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WAR SHIPS FIRED UPON.
Havana Batteries Open on the San
Francisco and Miantonomah.

KEY WEST, Aug. 13.-(9 p. m.)-The
flagship San Francisco, the monitor
Miantonomah and the auxiliary yacht
Silvia were fired upon by the Havana
batteries shortly before o'clock yes
terday morning. One 10 or 12-inch shell
struck the San Francisco's stern as she
turned to get away out of range, and
tore a hole about a foot in diameter,
completely wrecking Commodore How
ellis quarters and smashing his book
case into fragments. Nobody was in
iured. and, being under orders not to
attack the batteries, the ships retreated
as fast as their engines would carry
them.
Intelligence reached here to-day that
the Spanish forces under General
Luque, in Holguin, have been ordered
by General Slacedo to evacuate the
town. General Garcia, with 5000 Gu
bans, was at last accounts strongly
entrenched around Holguin, and de-
manded General Luques surrender.
This latter information came on the
Spanish prize schooner Espresso. which
was captured by the gunboat Nashville
at Gibara on July 9th, and brought
here by a prize crew under command
of Ensign Walker. When the Espresso
left Gibara on Tuesday last the Span
iards were still in Holguin, and had not
replied to Garcia's demand for their
surrender. On August 9th the gunboat
Nashville captured a small Spanish
sloop, the Fongrafa at Gibara. The
sloop carried mail for Spanish officers
and a cargo of tobacco. The mail was
seized and it's contents gave the Ameri-
aRS aiol fN,s ton,
Subsequently the sloop was set free
The flagship and the Silvia lay par
allel to each other not more than a
mile from MORO Castle, and separated
from each other by a distance of be-
tween three-eighths and a quarter of a
mile. The Miantonomah lay about
three-quarters of a mile to the rear of
the others. All We're within range of
the Spanish batteries, and the tempta-
ton was too strong for the Spaniards
to resist. The first glimmer Of dawn
was breaking through the eastern skies,
when without an instants warning, the
lookout Of the flagship saw a jet of
smoke puff from one of Morro's big
guns Almost before he could pull him
self together sufficient to make a re-
port of the incident ten and twelve-inch
shells were screaming all around.
The Spaniards had the range, and,
apparently, were grimly in earnest in
their last efforts to wreak injury on
their mighty enemy. Shells fell be-
tween the San Francisco and the Sill
via. Some fell short, a few went over
them The flagship signaled the Silvia
to get out of range without delay, and
both ships swung around and made
for the sea.
1t was then that the shell struck the
San Francisco's stern. Commodore
Howell was on deck with Captain
Leary when the shell struck With the
utmost speed the fleet moved out about
three miles. Here the men on the flag
ship patched up the ragged hole in the
vessels stern. All the shells fired at
the vessels fell around the ships. One
of the Silvia's men stood calmly on
the deck of the yacht, watch in hand,
and counted them. MORO Castle fired
several of the missiles, but how many
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resentatives of Spain and the United
quish all claim over and title to Cuba
Assistant Secretary Of War Meikel-
john has had conference with Tomas
Estrada Palma, the representative of
the Cubans in this country, at which
the signing of the protocol and the
Presidents proclamation of a cessation
of hostilities were discussed. Mr.. Palma
stated to Assistant Secretary Meikel-
john that he accepted in the name of
the Cuban Provisional Government the
armistice proclaimed by the United
States, and had so cabled President
Bartolomo Masso of the Cuban Repub-
lie at Santiago, Cuba. He had also ad-
vised President Masso to give immedi-
ate orders to the army throughout Cuba
suspending all hostilities, stating to
him that preliminary te.<1s of peace,
signed by representatives of Spain and
the United States, provide that Spain
will relinquish claim over and title to
Cuba"
In further reply to inquiries as to
matters discussed by Mr. Palma and
himself, Assistant Secretary Meikel-
john made the following statement:
tiiuiilS giving IOlIce OIL dTInlSIlCe
through their official channels Mr..
Palma desires our Government to af-
ford him means by fast sailing vessels
and otherwise to communicate with the
Cuban forces in different portions of
the island, notifying them of the peace
proposals, and requesting suspension of
hostilities. He greatly desires the ac-
tive assistance of our Government in
sending food supplies to the Cuban
foross in the field and their families, as
he is without ships for this purpose
They desire to cooperate in every re-
spect and assist in any and every way
in promoting the peace plans of our
Government, and have undoubted conf
dence in the good intentions of the Gov
ernment of the United States and in
the satisfactory outcome Of the strug-
gle for independence which is now as
sured. He is especially anxious that
the American Government should i'm
mediately secure the release of the pO-
litical prisoners in Spanish prisons"
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One Of Our Men Killed and Several
Others Wounded.
American Warships Bomhard ManzaniI|o,
Cuba, Day and Night, Not Ceasing the
Fire Until Informed That Peace
Had Been Declared.

