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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
 ASK FAVoRS OF BLANCo.
Peculiar Requests of the New Span
 ish Casino at Havana.

HAVANA, Aug. 19.-Yesterday the President and newly elected board of the Spanish Casino paid their respects to General Blanco. The president, in the name of all Spanish residents in the island, requested General Blanco to grant himself and his colleagues the lots given for the purpose of erecting quarters for the volunteers, in order that they might build a sumptuous palace for the exclusive property of the Spanish colony, and in which the Span ish Consulate, the Casino and other es- tablishments belonging to Spaniards might be established. He also request ed General Blanco to authorize the col lection of funds by popular subscrip- ton for the purpose of increasing the Spanish navy and erecting a statue in memory of SenOr Canovas del Castillo and other works. General Blanco ans wered that he found the petition logi- cal and practical, and promised to in terest himself in furthering the de- sires of the petitioners.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
MYSTERIOUS WARNING
DARK HINTS OF IMPENDING
 TROUBLE.
Her Life Threatened by the Writer If She Ever Returned to the City of San
 Francisco.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19-A special to the World from Dover, Del. says: Mrs. John P. Cunning, the younger of ex- Congressman Penningtons murdered daughters, had been a silent sufferer for at least two years before her death, during all the time she was home with her father.
 There were circumstances that en- forced her separation from her husband and compelled her to seek her former home while MT. Cunning remained In the far West seeking his living.
 There was nothing discreditable to either of them in this separation, sim ply stress of circumstances. But not long after she reached Dover there be- gan to arrive a series of annoying let ters that were addressed to her from San Francisco.
 They were anonymous and gave no hint as to the writer's identity beyond the fact that it was a woman that sent them.
 The first of them contained dark hints that Mrs. Cunning could not un- derstand, mysterious warnings that she should beware of impending trouble for her.
 She was a strong young woman and at the beginning destroyed the letters and said nothing about them to her parents or any other member of her family here. She mentioned them in a casual way in her letters to her hus- band, but did not even look to him for any explanation of them. She con- sidered them simply as the production of some crank that had learned of her existence while she had lived with her husband in San Francisco.
 Then came letters that were less vague. They charged her that she should never think of returning to San Francisco on peril of her life These she didn't destroy.
 She showed all of them to her father and some of them she mailed back to her husband for investigation. What he discovered cannot be learned until he arrives here, for If he ever sent any explanation to his wife she never told of iT
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20

PONCE, PORTO RICO, Aug. 1S.-La Neuya Era, an afternoon newspaper established the day after the occupa- ton of this city by United States troops, was temporarily suppressed to- day by the United States military au- thorities because of the publication or an article headed Vengeance.
 The article called upon Porto Ricans to destroy Spanish property and pre- vent Spanish shopkeepers doing ous1- ness. This offense was worse in view of the demonstrations of the last few nights in various towns in the southern nart of the island against Spanish resi- dents.
 The Spanish shopkeepers in Ponce are now afraid to open their places. Native police are powerless to curb the spirit of the mob and it is doubtful whether they would do anything if they could La Neuya Bras presses were stopped after the first edition had been put on the street. Its editor was ar rested on a charge of melting to mob violence. This action and the deter mined attitude of the provost guard it is expected will bring citizens quickly back to an orderly mood.
 Spanish outrages in the northern part of the island continue and the local pa pers have published list of victims at Cailes Among the names are those of many young girls who have been ill., treated by Spanish soldiers
 General Miles probably will com municate with Captain General Macfas about the matter.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
OCEAN GRAVES FOR
 SIX BOYS IN BLUE
Perish at Sea While Being Returned From Santiago to the United
 States

