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The evening times., 1898-07-28
AMERICA TO MAKE TERMS.
The Duke of AlmOd0var Says the
Cah1met May Resign.

S0b1met Nay ReafEn.
Madrid. July 2S.-The Duke of Almodo-
var, Spain's minister of foreign affairs
was asked yesterday what the prospect
is for peace. The duke answered:
1T is for the United States to pro-
pose terms. and 1t depends upon what
ensue. As yet no definite proposals have
been advanced by President Mckinley.
Unless unforeseen circumstances obIige
the present cabinet to resign 1t will re-
main in office until the events of the war
enable II to make overtures of peace di-
rect to President Mckinley through the
French and Austrian ENJOYS at Washing
ton. II We fail to secure acceptable con-
ditions we shall retire. Then the Queen
will probably form a military cabinet
and seek the support of the powers at
any COST
He was asked IL negotiations were not
already afoot in Washington. The for
eign minister said:
THE French ambassador is fully au-
thorized to make overtures for direct ne
gotiations. and has already. done so.''
The duke declined to say what terms
the Sagasta ministry would consider.
Spain is fast getting hard pushed for
ways and means. The financial papers
say that If the war lasts snntil the end
of August forced paper currency will
have to be decreed.
The government has exhausted all the
supplies available under the AUTHORIZE
tions voted by the Cortes. and will have
to issue treasury bonds at higher rate
of interest. suspend interest and amortize
the debt. Foreign or domestic loan are
out of the question.
The expenditures continue at the rate
of sos. c00000 a month.
The Bank of Spain only gives silver
for small notes in limited quantities.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
cuBAns m .sonao..
The Town Turned Over to Cas-
tillO,a Forces.


The Town Turned Over to Cas-
tillO's Forces.
Santiago, Cuba, July q. Balm has been
applied to the injured feelings of the
Cubans, who resent the fact that they
were not permitted ito enter tae city OF
Santiago. Songo. a small town is miles
from here. on the railway line. has been
surrendered to the American forces, and
the Cubans under Gen. Castillo have been
permitted to occupy 1t. 1t was held by
garrison of $50 Spanish soldiers. Capt.
Carvahal, the commander, gave up the
town as soon as officially advised OF the
capitulation of Gen. Torars army.
DR.. Joaquin Castillo, the brother of the
general. will leave for Washington In a
few days with a petition from the Cuban
residents, in which President Mckinley is
asked TO permit the Cuban forces to en-
ter Santiago.
Troops which recently came here are
fretting under the monotony of garrison
duty. Col. Howard, of the Eighth Ohio
Regiment, has cabled to President NC
Kinley asking that his corps either be dis
patched to Porto Rico for active service
or sent back home.
Brig Gen Wood, military governor,
has issued orders prohibiting the coilec-
tion of municipal and government taxes
on merchants goods for consumption
here. as well as the small tax upon pack
ages for the transient population.
Orders have also been issued calling
every householder to report Immediately
to the mayor or the military governor
any death occurring in his household. The
penalty for noncompliance is thirty days
hard labor in the streets. Policemen have
been ordered to report all cases of ma
lignant diseases in their districts and all
unsanitary conditions which they may OBJ
serve.
Bakers will be permitted to charge only
20 cents in Spanish money for a pound
loaf of bread. On account of the large
quantity Of flour which has been shipped
into the city. the governor has ruled that
excessive prices for bread are unwarrant-
ed. Spanish silver Is at a discount of SO
per cent, and storekeepers refuse to take
1t.
The surgeon in charge states that there
are 2,000 cases of fever among the troops,
of which more than 500 are yellow fe-
yer. A new field hospital will be es-
tablished near Gen. Skaters headQuar-
ters, near the trenches.
1t has been decided that the four mer-
chant steamers and the gunboat found in
the harbor of Santiago at the time of the
capitulation are military. prizes.
Col. Weston, OF the commissary depart
ment. has been appointed chief of the
custom house.
The evening times., 1898-07-28

