continue the war.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13

Paris, July 12-The officials of the Spanish embassy communicated to the press this evening dispatch from Madrid declaring it came from an authoritative source. It set forth in substance that although Spain was ''only fighting in order to maintain her right to repel unjust aggression" she will continue the struggle until she obtains an honorable peace whatever this end"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
To Acquire More Vessels,

Washington, July 12.-Negotiations are still in progress between the war department and ship owners looking to the acquisition by the government of additional vessels, particularly on the Atlantic coast. It was announced to- day that the department had bought the Roumanian of the Allan line and also the powerful sea going tug Britan- mia, which will be sent to Santiago for Shafter's army.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
Asked to Resign,

London, July 19. 9.-The Odessa corre- spondent of the Daily News says: Tt is asserted here that before Don Jaime, son of the Spaniard pretender, joined Don Carlos at Brussels the Russian minister of war requested him to resign his commission in the Russian army.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
LYNCHED BY 900 ARMED MEN. A Negro Who Assaulted Young White
 Woman on Public Road.

Charlottesville, Va, July 12.-John Henry James, a negro who assaulted Miss Julia Hetopp on the public road near her home, yesterday, was lynched to-day by 200 armed men. The author- ities started the prisoner to Staunton on a special train for safe keeping. The train was stopped and the prisoner was taken off and hanged to a tree and his body riddled with bullets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
Mnst Come From snsin.

Washington, July Histories ema- hating from European sources seek to create the impression that the United States government, or one of its rep resentatives, has made a move in the direction of peace. Such statements are unfounded. The fact is to-day, as it has been, the first overtures m the direction of peace must come from Spain, directly or indirectly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
~ SITUATION AT MANILA.
British Gunboat Reports No Change
 Left on Saturday.

Hong Kong, July 13.-The British gunboat Pluver, which left Manila on Sunday morning, has arrived here. She reports that at the time Of leaving there was no change in the situation. Ad- miral Dewey was awaiting the arrival of General Merritt. The insurgents were firing nightly on the Spaniards and the blockade has"finally been rem dered effective.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
TO PROTECT SPANISH COAST.
| Orders to Seville Garrison to Hold Itself in Readiness.

London, July 13-The Madrid corre spondent of the Daily News says: Or ders have been received by the Seville garrison to hold itself in readiness to proceed to the defense of the coast. It is believed the garrison's destination is a camp near Gibraltar. The order Is much commented upon. The American consuls at Gibraltar and Tangier, it is said, have bought enormous quantities of coal and American colliers are re- ported to be en route.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
.For Governor, Theodore Roosevelt.,,

New York, July 12-A campaign equipment concern has already gotten out campaign buttons with the picture of Colonel Roosevelt, of the Rough Rid CTS, inscribed, For Governor, Theodore Roosevelt The friends of Colonel Roosevelt are mentioning his name in connection with the gubernatorial con- test. The buttons were distributed about the city hall to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
Joseph BanniGanDyjnr.

Providence, R. I. July 12,-Joseph Banigan. ex-president of the National Rubber company, lies at his home in this city in a critical condition. The hope is expressed that he would live through the night.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
NO DECISION AS TO PEACE
SAGASTA ADMITS THIS LITTER 4
 CABINET MEETING.
He Also Inquires''But WhatRemodyC Can There Be But to Make Peace.''-The
 NIimistertalists Assert That Regular Army in Cuba Does Not Object to Peace
But Volunteers Do.

Madrid, July 1S-Duke Almedovar De Rio, minister of foreign affairs, said there was nothing to justify reports re- garding a conclusion of peace.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
Cruiser Yankee Puts to Sen

New York, July 12-The United States auxiliary cruiser Yankee passed out quarantine at 4:15 this afternoon, bound to sea.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13
Confirm ed tM Madrid.

Madrid, July 12-9 D. m.-After the cabinet council the ministers asserted that Santiago de Cuba had again refus- ed the American demand for surrender.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-13

London, July 13.-A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Gibraltar says the American squadron is expected at Tangier about Friday
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-11
This Boy Wanted Work

Topeak. Kan, July 30.-Nine
days ago Edwin Wheeler. an honest.
looking but ragged boy. appeard at
police headquarters in this city for
an opportunity 10 find work. He
said be WAS Is years old. aud had
made his way from New England TO
Topeka as best he could He was
looket upon IS tramp, but the Pc
lice had an application for boy
from farmer in Logan coun ~. and
they asked bin whether be would
go there. He said that be would.
When the police asked him " hat
means be had OF getting there, he
said be would wax They gave
him the farmer address thinking
they wouli never hear from him
again, but today they rece vsd let
ter from the farmer saying, Edwin
Wheeler nas arrived and is q corning
good boy He travelled the 200
miles in seven days
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-11