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Aug. 19--- The steamer Olivette arrived at Fort Monroe this afternoon from Santiago de Cuba, having on board 200 patients of the Fifth Army Corps, including twenty-five officers. While the Olivette was at sea the following men died and were buried:
 Corporal Emery Brown. Troop B. Tenth Cavalry, malarial dysentery. August 14.
 Charles Waldman, Company c, First District of Columbia, malaria1 dysen- tery, August Is.
 J. H. Spencer, Company I, First Illi- nois, fever, malarial dysentery, Au- gust IS.
 Major Caspar H. Conrad, Eighth h. fantry, malarial fever, dysentery, died off Santiago de Cuba, August 5.
 Herbert H. Mccormick, First Illinois, dysentery, malarial, August IS.
 Homer Covery, Company F, Thirty fourth Michigan, malarial dysentery, August 19
 NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-The Mobile brought 1900 troops in all, of whom 300 are reported on the sick list Ten deaths occurred on the voyage from dysentery and typhoid. Sergeant Alfred Judson and Fred Gaslin, of Troop H, of the Rough Riders, died in camp yesterday from cOnVulSiOnS
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20

: MADRID, Aug. 19.-SenOr Sagasta has stated that the actual situation now. existing as between Spain and the United States is neither peace nor war, and that the situation is merely sus- pension of hostilities.
 :. Spain desired an armistice, but the United States did not agree to it. Spain, In. resigning her sovereignty in Cuba and Porto Rico, has not renounced all belonging to her. The, United States as an honorable nation will not seek to
 annex that which cannot legitimately be*considered as booty of war accord ing to the conditions under which peace was concluded.
 :: Senor Sagasta believes that, cessa- ton of hostilites having been pro- claimed, the taking of Manila does not affect the Philippine problem. One of the highest Spanish jurists says that among the ships captured by the Americans were many that did not know of the declaration of war, and that their capture, like that of an army taken in similar ignorance, cannot pos gibTy be legally justified by interna- tional law.
 The Spanish Government will nomi- nGte three individuals to arrange for the: evacuation of Cuba--One general, one an admiral and one a judicial au- tho4-ity. General Blanco will take part in the evacuation.
 The Pais a journal of dubious meth eds, which had been suppressed for the last few days, now appears again.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
SPANISH CORTES MAY BE CONVENED
s-sdrid Resolved to Insist That Ma ..- nila's Capitulation Is Devoid
 of Effect

= MADRID, Aug. 19.-The Government .has resolved to insist that the capitula-
 tion of Manila after the signing of the . pfotocol shall have no effect in the peace negotiations unfavorable to Spain.
 in any event the Government holds that the equalization, having been : signed by the commander of the town, it does not entail the surrender of the : whole of the Philippines.
 All the indications are that the peace negotiations will be prolonged. The : opposition factions are redCubling the agitation for convoking the .Cortes, and it. is said that SenOr Sagasta begins to
 hesitate, although he shares the opin- ion of Duke Almodovar de Rio, the
 Foreign Minister, as to the fnconveni-
 ence involved in a meeting of the Cortes
 and a series of debates on the peace terms. It is supposed the Cortes will
 meet after the election to the Councils :: General in the middle of September.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
DIFFICULTIES AVOIDED
 THROUGH ANNEXATION
London Times Advises the United States to Hold Fast to the
 Philippines.
uUuUU0U0UUUQUU UU3

LONDON, Aug. 2O.-The Times this morning says editorially that it fore sees circumstances which may impel the United States to a permanent occu- patton of Cuba, and adds:
 If America is prepared to under take the responsibility of the govern ment of the whole Philippine group, it Is hard to see how any other power could Iegitimately interfere. If the United States repudiates such respon- sibility, a very perilous state of things might ensue, because it would not be easy to dispute the right of other pow CTS to terminate the state of anarchy. Therefore many difficulties will be avoided by American annexation. In any case, no European power need reckon upon findins the United States as easy to coerce as Japan"
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
MUsTERING OUT BEGINS.
Several Regiments at Chickamauga
 Ordered Home