Unless there has been an unexpected
delay on the way General Merritt has
reached Manila. The taking of that place,
II postponed at all, has waited only for
his arrival and We may therefore hear OF
its capitulation at any hour. 1t is high
ly probable that the Stars and Stripes
now wave where the Spanish colors hung
limp. The estimate of the time required
for this expedition to reach the Philip
pines is based on the speed of the two
that preceded it, one making the voyage
in thirty-six and the other in thirty-two
days, including the stop at Hawaii. As
the conditions were more favorable for
quick trip by General Merritt's vessel.
the Newport. 1t should have saluted
Dewey not later than Monday last. 1t
depends on circumstances as to how soon
news will reach the United States from
Manila. AS the next message is likely to
be thrilling, it is awaited with the keen
est interest.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
THE SOLDIER VOTE.
The Work of Taking IL WiH Begi'


The Work of Taking II wiII Begin
ut Once.
Albany, N. r, July 2s.-Preparatjons
for taking the soldier and sailor vote, un-
der the new law passed by the extra ses-
sion OF the legislature, are being pushed
rapidly by Secretary OF State Palmer.
He announced yesterday that Major
George w. Hobbs, whom he has appoints
ed a commissioner to facilitate the work
at the front. will begin among the State
troops In the camps in this country.
As soon as he has distributed the nee
essary registration blanks, and made the
officers familiar with the law. he will
sail for Santiago and Por.o Rico. II 1t
is found necessary to. appoint an assist
ant. 1t Is the intention of the secretary
of state to select one Of the election ex-
perts from the clerical force in his Of
flee.
Speaking of the soldier vote, Secretary
Palmer said that he does not anticipate
much trouble. unless it is in connection
with the votes OF men at Manila.
But even them he said. We have
more time for the canvass than we used
to have. / appointed Major Hobbs to
facilitate the work of getting the votes In
because I know that very few army or
navy officers pay any attention to poll
tics. or even vote. and they would not
understand what is needed half SO well
as commission appointed for the pur-
pose. doubt very much II the soldier
vote Is nearly as heavy as some people
think 1t will be. At reasonable estimate
there are at least 5000 minors among our
Stare troops alone"
Secretary Palmer has asked the attor-
ney general for an opinion as to the
manner In which the vote Of those in hos
pitals shall be taken. In the war OF the
rebellion such votes were collected in the
same manner as those OF the men at the
front, but the new law does not say any
thing about them.
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cHAaR1N OF THE spAN1ARps
They Thought the Collier Merrimac
Was q Battleshfu

They Thought the Collier Merrimac
Was = BattlexhiP.
Naval Constructor Hobson has been
furnishing some interesting information
to friends about his Imprisonment at San
tfago- 1t was not commonly known that
for four or five days he was confined in
small. unventilated, loathsome cell in
Morro Castle.
He could not have long survived the i'm
prisonment. and undoubtedly would have
died as the effect of this cruelty and
hardship. had it not been for the inter-
cession OF Admiral Cervera, who inspect
ed the quarters and afterward insisted
that the military commander should pro-
vide Hobson and his men with better and
more civilized accommodations.
Hobson says the chagrin and anger of
the Spaniards at finding they had not
destroyed a battleship In their attack on
the Merrimac probably melted them to
the ill-treatment of himself and the other
prisoners of war. The Spanish officials at
Santiago supposed they had sunk an
American battleship and that Hobson and
his brave men were the only survivors Of
the ship. 1t was also understood that
the action of the British consul at San
tiago operated to have Hobson and his
men treated with decency.
The British consul performed practi-
cal service in advisins the Washington
authorities Of the prison accomm Ola lions
in Santiago given to the naval officer and
the enlisted men. This advice led 70 a
menacing suggestion from Washington.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
RoCKEFELLERs WILL FIGHT.
Will Spare No Efforts to Have Their
Assessments Reduced.

