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FIRST CUBAN
EXPEDITION
Has Landed in the Enc
my's Country.
CONSISTS OF ABOUT 800 CUBANS
And More Than Hundred Americans,
With Equipments and Ammunition for
the Enemy-No Trouble in Landing.

KEY WEST, Fla, May 31.-Nearly
45O men, with pack train and a
large quantity of arms and ammuni-
ton, sailed for Guantanamo, on the
Plant Line steamer Florida, on the
night of May 81. These men and
the equipments constituted an eXpe-
ditiOn able to operate Independently
and to defend itself against any
body of Spanish troops which might
oppose it.
The expedition was under the COM
mand of Col. Jose Lacret, formerly
insurgent commander in Matanzas
Province. He assumed the direction
Of affairs Immediately on the Land
ing of the expedition. Until then
Gen. Joaquin Castillo was in con-
troll
When the Florida, escorted by the
Osceola, drew up close to the shore
at the place selected for the landing,
she sent scouts to see if all was
clear. These scouts were greeted
by Gems. Ferra and ROias. with
l,5OO armed insurgents. Consequent
ly, far from there being any hostile
demonstration on the part of the
Spaniards, the landing of the eXpe-
dition was in the nature of tri-
umphal invasion. The Cubans who
were in waiting had a brass band
and welcomed the newcomers with
national airs.
The work of unloading the cargo
of the Florida was promptly begun
t-and carried on by the 432 men COM
posing the expedition. There was
nothing in the nature of Interrupt
tion until the work was finished on
Friday.
While the cargo was being un-
loaded the Osceola, an auxiliary
gunbOat, with her guns ready for
action, secuted about the vicinity,
looking for an enemy, but the Span
iards apparently had no suspicion of
what was taking place.
Nevertheless, no precautionary
measure was neglected, and the mo-
ment the work was concluded the
Florida and the Osceola slipped
away, leaving the insurgents to con-
vey their reinfOrcements into the in
terror, which, it is confidently ex-
pected, was done without any
/
casualty.
The returning members of the
Florida party brought with them
several hundred private letters,
which, it is understood, give com
plete insight into the present condi-
tions prevailing in the blockaded
island.
This is the most powerful anti
Spanish expedition ever sent tC
Cuba. About 300 of the men are
Cubans; the others are Americans
The engineer corps of the expedi-
tion is composed entirely of Ameri-
cans.
The men were dressed in canvas
uniforms furnished by the United
States government, and the Com
missary Department had rations
enough to last fourteen days after
the landing. The pack train con.
sisted of seventy-five mules and
twenty-five horses. The expedition
carried 1000 rifles and 100000
rounds of ammunition for Gen. Cal.
iXto Garcia.
The expedition was conveyed by
the cruiser Marblehead, the torpedo
boat destroyer Eagle and other war
ships.
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Brother jones' Heroic Remedy.

1t was Ben Butler who gave the
famous recipe for the prevention of
railway accidents, Hang a director
every time there's smash-up," and
the Rev. Sam Jones, the evangelist
sui generis, seems to have imbibed
the heroic spirit of this startling
piece of advice.
At the Monday meeting of the
general conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, the form
and method Of trial for local preach
ers accused of immortality was un-
der discussion, when Mr.. Jones ad-
vanced to the platform and said:
"Mr. President, as local preacher
l have a substitute to offer in this
matter. | move to hang all the
local preachers under suspicion
Quite naturally, such proposition
by so etfulgent light of the pulpit
precipitated IA marked sensation, but
any further exposition of this unique
view was prevented by Bishop
Chandler, who pounded vigorously
with his gavel and called out:
Brother Jones is out of order!'
This open Endorsement of the Ben
Butler doctrine by Mr.. Jones is GER
tainly peculiar, but it is not to be
doubted that it would be as truly
efficacious in the case Of a derelict
minister as it would be in that of a
delinquent railroad director.-Balti-
more Herald.
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GEN. MILES OFF FOR TAMPA.

Goes To Establish Temporary Head
quarters of the Army.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-Maj. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, commanding the
United States army, accompanied
by the members of his family and
his personal and official staff, left at
IL O'Clock tonight for Tampa, Fla.
Gen. Miles will proceed directly
to Tampa, where he will establish
temporarily the headquarters of the
army. He will personally direct the
movements of the troops and the
invasion of Cuba.
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MOnhaY.