WASHINGTON, Aug 19.-Orders were given to-day for the return to their State rendezvous of the First Illi- nois Cavalry and the First Maine In fantry, now at Chickamauga, and the Second New York Infantry, now at Fernandina, Fla. These regiments were mustered into the military ger vice of the Government at the outbreak of the war at the places mentioned and their return there is accepted as conclusive evidence that they are to be mustered out.
 Another regiment which has been or dared to return to it's recruiting ren- dezvous is the First Vermont Infantry That regiment. now at Chickamauga IS under orders to proceed to Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, and left Camp Thomas to-day. Similar orders will be issued from day to day to the ether volunteer regiments selected fer mus tcring cut.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
scHLEY MAY SUCCEED MILLER.
4 More Important Command Than
 That of the West Indies.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-The Tribune's s Washington correspondent telegraphs: The Navy Department has taken under consideration the reorganization of the North Atlantic fleet It is considered likely the North Atlantic station will be divided and one flag officer, probably Admiral Sampson, retained in com rnand of the home fleet. The impression prevails among naval officers that Schley will seize the opportunity to se cure command of the Pacific station on :.the retirement of Admiral Miller on November P and be content to wait ashore a few weeks between the ter imitation of his services on the Porto Rican commission and Admiral Miller's retirement, which would enable him to have an independent command per- haps more important than that of the West Indies, as it includes the whole Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Cape Horn. as well as Hawaii and Samoa
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
RELIEVED OF COMMANDS.
Generals Wade, Butler and Gordon
 to Act on Commissions.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Major General James F. Wade, formerly in command of the Third Army Corps at Chickamauga, and Major General M c. Butler, in com mand of a division of the Second Army Corps at Falls Church, were to- day relieved of their present duties in order to enable them to enter upon the discharge of their important duties as
 members of the commission charged with the execution of the provisions of the peace protocol regarding the evacu- ation of Cuba by the Spanish troops.
 A similar order was also issued to- day in the case of Brigadier General William Gordon, commanding di- vision of the Fourth Army Corps, who has been appointed member of sim liar commission in the case of Porto Rico. No one has yet been selected to
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
CUBANs MUST DIsBAND.
Island Insurgents Will Have to
 Follow Peaceful Pursuits.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-A special to the Times from Washington says: There have been conferences between Estrada Palma and other representa- tives of the Cubans and officials of the United States relative to the insurgents and what would be done with them. Mir Palma was advised that the United States would not consider the question of compensation of the Cuban troops, because there was no power in the Government to do so, even if there was the inclination. He was told that the best thing the Cubans could do was to advise the men in arms to dis band, retire to their homes and engage in peaceful pursuits
 That the members of the Cuban Junta recognize that this is the only thing to do is seen in the fact that emissaries have already been dis patched to Cuba with a view of carry ing out the desires of the United States Government. These emfssaries will try to persuade the Cuban leaders that resistance to the United States author ity would result only in further dis tresS in Cuba.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
L0NDON'S VIEW AS TO
 AMERICA'S POLICY
The Spectator Sees in Our Conquest
 Beginning of an Over-Sea :. Tropical Empire.

LONDON, Aug. 19.-The Spectator in its issue this week prophecies that America will retain all the Spanish possessions she has captured, and thinks that pressure from the Cuban Ioyalists will force the commission to stfpulate that Cuba shall be governed by the United States for twenty years. U
 The Spectator says: America will find herself at the end of the year in the possession of the beginning of an .over-sea tropical empire. Long may she rule it in the interests of humanity and justice While it is so ruled England will never begrudge her her possessions nor their expansion into domain as great as our own.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
THE OLD LADY STITCHES ON ANOTHER PATCH.
NO MORE FUSION.
Butler Surrenders to Middle -of-t the Road
 SterS.

E HOUSTON, Tex, Aug. 19.-In t a speech at the big Populist en-
 E campment at Greenville to-day < Senator Marion Butler of North x Carolina, national chairman of x the Populist party, surrendered e to the middle -the-roadsters E or anti-fusionists. He declared e that as national chairman he < would promise that there would < be no trades or combines with k either of the old parties before k the next national convention, e and he would call that conven- { ton at least month before the k Democratic or Republican con- z yentions convened and thus < prevent any opportunity for fu- { sion.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
SPANISH CLAIMS IN CUBA. Madrid Seeks to Shirk Payment of
 the Colonys Debt.