Assessments Reduced.
Tarrytown, N Y. July 2S.-The Messrs.
Rockefeller intend to fight their assess
ments in the town OF Mount Pleasant.
They have told their lawyers to go ahead
and spare no expense. The decision rem
dered on Friday last by Referee Hoys-
radt in the William Rockefeller case, re-
ducing his assessment from s. 1885 to
$3i3. as, does not please Mr.. Rockefeller.
1t is said that he wanted his place valued
at about 100000
Michael Martin. an assessor, says he
will not sign the roll If the assessment is
placed at s343175 by the courts. He says
ne could not then swear that all property
was assessed at 100 per cent to the best
of his knowledge and judgment. He says
that II the referee charges him with mall
ice for assessing II SO high, then the ref
cree must have shown malice toward him
when he placed the value SO low. The
case will be argued before Judge Bar
nard, at Poughkeepsie. on Saturday. The
case OF John D. Rockefeller against the
town will come up on Monday before the
same judge.
William Rockefeller's property is as
sessed by the referee at an average VAL
uation of SO an acre. The village of
North Tarrytown bought from Mr. Rock
efeller some marsh land and paid him
$50 an acre for it. and many persons con-
sidered that a bargain. The 1898 roll will
have to be completed by Monday next.
and the assessors are in quandary as
to how to value the Rockefeller property.
Much depends on Judge Barnard's decis-
ion on Saturday.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
ZOln,s Father.

(From the New York Tribune.)
Franz Zola, the father of Emile Zola, was an
engineer officer in the Austrian army. Franz
"Zolla" according to the Austrian rendering Of
the name was born at Padua, in 1895. and en-
tered the FrenchItalisn army in 1911, being traa-
ferrcd to the Austrian service the italian army
being taken over by that power. He served in
several regiments second lieutenant until 1919,
when. owing to family matters, he left the army
and entered on civilian life without retaining
his rank He received, however, two yeaus'
salary as compensation. The records do not
Justify the charges Of the Paris press, which i'm
graceful criminal acts Considering the string mt
secret police system then in existence, the fact
that he received two years salary and was trans
ferred to tho civil service disprcve completely
the calnmnies on his character. His activity
as civil servant and constructor OF railways
shows an equally clean sheet.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
Baxsaxe Labels.
-, p,ns,.. D,>

From the Philadelphia Record.)
Foreign baggage labels are in great demand Just
now. And a student Of the University Of Penn
syivania has cornered the market in these labels
selling them to people who want to show some
evidence Of having been abroad. This year the
demand seems to be greater than eyer, and al
ready the buffers have started to smear their
dre9 suit cases with the marks belonging to
European hotels. One Of these interesting gen.
zen sen r. aPpeaIso , IN NJ; onesnus s , yeSerdsy
attention. Home made labels in imitation Of
those from various hotels in Switzerland, Fra.ce
and Germany bring the highest prices, as the
rare. The profit in this queer business must be
exceedingly large. as this particular chemist.
who Is dependent upon his own resources for his
livelihood and schooling. Is enabled to take quite
sxtensive trips and live in luxury during his
Summer vacation. His fellow students are his
principal customers. but lots Of other young men
and girls are often seen emerging from the Label
mefchant's hearding houn with colered slips in
their lssdA
The evening times., 1898-07-28
LETTER SEIZURE WAS ORDERED

Epistle OF McKinley's Secretary to
Coney Island 'Horoseoper" Taken.
New York. July 2s.-lt was on orders
from Washington, that letter signed by
t41A secretary to the President, which has
been displayed outside the booth Of the
'horoscoper" at Coney Island was seized
on Tuesday.
Prof E. Matuch cast President McKin-
ley's horoscope some time ago and sent
it to him. He received a letter OF thanks
from ]. Addison Porter, and put 1t in a
frame as an advertisement. Two men
took 1t away on Tuesday and gave him a
receipt signed wv. ]. Flynn and Frank
EsQuirrel. Secret Service
Chief Hazen, of the local Secret Serv-
ice Bureau, was asked yesterday about
the seizure.
1.-The orders came from Washington"
he said, land any further information
must come from there. 1 cannot discuss
the CASE
The evening times., 1898-07-28

this countrss and have inspired the
same feeling in The most numerous
class Of people.
Aside from the satisfaction there is in
the knowledge that we have secured a
territory that will be of increasing
value and importance to the nation in
the process Of expanding Its interests.
We. may have the pleasure Of feeling
that body OF people who are devotedly
attached to our institutions have
realized their long ambition to become
part of the republic. The few legis-
lators who opposed annexation have
already learned that among the Ameri-
can people but an Insignificant num-
ber approve their course.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
COL. RoosEvELT's LARaEssE.
Rough Riders i'm Governors Island
Hospital Receive SJ Eeach.