Capt. Sigsbee, on board the st.
Paul, with Commodore Schley's fleet
off Santiago, captured a coal ship,
which, it is believed, was intended
for the Spanish fleet.
European dispatches indicate that
Spain has been utterly abandoned
by the Powers, who now seem to
openly side with America.
The report that the Spanish de-
stroyer Terror evaded the American
warships and ran into the harbor
of San Juan, is confirmed.
A dispatch to Washington from
Manila says that Rear Admiral
Dewey has the people of Manila be-
tween starvation and surrender.
The situation is reported critical by
the foreign Consuls. The blockad-
ing feet secures chickens, eggs, ba-
nanas, mangos and pineapples from
the natives. The Philippine insur-
gents at Manila have received 1000
breach loading rifle and 2O,00Orounds
Of ammunition. Five hundred men
are also armed with rifles captured
from the Spanish. There are now
2,5OO insurgents at Cavite, and Ag-
uinaldo says he will be able to take
the field with more than 5000 men
as soon as he can capture a Spanish
detachment and arms.
(Later war news may be found on the
fourth page.l
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Russia in a Nut Shell.

In a sentence, Russia is a huge
farm, comprising a seventh of the
land surface of the globe, and a
twenty sixth of its total area. 1t
has half a dozen men to manage it
according to the policy of one Of
the siX-and the people are divided
into ten millions of men and women
of the more or less comfortable, more
or less educated class, and one hun
dred and ninteen millions of citizens
the mass of whom form the dullest,
rudest, least ambitious peasantry in
Europe. If one travels over Russia
to spy out the land, he may go for
days across it from west to east with
out breaking the continuous view of
a fat disk, whose only variety lies
between its farmed flatness and its
waste flatuess, its squat, shrinking,
unkempt villages and its sandy dis
tricts wooded with thin birch or
evergreens. Everywhere it is new,
rude and untidy.-Julian Ralph, in
Harper's Magazine.
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ORDERED SOUTH.
Eight Regiments at Chickamauga to Pro-
ceed to Tampa.

Eight Regiments at Chickamauga to Pro-
ceed to Tampa.
CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK,
Ga, May 3O.-The greatest excite
ment prevailed in Camp Thomas to-
day over a rumor that general
order had been issued to all troops
in camp here to proceed at once to
Tampa.
The rumor, when traced to its
source, proved to be only partly true,
only eight regiments being affected
bv an order from the War Depart
ment, as follows:
First Ohio, One Hundred and
Fifty-seventh Indiana, Third Penn
sylvania and First Illinois, TO be
commanded by Brig. Gen. Simon
SNYDER.
Second New York, Sixty-ninth
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A Columbia Boy Abroad.

w. J. HOrsley, Esq, son Of the
late John Horsley, and nephew of
Col. A. S. Horsley, an ex-COlumbia
boy, has recently been elected
Mayor of Big Stone Gap, Va, de-
feating his Republican opponent
by an easy majority. Mr.. Horsley
is a successful lawyer of that little
city, and his Maury county friends
will be glad to learn of his con-
tinued prosperity.
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BAY of Santiago De Cuba,

The Bay Of Santiago de Cuba,
where is now harbored the Cape
Verde feet of Spain under Admiral
Cervera, is about six miles long and
two miles wide in its extreme width.
The entrance to the bay'is $50 yards
wide, but the channel through the
mouth is only one-half that width.
From the Moro, Oh the eastern
point of the harbor's entrance, TO
the town in the northeastern corner
of the bay, the distance is six miles.
The depth of the bay varies from
five to fifty fathOms, but the deep
water stops two miles south of the
town, which is, therefore, difficult
of access. The great steep cliffs of
the Sierra Maestro separate the city
from the rest of the Island of Cuba
and practically cut of all communi-
cation from the Interior. The town
is therefore isolated from the rail
way system of Cuba. But if lacking
in railroad, it has ample telegraph
facilities. From it radiate subma-
rine cables from the western depart
ment of the island, for Mexico, ia
maica, South America, Hayti, Porto
Rico and the smaller islands of the
West Indies. The harbOr looks to
be impregnable from the sea, but all
accounts agree that the fortifica-
tions are not modern.
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EIGHT MORE REGIMENTS.