MADRID, Aug. 19.-It is rumored that the Government will instruct the Cuban Commissioners to present a strong case for the recognition of Spanish claims for compensation for the cession of public works in Cuba, the compensation to take inc form of saddling upon Cuba the bulk of the Cuban debt existing in 1895. The papers advocate the strengthening of Ceuta and Andalusan ports in anticipa- tion of Anglo-Russian eventualities.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20

ment of Infantry left this morning on the steamer D. H. Miller. This after noon 500 of the District of Columbia troops sailed on the transport Hud- son, 800 of the Seventh Infantry on the Yucatan and six companies of the Thirty-fourth Michigan on the trans port Santiago. The troops are going forward as rapidly as possible. Owing to the increase in sickness there is much need of hospital ships. The num- Der of those sick is large, and there are not sufficient accommodations for them
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
SAYS CALIFORNIA WILL SHOW HEAVY
 REPUBLICAN GAINS
of Representative Over street After q Tour of the
 State.

19Represenave Overstreet of Indiana Republican Committee He predicts Cal will Republican aor be for
 that carried the Republicans perating in effectiveness
 and admits Colorado Republicans He classes Republican Republican in Nebraska his State, certainly a Vermont
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
PARIS TRIBUNAL WILL BE FINAL ARBlTER
Madrid's Contentious Given Little .. Consideration by Washington
 Officials

:: WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-The claims made in Madrid that the protocol and not the equalization controls the state of affairs in the Philippines will not be discussed by State Department offi- cials. The Madrid discussion is locked upon as rather academic, as 1t is taken for granted that claims will be made on both sides and that the Paris tribunal will be the final arbiter of the case.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
TEN ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
General Shafter's Report on the Con-
 dition of His Troops

wASHINGTON, Aug. 19-In his dis patch to the War Department tonight concerning the health conditions of his troops, General Shafter reports the death of ten men. Following is the summary of the dispatch:
 SANTIAGO DE. CUBA. Aug. 1s.-Adjutant General of the Army, Washington: Sanitary reTort for August 19 Total number sick. 1245; total number fever cases 915; total number new cases 91; total number fever cases res turned to duty, 136.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald Copyrighted, 1898, by James Cor
 don Bennett.
 CADIZ, Aug. 19-The Numancia has been docked for reconstruction. It has been decided to send the Pelayo, the Carlos V and the Vitoria to each of the ports where the repatriated Span- iards are expected. Cartagena has an- other cock and bull story about new submarine boat, the invention of a naval lieutenant.
 The military preparations on the southern coasts are temporarily stopped The whole district has been so excited discussing what would be done that nothing has been accom- nlished. Now that peace is settled all the southerners are mopping their brows and consoling themselves tha8 had the Americans come they Woui4 have had hot reception.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
Declares That 1t Has
 No Effect.
SITUATION IS NOT ALTERED
PHILIPPINES STILL BELONG TO = SPAIN.
American Honor, He Says, Will Not =: Permit of the Holding of the Islands Taken After the
 =. Armistice Was Signed.

Speo!ai Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Cor .: don Bennett
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20

succeed these officers in their present commands. and it is not likely that any action in that direction will be taken for some time.
 Major General Brooke, who is the other army officer on the Porto Rican commission, is now in that country and probably will not be relieved of his present duties until after the arrival there of his colleagues on the com mission.
 TROOPS SAIL FROM SANTIAGO.
 SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. 19 (af- ternoon).-A portion of the First Regi-
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
EDITOR OF
 PONCE PAPER
 IN A CELL Porto Rico Newspaper Suppressed. INClTED NATIVES TO RIOT CALLED ON THEM TO DESTROY SPANISH PROPERTY. Macias' Craven Soldiers Continue to Perpetrate outrages in the
 Northern Part of the :
 Island. AA
INcITED NATIVES TO RIOT
CALLED ON THEM TO DESTROY
 SPANISH PROPERTY.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898. by James tor don Bennett.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20

Chicago Capitalist Dies at Pomoaas
 POMONA, Cal. Aug. 19.-John A. Pack- ard. aged 80 years, a Chicago capitalist died at his home at Lordsburg al an eartR hour this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-20
NO WORK ON DEFENsEs.
Spaniards Too Busy Telling What They Would Do to Americans.

snecial Cable to The Call and the New York Herald Copyrighted, 1898, by James Cor don Bennett
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
-u(-0NM-
oars.