WASHINGTON, August 13.-Adju-
tant General Corbin tonight received
the following cablegram:
PONCE, August 13-General Wilson
reports that Major Lancaster, with
Potts, at 1870 p. m. on the 18th inst,
quickly silenced enemy's battery at As
omanta, near Aibonito, and drove him
from his position and rifle pits; no in
John p Haines, Fourth Artillery, was
struck by a stray Mauser bullet, but not
seriously wounded. A shell from the
enemy's gun burst just over one of our
pickets, killing Corporal Swanson and
wcunding Corporal jerks. Company L,
Third Wisconsin, in the neck and arm !;
Private Vought, same company, SER
iously wounded in the abdomen; Pri-
vate Coe, same company, in chest, ser
iously.
OCCUPATION OF MAYAGUEZ.
PONCE porto Rico), August 12.-
Delayed in transmission) General
SCnWan mas occupied the IDNn Oh May
aguez, taking formal possession with
cut resistance. The Spanish force which
had held the place withdrew to Lares,
about sixteen miles northeast of Maya
guez, and half way between the town
last named and Arecibo, on the north
coast of the island. General Brooke is
still n GuaVama
The munitions and supplies for this
division are being unloaded from the
transports at Arroyo. General Wilson
is still at Coamo, waiting reinforce
ments of cavalry and dynamite guns
before executing the plans formulated
for the advance in the direction of
Aibonito, in cooperation with General
Brooke.
On Thursday about O'Clock there
was desultory firing between the pickets
on General Wilson's line and those of
the Spanish forces in the front. Two
companies of the Second Wisconsin vol
unteers were sent to support the pick
cts. As this dispatch is sent 6 o'clock
p. m) there is sharp firing going on.
An occasional vOlley is heard. A battery
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HORSE FLESH.
For a Time 1t Brought a Fancy
Price at Santiago.

copyrighted 1898, by Associated Press.1
SANTIAGO, July 26-There are two
ways of looking at the value of horse
flesh here since the American occupa-
ton. Alive and kicking, as horsef1esh
pure and simple, it is dirt cheap. You
can buy an animal for a 50 gold piece,
with all the trappings thrown in. Dead.
as a meat at so much a pound in the
market, it comes high-in more ways
than one. The reasons for the discrep-
ancy in value between a live and
dead horse is now more obvious. Gen
eral Skaters report says that on July
oath 143 horses We're turned over by
General Toral as the sum total of the
Spanish cavalry under his command.
1t is well known that 1000 is nearer
the number that should have been
turned over.
When Santiago surrendered, OH July
18th. IL 900 Spaniards stood in urgent
need, first Of food, second Of cash.
These crafty Castilians bethouEht
themselves Of an ingenious plan for
satisfying their lust Of flesh and gold.
They knew our boys would enjoy re-
past of fresh meat and would be glad
to pay almost any price for it. SO
goodly number of sinewy chargers and
tough old war horses were put to the
sword and distributed at fancy prices
to the inns and chophouses of the dis
trict, for the especial benefit Of the
Americans.
For time this horsef1esh brought
excellent prices, but after many equine
steaks had been served, devoured and
paid for the American troops gradually
began to realize what they We're eating.
and would have no more of it, A
slump in the market followed.
In the chaotic condition of Spain's
military regime in the city, orderlies
would mount their officers steeds and
ride into the market place, offering
their mounts to the first conner for the
most they could get. In this simple
manner, unhampered by a formality of
bill of sale, many horses changed
hands, always to the advantage of :he
seller, who was getting something for
what had cost him nothing-ano Incl
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PRESIDENT MCKINLEY.
The Mental and Physical Strain
Upon Him Has Been Severe.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13-President
Mckinley said to-day that the mental
and physical strain of the last few
months had been severe upon him. as
upon all officials who had borne the
weight of great responsibilities, and
now that the war was over and the suf-
ferings that war involves were at an
end, his feeling was one of profound
thankfulness. Work in connection with
the appointment of commissions to ne
gotiate a treaty of peace, the prepar-
alton of their instructions and other i'm
portant matters, he said, probably
would necessitate his remaining in
Washington until some time in October,
when he hoped to be able to take a short
rest. The work of the peace commission
might occupy a month or so, and he
hoped that in his next Thanksgiving
proclamation he would have the very
great pleasure of announcing to the
people the fact that a treaty of peace
had beeen signed.
Secretary Day spent some time at
the White House to-day in consultation
with the President, but later 1T was
stated that the conference had no ref
erence to the personnel of the peace
commission. 1t was said further that
no appointments would be made to-
day.
General Goblin, from Camp Alger
Past Grand Master of the Knights Tenn
plar of the United States, accompanied
by other officers of the Grand Encamp-
ment, called on the President and ex-
tended to him and Mrs. Mckinley an
invitation to attend the next triennial
conclave of knights Templar, to be held
in Pittsburg next October. Yhe Presi-
dent hoped that he might be able to
attend but he feared that would not be
possible.
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CUBAN JUNTA.
Send Instructions for the Insur
gents to Cease Hostilities.