Twenty Thousand Men Will Be Sent to
the Philippines.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-Eight ad-
ditiOnal regiments are to be sent to
the Philippines, giving Maj. Gen.
Merritt force of 10000 men. Gen.
Merritt, it is said, may select any
eight regiments encamped in the
East. The second military eXpedi-
ton for the Philippines will leave
San Francisco this week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-06-03
1898 Wheat Crop.

The crop expert of the Orange Judd
Farmer figures it out from present
indications that we shall have a
T00,OOO,OOO bushels yield of wheat
this year. The outside commercial
estimate of the 1897 crop was $50, 700,
600 bushels, and the biggest harvest
ever reaped-that of lS9l-was 6S5,-
600, 900 bushels.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-06-03

There are at present in the United
States Senate twelve Senators who
served in the Union army and twelve
who served in the Confederate army.
There are fifty-seven Representa-
tives who served in the Union
army and thirty who are ex-Con-
erates.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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New York, Fifth Maryland and
First District of Columbia, under
command of Brig. Gen. Lewis H.
Carpenter.
These regiments are ordered to
proceed at once to Tampa, and the
work of preparation began tonight.
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ABOUT $4,000 of the second call of
volunteers will be used to fill out de-
ficient regiments organized under
the first call. The remaining 25,NO
will be organized into regiments and
distributed among the States in the
same proportion as under the first
call.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-06-03

NJ. HENRI RoCHEFoRT, editor of
the Paris TIntranssigeante, and Nj.
Gerault Richard fought duel with
swords Friday over an election dis
pute. The result was as usual.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-06-03

IT is believed that the Revenue
Bill will pass the Senate the last of
this week or the first of next, practi-
cally as it passed the House. 1t will
probably provide for a $3OO,OOO,OOO
bond issue and $lOO,OOO,OOO in time
certificates.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-06-03

The human machine starts but once
and stops but once. You can keep it
going longest and most regularly by
using DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little pills for constipation and
all stomach and liver troubles. A. b.
Rains. ly
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-06-03

LATE advices from Africa to the
British Colonial Office in London
say that Rev. and Mrs. McGrew,
American missionaries, were mas
sacred May s.
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GarWOOd's SarsaparilIa-for the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. b. RAINS
Tnhle Of Distances.

Miles.
Port an Prince to Santiago ......... $50
Mole st. Nicholas to Santiago. ...... 100
Port au Prince to San Domingo. ~ 43O
Porta Plata to Cape Haytien .,..... 1lO
Santiago to Kingston, Jamaica $50
San Juan to Santo Domingo ..... 260
Cape Haytien to Turks Island.... 1870
Port au Prince to Kingston. ...... 290
Curacao to Port au Prince ........ 470
Curacao to st. Thomas ......... 500
Fort de France, Martinique, to st,
Thomas. Observation-Disclosures. go
Curacao to Fort de France ........ 470
Curacao to San Juan. ............ 40.
Curacao to Santo Domingo ........ 440
Kingston to Curacao. 645
Ponce to Santo Domingo ........ 2l0
Cienfuegos to Santiago o............. 325
Key West to Havana .......... ll0
Key West to Dry Tortugas ......... 66
Key West to Cape Haytien. .... $50
Key West to San Juan ,1l0
Havana to Turks Island ...... 750
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-06-03

THE remains of William Ewart
Gladstone were laid to rest in West
minister Abbey last Saturday, amid
stately and impressive ceremonies.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-06-03

JAMES B. ANGEL, United States
Minister to Turkey, has resigned,
and will be succeeded bv Mr.. Oscar
S. Straus of New York.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-06-03

A MOB destroyed the British Con-
sulate and Custom House at Sha
Shi, China, and the British Consul
was severely beaten,
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SATURDAY..