Except In the far South, 1t lie too
early TO seed any crop except oats, and
even this crop should not in this lati
suds be seeded before the end of the
month The oat crop in the South is
900 often very badly treated. Because
1t will produce yield on poorer land
than most other crops from it's ability
80 extract plant food from the soil be
ing greater than that OF most other
crops, it is too frequently sown on poor
land and given no manure or fertiii8er.
While We are strongly of the opinion
that TO grow oats with that profs
which ought TO follow the crop they
ought in the South to ba seeded early
In the fail, yet with good treatment
and early seeding in the spring and
and sowing only the winter oats or she
rust proof variety, fair crops may be
made. The Northern spring oats are
not suited for she South, except In tho
mountains, as the weather becomes hot
too soon TO permit of their making a
robust growth. An average crop of
oats will take from the soil ninety
seven pounds of potash, thirty five
pounds Of phoaphoric acid, and eighty
nine pounds of nitrogen. This shows
the necessity for good fertilization if a
good crop is TO be had. In the presence
of farm yard manure to meet this re
quiremsnt, which is the best fertilizer
having 5 per cent. of ammonia, 9 per
cent. of phosphoric acid, ana per cent.
OF potash should-be used. Apply OF
the rate of 500 pounds to the Gcgs.-
SOuthaPn Planter
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08
EXPERIMENT STATIONS.

''That each year We are drawing into
closer relationship with the agriculture
OF the State Is apparent" says the an
nual report of the President OF the
Massachusetts, Agricultural College.
The farmers arc coming more and
more to depend upon the college, and
what is true now is just as surely going
to increase in the future. In nothing
does this more ssrikingly appear than
in the matter of correspondence. Dur.
ing the last twelve months 8, 52S letters
have been answered in the experiment
department alone. What does this
meant It means that as 5, 526 point0
we have touched the interests Of the
agricultural life of this State. It means
that $40 dairymen have wanted TO
know about butter fats or the best
balanced ration or the hundred other
matters of vital interest. Il means
that 76O farmers have had questions 60
ask concerning fOrtilize rg and fertilizer
materials It means that S16 ins0ln
gent men engaged In the practice Of
agriculture have wanted information
respeesiRg rotation Of crops, millets
and soya beans, Or the ELECTS ct potash
ON the growth of corn Is means that
3O4 fruits growers have come and asksd
what were the best varieties Of fruit,
how 70 eultivaBo them and how to pre-
vent disease. Is means that lis grow
err Of flowers and vegetables under
glass have been atte Oked by Fugts,
Gmuts or n0zoatodOs and have lifted up
the Macedonian cry, Come over and
help ua.' + means that 1 $50 sHsrsrs
attacked by all kinds Of winged, crawl
ing, creeping foes have come 20 u for
relief It means that los good farua-
Or'g wives have seen the ruin OF their
household idols eheCsed by the buffalo
bug and have cried out in their anguish,
What shall We do 60 bO saved from
these posts3' This 10 the work Of only
one department. In addition there
have been written from the oflce Of
administration during the same period
over 2, 600 letters on matters touching
college interests"
In good accomplished We think the
North Carolina Station compares
fAVoFablY with those Of other States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08

velopment of the crop. The potash
has two fold benefit, as it furnishes
plant food to the soil and absorbs and
retains moisture in the soil.
Instead Of using less fertilizer, we
should use more, but that does not
mean that we should abandon all other
means of restoring the soil fertility and
retaining same The beauty about
using commercial fertiIiRar iU, we can
start at once to improve our lands and
b making q profit Gt the seme time
Il even pays Handsomely TO fertiliBe
the renovsting crop, as the amount
taken ca in the crop will be greater,
and she amount of plant food left IN
the soil will be corregpondingly greater
The farmer can be sure that the lack.
ing elements are phosphorus, nitrogen
and potash, and il these are supplied,
the air and soil can be relied on 20
furnish the others In sufficient guam
titles 1t matters not how large or how
small the crop is, the elements of which
it il constituted will bear about the
same proportion to each other, 80 If
you make it take up q large amount of
nitrogen, potash and phosphorus, il
will draw on the soil and air for the
others TO balance up and thereby the
crop will be larger.