New York, Aug 3.-The steam
ship, Weeterulaud, arrived yesterday
and those on bosrd report that when
sixty mi!es of Satle Island AM With
in about one mile Of the spot where
the La BourgogDe went down OIL
July /. the bodies of twenty six men
and Two women were seen floating
on the water TIE steamer Hiawa
tina. which went cut from Halifax to
identity the dead OF the La Bour-
gogue went down, was sighted By
she Westernland, in the neighborho0i
of this human wreckage. As the
Westernland passed, the crew IN one
of tue boats from the Hiawatha were
removing the life belts from two
bodies.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-11
Nine Women Claim one Husband.

Oneil, Neb., July z5.--Nine wo-
men each claiming to bs the wife Of
Martin Jergensen, a lightning rod
salesman, are here trying to decide
what course TO take against aim.
He married the last woman, Mics
Hannah hurry, near Hernosia, 8.
D it is said, about month ago.
The Grst one heis said to have welded
at Beatrice, Neb., in 1888 The
other women reside at Mi1Vale,
Eeb Bell Fouch, S. D; Long Pine
Neb Richland. s D; Sun Dance,
Wyo Fort Pierce, S d, and Bone
steel, s. D. JergenFen is under ar
rest and cannot give bail Il is ex-
pected that the next Grand Jury
will indict him and all his alleged
wives will appear against him except
No. 5, who says she still loves him
aud can not think OF increasing his
troubles Jergersen Processes con-
fdence that he will yet be able to
talk the others over aud thai the
cases against bin will ultimately be
dropped.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-11

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Two Children Killed

Springfield, No, July 3e.-Two
little boys, Jack Edmonson aud
Charles Brothers, aged 9 and 10
years respectively, were run over by
the east bound Frisco passenger
train about II o'clock last night,
to miles east OF this city, the
younger one being killed and the old
er one seriously I'M ured. They were
sons Of two employees Of the frisco
aud had run away frsm home yester
day, since which time no trace of
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track to rest. A colored boy, Bob
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-11
Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI,
Comfy of Rates

sIA Cahn 1f 81 H Rsfss H. SIS.
In the circuit court Of Bates county. Missouri,
in vacation, July 70. 1873. Daniel Crouch
plaintiff, VS.. Amanda Crouch, defendant.
Now at this day comes the plaintiffs herein by
undersigned clerk of the circuit court Of
Bates county, Missouri, in vacation and
files her petition and afudavit, alleging
among other things, that defendant, Amanda
Cfouch is not resident of the state OF Mis-
souri,. WhereupOn it is ordered by the clerk in
vacation that said defendant he notified by pub
LEGATION that plaintiff has commenced a suit
against her in this court, by petition and ar
fidavit, the object and general nature of
which is to obtain@e decree Of divorce from the
defendant upon the ground Of deSertion, and
that unless the said Amanda Crouch be
and appear at this court, at the next term
thereof, to be begun and holden at the court
house in the city OF Butler, in said county, on
the 18th day Of November. next, and on or
before the third day of said term, II the term
shall so long cOntinue-and if not. then or
before the last day OF said term-answer or
plead to the petition in said cause. the same
will be taken as confessed, and judgment will
be rendered accordingly.
And be it further ordered that a copy hereof
be published, according to law, in the BUTLER
and published in Bates county, Mo. for four
weeks successfully, the last insertion to be at
east fifteen days before the first day of the
next term OF the circuit court.
STEWART ATCHESON, Circuit Clerk.
A true copy OF the record. Witness
IsEAL1 my hand and the seal OF the circuit
court OF Bates county, this goth day OF
July, 1898. STEWART ATCHESON,
3T-4t Circuit Clerk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-11
Qae-n Regents Appeal,

Washington, D. c., July 31-A
statems nt is current TO night that
the Queen Regent Of Spain has
written a touching letter TO Presi
dent Mckinley, in which she clio
quently rscites the grief she feels
over the unfortunate differences that
have arisen between She United
STATES and Spain She pictures in
moving words the sorrow that the
war has brought to her people and
pleads for a ces .atioa of the war
She prays that the President will be
moved to deal justly with her people
and not impose harsh or humilatins
terms upon them. In conclusion
she prays for speedy peace, and, it
Is said, trusts that the President
will not forget that she is a mother
as we'll as a Qnsen