WASHINGTON Aug. 13.-Senor
Palma, the head of the Cuban Junta.
has sent the following cable by way of
Santiago:
"Bartolomo Masso President Cuban
Republic. Santiago: / have this 18th
day of August. 1898. accepted in the
name of the Cuban Provisional Govern
ment the armistice proclaimed by the
United States. You should give imme-
date orders to the army throughout
Cuba suspending all hostilities. Pre-
liminary terms of peace signed by rep
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RETURNING TROOPS.
General Shafter Reports as to the
Movement at Santiago.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The fol-
lowing cablegram was received at the
War Department tonight:
Santiago, August 13, 1898.
"Hon. r. A. Alger, Secretary Of War,
Washington: Second Massachusetts
has already sailed, also Seventy-first
New York Troops are being sent by
brigades and divisions.
"SHAFTER, Major General"
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MANZANILLO BOMBARDMENT
Continued Until Informed That
Peace Was Declared.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 13. L
p. m-Advices were received by Cen
eral Shafter to-day to the effect that
Manzanillo was bombarded yesterday,
day and night. and again this morning.
General Shafter at once cabled to the
Spanish commander at ManZanillo that
peace had been declared, and request
ing him to advise the American COM
mander Of the fact under a flag of truce,
which he did, and the shelling of the
town ceased.
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DISPOSITION OF TROOPS.
A Question the War Department is
Now Seriously Considering.

WASHINGTON, August 13.-The
War Department is seriously consider
ing the settlement of the questions
growing out Of the Spanish war. The
disposition of the troops. the number
to be retained. and what troops to mus
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-03
will bear believe very fitting that the liquor ineeststhat fill
charitable institutions should be compelled support them.
BILLS PROVISIONS.