Admiral Sampson returned with
his fleet to Key West.
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received the long-expected final instructions
from Madrid but these, upon inquiry
proved groundless, as it was not until half
past II p. m. that the note began to come
from Madrid in small lots. The State De-
partment was soon advised of the fact that
the message was under transmission, but
as it was evident. that II would be long, and
that its reception would occupy much time,
the secretary of state left the State Depart
ment for his luncheon.
At 2:45 o'clock Secretary Thiebaut, of the
French embassy, appeared at the State De-
partment to inform Secretary Day that the
ambassador was in full possession of the
note, was fully empowered to sign the pro-
tocol for Spain, and only awaited the pleas
Ure of the State Department. He intimated
that the ambassador would be pleased to
have the final ceremony conducted in the
presence of President Mckinley, where the
negotiations were begun. Leaving the sec
retary of the embassy in his own office
Secretary Day made short visit to the
White House to learn the Presidents wishes
in the matter The latter Immediately con-
sented to accept the suggestion, and Mr.
Thiebaut hastened to inform his principal
that the President would receive him at the
White House at O'clock
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
AT the appointed hour a driving rain
storm prevailed, obliging all the parties to
resort to carriages for transportation to the
White House. Secretary Day came first,
with large portfolio under his arm, in
closing copies of the protocol of the proc
lamation to be issued by the President
stopping hostilities and some other neces-
sary papers. He was accompanied by As
sistant Secretary Moore, Second Assistant
Secretary Adee and Third Assistant Secre-
tary Cridler. They went Immediately into
the Cabinet room, where the President sat
in waiting. He had invited to be present
Assistant Secretaries Pruden and CorteIyou
and Lieutenant Colonel Montgomery When
Ambassador Cambon reached the White
House it was just 3:55 o'clock, five min
utes in advance of the appointed hour.
The rain was still violent and the ambas-
sador abandoned his custom of alighting at
the outer gates of the executive grounds
He was driven under the porte cochere
passing through a Gordon OF newspaper
men before he and Secretary Thiebaut were
ushered inside. They went direct to the IL
hrary adjoining the Cabinet room on the
upper floor. At 4:05 they were announced
to the waiting Cabinet members and were
ushered into their presence. After an ex-
change of diplomatic courtesies unneces-
sary loss of time dill not occur. and Assist
ant Secretary of State Cridler, on the part
of the United States, and First Secretary
Thiebaut on the part of Spain, retired to a
window. where there was a critical formal
examination of the protocol. This inspec-
tion had all the outward formalities due a
document of this Importance 1t was pre-
pared in duplicate at the State Department.
one copy to be retained by the United
States government and the other to become
Continued ON Second Page)
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plunge his unhappy country into civil war.
He decided for peace, peace abroad and
safety at home.
WHAT WE HAVE GAINED.
The United States emerges from the war
an immense gamer, aside from the territory
the fruits of victory. She has gained the
respect of the nations of the old world.
which respect in other nations nothing so
much as physical power She has demon
strated the quality of her navy and of her
army. She has convinced the great powers
that ship for ship and man for man she
has nothing to fear from them. She has
shown that her vast potential military
strength can be made available in a short
space of time. She has realized herself
that the patriotic spirit that animated her
children in the past still burns in their
bosoms ready to blaze out when occasion
demands. She has made the world realize
that alone of all the nations of the world
she can carry on war without appealing to
or material. or help of any kind. This is
a lesson that, once learned, will not soon
be forgotten either by herself anybody
else. Moreover, the United States has got
rid of mighty bad neghbor in expelling
Spain from the western hemisphere. That
country has always been troublesome ever
since the revolution Finally the condition
became intolerable, and an end had to be
put to it. Spains own conduct made our
intervention not only necessary, but an act
of humanity and high duty. That it has
than her misfortune In the Pacific the
United States gains needed coaling, naval
and commercial stations that will be of i'm
mense benefit in securing and keeping her
the islands of the sea.
A FEATHER FOR CAMBON.
NJ. cambon. the French ambassador, who
conducted the negotiations for Spain at this
end. has placed handsome diplomatic
feather in his cap. This is his first diplo-
matte mission, and he has crowned it with
success in his first effort at high diplomacy.
1t is interesting to note. in connection with
his selection to conduct these negotiations
for Spain, that France is the only great
power whose territories form one of the
boundaries of Spain. French armies have
frequently appeared in Spain in times past
one of them going there in the early part
of this century. but after Napoleons down
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INTERESTING CEREMONY.
The Protocol Signed in the Presence
of President Mckinley.