New York. July cS.-Five wounded
Rough Riders who are in the post hospi-
:al on Governors Island were the envy
of all the other wounded men there yes
teriay. Each one of the five had received
s. from Major Brodie. who informed
them that Col. Roosevelt sent them the
money. and wanted them TO notify him
If they needed anything more.
One of she men. who comes from Okla
homa. said that Mr.. Roosevelt was one
of the whitest men he ever met" and
that all of the men who belonged TO his
regiment were anxious to get back again
to be with him in the next scrap.
Basil Ricketts,. son of the late Gen.
Ricketts,, who is one of the Rough Riders,
and who is in this city recovering from a
bullet wound in the left leg. said yester-
day that lack of siege artillery made it
necessary for the infantry to fight as
they did before Santiago. He said that
he was wounded in the first days fight
ing, and that as near as he could make
out the bullet came from a sharpshoo,er
stationed in a tree. II struck him in the
thigh. ranged downward. and is in his
leg vet. the surgeons not being able to
locate IT.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
Penny Postage.
prom the london Telesraph.)

(Ffom the london Telegraph.)
English-speaking peoples that have, so to say,
giriled the earth with Anglo-Saxon enterprise and
triotim of our race and intensfyng t. homoee-
neity. II may be hoped that the uniformity OF
postal rates about to be established between the
United Kingdom and Canada will soon be ex-
tended to the United States, and will be cordial
ly welcomed by our American Hnsfolk as SYM
boiic Of tho truest sort Of alliance, which is
based On community Of interests and familiarity
Of intercourse. It Is our hrm belief that at no
very distant date penny stamp will frank a
letter between Great Britain and her colonies
and any part OF the Union and that the six penny
telegram will become an American Institution.
The peace Of the world cannot be more soundly
guaranteed than by any administrative innov1-
tioa tending to consolidate the. British empire
and to promote the intimacy Of its reiaticns
with the greatest Of Transatlantic repshlics
The evening times., 1898-07-28
MINES NEARLY ALL UP.
New York Harbor Will he Reopened
in a Few Days.

Now York. July SIT is expected tha.
the work OF removing the submarine
mines from the entrance TO this harbor
will be completed today or tomorrow.
anu that the restrictions against enter
ing and leaving the harbor Will then be
removed
All the mines IN the Swash Channel and
those in the South Channel have been
taken up. and those in the East Cham
mel were removed some days ago. The
only ones remaining are in the main ship
channel 80
Major Adams said yesterday that the
restrictions VIII bs promptly removed
as soon as this channel is clear. The
lights on the 1i,oys and beacons will be
relighted. so that vessels can pass IN and
out as they did before the harbor was
closed. and. 50 far as commerce with
this port is concerned we will be on a
peace basis within a day or two. The
formal reopenihg of the harbor will be
done by the Secretary of War.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
Georgia Peaches.
from the Atlanta Journal. }

(From the Atlanta Journal.)
The Delaware peach has been failure for sew
eral years in succession and Delaware IL fast los
ing its prominence as q peach State. This year
the curcuio has destroyed 1t. A railroad agent
has been through the peach district talking with
the fruit growers, and he estimates the yield at
81, ,4S4 baskets. against 1000. 900 last year and
5000 600 in 1896. Four or Eve years ago the
is said to be smaller and Of poorer quality than
usual Georgia is greatly blessed in her peach
crop this year. II isa.by far the greatest the
State has ever prpduced and will bring in mil
lions Of dollars. Georgia peaches are now con-
sidered the best In all markets. and the demand
for them is practically unlimited. Some Of US
sigh for the big owhits English and red Indian
peaches Of the good Sh times. but the Georgia
peaches we now have, shre % much better than
any others that We will have to be satisfied.
The evening times., 1898-07-28

Americans do not always need good
cause to bring out their fighting qualities.
though they are more successful when
right is on their side. Nothing could be
more desperately plucky than the fight
made by the Miller gang of bank robbers
in the Indian Territory. except that made
by the regulators who finally killed them
all Ih-
The evening times., 1898-07-28
WITH MILITARY HoNoRs.
Captain Gilman's body Taken to
West Point for Burial.