The amended bill provides that brewers the production Of whose
brewery the preceding less than barrels shall
less than 3ooo 5000 barrels and less than 5ooo $500 5000
barrels and less than $780, 10000 barrels and less than
barrels and less than 10000 $500 barrels and less than
oo 75o; $4,000 barrels and less than $4,000 10000
@ @ barrels and less O tn 9ooo 'sS @ 9s 9ooo
barrels and less than 100000 5000 barrels and less than
barrels s6 ooo brewers 1icensed bv Sae easr nder yeio
law pay according to the foregoing classification.
Dsllers shall annually license fee according to the follow
ing classification: Dsters the production of whose dlleries
barrels and less than barrels $780, barrels and less than
$3.50 200 barrels and less than 900 $780, 800 barrel and less than
than ooo $1,000; 5000 barrels and less than 5ooo 5000
90 ooo 81 75o all in excess of 20 900 Barrels S. ooo
Bote shall according to the following classifcaton $500
class and all other ctes ss5o in boougs s12 in towDh
$1,000 classes $500 in cities
of the third class and all other cities; borougs;
townships.
FOREIGN INSURANCE TAN.
conference report the foreign insurance tax bill
adopted by of yeas The Senate amendments
which increased the upon all insurance companies asacng
States ofhe United States other than the Penny
foreign countries stricken out, leaving per cent
savings institutions also lay upon all express companies
whGh 3s heretofore have practically escaped taxation
against The member from Cameron voted against the bill See
Wben 6 Efc0fq e0eqa 'S pnG m came m for n,
in the House these patriotic agents tried defeat it in the hope
Mr. Quay would be held responsible it They Went among
some some d the @ and avo"s m % fmes M and ana told s them h
this scheme failed and the schemers retreated the House
after day of failures.
This passed the House bya vote of 47Dr Smith
voting "no This carried with the appropriation of
for the support of the public schools for two years. the
every State department. Had failed pass Governor
would have been compelled to call an extra session of the Legsa
extra $500 salary? See Legislative Record 1897 page 294G
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-03
EMPORIUM PA. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3 1898
AnOldLine Democrat
for Mullin.
HON. H. H. MULLIN,
Emporium, Pa.

tFiii
My DEAR SIR have been a
strict Democrat all my life and
seldom vote for a Republican.
| have labored zealously for the
election Of my party's candidates,
but cannot see a neighbor and
a friend misrepresented with
out resenting the wrong. | Ishall
give you my support, for | know
you are a gentleman who always
labors for the advancement of
your fellow men and never stops
to ask whether they are Demo-
Gratis or Republicans-as many
poor men in this county can tes-
tify to. l wish you success and
as far as lies within my power |
shall assist in your election. |
am in my 74th year, served in
the Mexican war and the late re-
bellion and | know you have al
ways assisted old soldiers and
they should help you. The peo-
pie of Cameron county should
send a man to the Legislature
who will serve them as you can
and will.
SAMUEL SHADMAN,
First Lieut.. Co. H, Fifth
Penn'a Reserves.
Emporium, Pa, Nov. 2, 1898.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-03
NO. SO.
10 PAGES.
NOTICE.

My entire time being devoted to the
political canvass for the Legislature, lit
is utterly impossible for me to fill the
position as editor of the PRESS, there
fore from this date, until further notice,
l shall not be held responsible for any
thing that may appear in its columns.
II. II. MULLIN.
Emporium, Pa, Oct. 18th, 1898.
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Gibson, Oct. 31st, 1898.
Parsonage ROhhed.

While the Rev. T. b. Downey was
at Nespers Sunday evening, sneak
thieves effected an entrance to st. Marks
rectory where they stole a gold watch be-
longing to the housekeeper, a gold pen OF
Rev. Downey's and the church colec-
tons forthat day. Weearnestly hope that
the parties whowere so depraved as to com
NIT a trick Of this kind, viii shortly be
apprehended by the proper authorities.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-02
WHY THE DELAY.

Some of our subscribers are asking
why the Representative reaches them
one to three days late. In answer to
such inquiries we would say by way Of
explanation that many newspapers pur
porting to be published on Wednesday
are put into the postCfice Tuesday
morning. The Representative is dated
Wednesday. Since September last it has
been put in the postoffice Thursday, part
Of the time in the morning and part OF
the time in the afternoon. Our printing
is done by the Tribune company and, of
course work on their daily takes pre-
cedence of our work and it often happens
that some of our work comes in just at
the time when their work is most press
ing. We could, of course, change our
day of publishing to Thursday or Fri
day and thus avoid such criticism. but
when our subscribers understand the
situation and cause of delay we trust
the present arrangement will be salts
factory. We believe our paper reaches
most Of it's readers while it is still hot.
E. A. T.
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ocratic jackass, under the Democratic
flag, on the Democratic band wagon,
driven by Democratic politicians will
lead the Peoples party to the grave OF
the greenback party and will lead the
nation to certain ruin.
Abolitionists refused to fuse and a few
hundred brave fighters made terms for
the millions
The greenbackers embraced fusion and
were buried without a kick. In the COM
ing century those men remembered in
history will not be the fusionists, but the
men who stood to their guns and died
with their political boots on. E. A. T.
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SLAVERY.
"Slavery amt Of nary color,
Slavery amt of nary color,