Associated Press Dispatch.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12-With simplicity
in keeping with republican institutions the
war which has ragged between Spain ard
the United States for a period of three
months and twenty-five days was quietly
terminated at twenty-three minutes past 4
o'clock this afternoon. when Secretary
Day, for the United States, and NJ. Cambon.
for Spain. in the presence Of President Nc
Kinley. signed a protocol which will form
the basis of definite treaty of peace
1t is but simple justice to our sister re-
public of France to record the fact that to
her good offices this speedy termination Of
a war that might have run on indefinitely
was brought about, and the President him
self deemed that action on the part of the
French government as worthy of his spe-
cial praise
The closing chapter of events that led UP
to the signature of the protocol and the ces-
sation of hostilities was full of interest
There were rumors in the early morning
mat over night the French embassy had
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General Merritt to Occupy Manila and Miles
to Take Possession of San Juan.
Response from General Shafter-FtZhugh Lees Corps
elias Ceased Fring'-Some Volunteers to Be
Mustered Out-Promotions in the Navy.

from General Shafter an acknowledgement
of the receipt by him of the proclamation
Of the President. Up to midnight no reply
had been received from General Miles. 1t
having been impossible to get into COM
munication with him.
All of the corps commanders of the army
were notified of the suspension of hostiiities.
In response to the notification sent to Gen.
Havana, wired the War Department.:
Thanks. The Seventh Corps has ceased
firing Unofficial" 1t is well understood
that General Lees command was being re-
served for the attack upon Havana. If the
necessity for one should arise. AS an ofia-
cial of the War Department expressed II
to-night 1T was a bit of the sarcasm of
fate that Lee did not have part in the
active operations in Cuba or Porto Rico"
The text of General Skaters reply fol-
olws:
Telegram received conveying message as
to peace negotiations being about concluded.
Will notify Spanish at Holguin by courier
tomorrow and Manzanillo and Cienfuegos
by wire, and will try to get Havana VIII
also notify all Cuban forces can reach"
Restraints which necessarily were placed
by the government during the war upon
communication by cable will be removed
practically entirely tomorrow. Thus far
General A. w. Greedy, chief signal officer.
has no official information concerning the
signing of the protocol and the suspension
of hostities That information probably
will be communicated to him tomorrow
and upon its receipt he will raise to such an
extent as he may deem wise the censorship
which has been SO rigidly enforced during
the past three months.
Directions were sent this evening to the
censors at Key West and at New York to
be as lenient as possible in the handling of
messages, pending the receipt of definite
instructions. Orders which probably will
go out tomorrow will remove to all iptents
and purposes the censorship over cable
communications, except such as are intended
for Cuban and Porto Rican points. Over
the cables to those islands the censorship
will be maintained, although it will be modi-
fled materially.
1t is intended also to remove the restric-
tions which were placed upon the sending
of cipher messages to Jamaica and Haiti.
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fall and during the Bourbon restoration, to
great-grandfather of the present boy King.
If the Carlists and Radicals, or either, make
trouble it is possible history may repeat it
self.
There is great deal of talk about the
make up of the peace commission, but aside
from the fact that Secretary Day will be
made chairman of the American commits
sioners, five in number, nothing is known
as to the personnel of the commission. 1t
is suggested that the haste in announcing
Day for this place is to head off any move
ment for the appointment of former Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison. Senator Platt, of
New York, is here to urge the selection of
Benjamin F. Tracy of that State, secretary
of the navy under Harrison, as one of the
commissioners. At least twenty names have
been mentioned in connection with these
places. The most prominent Democrat who
has been mentioned is Senator German, of
Maryland. 1t is conceded on every side that
he would be an admirable selection He is
in harmony with the Administrations policy
as outlined in the protocol
AS to the composition of the military COM
missions. there is not so much said. The
name of Adjutant General Corbin is the
one most frequently mentioned. He has
been perhaps the hardest worked man in
richly earned whatever distinction his Sc
lection as one of the military commissioners
would confer. w. G.. NICHOLAS.