New York. July 2S.-With military hon.
ors the body of Capt. B. H. Gilman. of
Company G. Thirteenth Infantry. who
died on Governors Island on Tuesday
from illness contracted at Santiago, was
taken to West Point to day and buried
in the National Cemetery there. Capt
H 1. Harris had charge of the arrange
ments. There was a brief service at the
residence on Governors Island at Z
o'clock in the morning. conducted by
Chaplain Goodwin. At o'clock the body
was taken to the pier. accompanied by
relatives and friends and a captains es-
cort of regular troops The funeral par
ty embarked on the Government boat
General Meigs and proceeded to West
Point.
Services at West Point were conducted
by the Rev. Herbert Shipman. chaplain
of the post. The cadets attended, and
fired a salute over the grave.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
rbe medical attendants of princes have

The medical attendants of princes have
no scruples about lying in regard to the
condition of an illustrious patient. When
ever they. consider it necessary to save
their sick charges from annoyance and
perhaps danger through the curiosity of
the public, they deliberately represent
dying man as on the way to rapid recov-
cry. In reading the news of the state
of Prince Bismarck account must be
taken of this fact.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
One rhirs yAat I. Certain.
T,or, 49, H.orvfll~ Ho,,rn.l

One thing is cerfai.-<the Stars and Stripes will
never hoat anywhsre e the iace Of the footstool
over a people who are not made freer by their
coming Under tho ncfd folds Of our banner Of
freedom there car y =, such thing a human
to speat lie. This var began In the interest Of
humanity, and In Hh6l apterest Il will end, maps
OF no maps. Wherever tie Stars and Stripes once
noat the bannar Of tr1echefy and tiskery and
brutality can never Be raised again.
The evening times., 1898-07-28

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The evening times., 1898-07-28

The embarkation of American soldiers
with glittering bayonets and belts full Of
cartridges at various places. with Span
ish islands as their reported objective,
does not suggest confidence in the sin
cerity of Spanish peace overtures.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
Not short ON Titles.
(From thc london rid Bits )

Here are the young king Of Spain's titles in
full: Alfonso XIII. Leon Ferdinand Maria James
Isidore Pascal Antonio, King of Spain. Of Cas-
tile. Of Leon. Of Aragon. Of the two sicilies, Of
Jerusalem, Of Navarro, Of Grenada. Of Toledo, OF
Seville. Of Cerdena, Of Cordova, Of Corcega, OF
Nurcia, Of Jaen, Of Algarra, Of Algezira. Of Gi-
braltar, Of the Canaries, Of the East and West
duke Of Austria. Duke Of Burgundy, q Bsabant
and Of Milan, Count Of Hapsburg. Of Flanders, Of
TyTol and Of Barcelona and Lord Of Biscay and
Molina.
The evening times., 1898-07-28
ANGLo-AMERIcAN LEAGUE.
Right Hon. James Bryce II Selected
tO He Chairman.

tO he Chairman.
London. July 1.-The Anglo-American
League, recently formed for the purpose
Of securing cordial and constant co-op-
GRAFTON on the part Of the two nations"
yesterday selected Right Hon. James
Bryce, Liberal. member OF Parliament
for the South Division of Aberdeen, for
chairman, and the Duke OF Sutherland
for treasurer.
Membership In the league was made
open to all British and American sub
jects. and branches were authorized in
all the large cities and towns.
The evening times., 1898-07-28

In the alterated state of the imperial
and the public mind in Germany. Prince
Henry's explanation OF the innocence of
his humane action at Subig Bay is likely
to save him from censure
The evening times., 1898-07-28
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