slavery amt of nary color,
Slavery amt of nary color,
'Taint the hide that makes it wus,
All it keers fur, in a Teller,
Is jess to make him fill it's puss." =
There can be no question that the con-
dition of the black people of the South
before the war was much better than
that of millions of white people today.
There were among the negroes no star
vations, no suicides, no insane, no bank
ruptcies, no great crimes committed to
get something to eat. They led happy
cOntented animal lives; with plenty OF
plain food and no anxieties. They were
cared for in infancy and nursed in old
age.
Do we mean to argue that domestic
bondage should be restored? BY no
means. But society is at fault when
liberty brings more miseries than
slavery did.
What does our boasted progress and
culture amount to when a large ma
jority Of those who produce everything,
are pinched and impoverished; while a
small minority. who produce nothing.
riot in useless af1uence?
The mechanical arts have vastly ad-
vanced. while the arts of government
have stood still. There is more sorrow
in the world today than there was three
hundred years ago. The opportunity to
expand over new world has brought
many of these results. I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-02
SENSELESS WAR TALK.

The air is full of war and rumors of
war and the daily press at the instlgation
Of the money power rubs the ears Of
the hungry populace to prepare them for
the coming fray. Meantime the Loud
bill, the involuntary bankruptcy bill, and
the recommendations Of the monetary
commission are being quietly pushed to
destroy the peoples liberties. When the
little difficulty in this country finally
comes we'll Informed Populists will know
exactly where the first bullets shoull go.
One hundred shots properly aimed would
do more to terminate civil war than
the indiscriminate slaughter of million
toilers. 1t is the guilty who teremble
at the word Populist and are placing
every obstacle in the way of the tri-
umph of Populism. While the attention
Of the nation was called to the slaughter
Of the innocents at Homestead, the Popu-
list saw behind the scenes the hand of
Andrew Carnegie directing the move
ments from his castle in Scotland and
upon him and his purchased special pri-
vilegeS fixed the responsibility.
While the dreadful carnage was going
on at Pullman the gaze Of Populists fol-
lowed Pullman to his private castle on
the thousand Isles and when the horrors
at Latimer startled a nation Populists
did not forget that J. Pierpont Morgan,
as the head of the coal trust, was pulling
the string from his Office in Wall street.
When the money power has fixed upon
our people the shackles of the gold
standard and gagged our outcries with
the Loud bill Populists will not forget
that John Sherman, Congressman Loud,
few millionaires of the East are the au-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-02

in the shouts for prosperity proceeding
out Of Mark Hanna's back yard and
echoed by the daily newspaper trust. It
is now in order to call Congressman
Loud to take the seat of honor in the
nations councils while the California
serfs applaud their good and faithful
servant and smilingly yield up
their substance to the transcontinental
railways. Let the good work go on. In
1900 the Republican party will be so dead
that they cannot furnish Loud and Sher-
man an adequate bodyguard and these
two worthless will vote the ticket of re-
generated and purified Democracy along
with the other great national robbers.
E. A. T.
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The Dollar.

An editor has been inspired, after
to compose the following:
How dear to our hearts is the bright
silver dollar, when some kind subscriber
presents it to view; the liberty head
without necktie or collar, and all the
strange things which to us seem so new;
the wide spreading eagle, the arrow be-
low it, the stars and the words with the
strange things they tell, the coin Of our
fathers, we're glad that we know it, for
some time or other twill come in right
we'll The spread eagle dollar, the star
spangled dollar, the old silver dollar we
all love so well."-San Francisco Star.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-02

thors Of such conditions. Populists do
not believe the innocent should suffer for
the guilty. Populists will never engage
in senseless war while the guilty few
seek safe retreats If Populists are ever
called uptO to use bullets in defense Of
human liberty they will spare their am
munition and their bullets will be plac-
ed in the right hearts. It will be a
slaughter. not of the innocents, but Of
way up and high handed criminals.
e. A. T.