The Florence tribune., 1898-08-27
TELEGRAPHIC REPORT.

oi w. 5. Wortley, his son-in-law, was feeling much improved to-day. The l Admiral could not receive any visitors. 7. His physician characterizes his illness as nervous exhaustion.
 MANILA, Aug 28.--Rumors of trouble between the natives and Americans are for the most part unfounded. The fact is that the insurgents have been unwilling to disarm until assured of the permanance of American protec- tion. The distrnct felt as to tn e Spanish Bank. which originated in rumors as to an excessive note issue to aid Spanish authorities, led to run on that iussitu- tion, but the British banking houses came to it's assistance and ayerted failure. Business is now booming. The waterworks have resumed operations.
 NEW YoRK, Aug. 2S.-The Seguranica sailed for Santiago at 80 thia after noon. Among the passengers ia Lieut
 Hobson, who is going to try his rubDer I bag scheme for raising two es the sun. ken vessels Of celvera's squadron.
 1 WAsuINGroE, Aug. 24.-The navy de- partment this afternoon opened bids for sixteen torpedo.boat destroyers and twelve torpedo boats, the cost in the aggregate not to exceed $16,9O0 ,000, as
 provided in the last naval approvis-
 tion act. These destroyers and torpe.
 do boats constitute the largest single
 addition ever made to navy. The de.
 stroyers are to be completed within Is months, and the torpedo beats in Il months. The destroyers arc to hay, . speed of 2S knots and the torped,
 boats 26 knots. The destroyers are ts
 be about 400 tons and are to cost D, more than s295, 900 each. while the tor , Pedo boats are to be about 15O tons n | to cost no more than tl7O,0O0 each. , Washington, Aug 23.-Gen. Shafter' report of the health conditions of tn troops at Santiago is 6s follows: To tal sick 1,025; total fever cases. o9s . new casss, 75; returned to duty, l2g l deaths. from Aug. 1920, 10.
 NEW YORK, Aug 26.-A dispatch to th D World from Manila says: The monito d Monadnock arrived Aug. 20. On th way over she stopped at the LAdron
 island of Gusms, which had been seiz ed by the frat expedition. She foun, r that Spaniard had repudisted Ameri
 can rule and set up government ol
 his own account. Capt. Whiting of th O Monadnock promptly upset this ne' IF government and made the usurper prisoner and brought him here,
 WAsHrxeroE, Aug. 28.-A documea
 entirely unique In the annals of wa fare has been cabled to the war d. department by Gen. Shsfter It is [ the form of 8 congrstulatory farewell 8 addressed to the soldiers of the Ameri e can army by Pedro Lopez de castills e s private Spanish soldier, on behalf C n Il, 900 Spanish soldiers.
 The address reads:
 Soldiers of the American Army :-
 We would not be fulfilling our dnt as well-born men, in whose breas
 there lives gratitude and courtesy should we embark for our believe !. Spain without sending you our mos ? cordial and sincere good wishes an e farewell. We fought you with srdoi r with all our strength, endeavoring [
 gain victory, but without the slight
 Tancor or hatred toward the America
 nation. We have been vanquishe5 b
 you (so our generals and chiefs judge - in signing capitulation), but our SUI
 render and bloody battles preceding
 have left in our souls no place for r'
 sentiment against the men who tough - us nobly and gallantly.
 "You fought in compliance with th same call cf duty as we, for we all bu
 represent the power of our respeetiy
 states, you fought as men face to fact . and with great courage us before stal ed, a quality which we had not me
 during Che three years we carried o this war against people withou morals, without conscience, and (
 doubtful origin, who could not cor front an enemy, but hidden, and she their noble victims from ambush ass then immediately fled. This was tn z warefare we had to sustain in thi ' unfortunate land. You have compile : exactly with all the laws and usage of war as recognized by the armies Q
 the most civilized nations of ths=eart th : You have given honorable burial { . our dead, you have cured their wound ed with great humanity, have respect ed and cared for oar prisoners an their comfort, and, lastly, to ns. whoa condition was terrible, you have giysi freely of food, of your stock of medI cines and you have honored us witl . distinguished courtesy. ..~-~s t t.a..s . With this high sentiment of appre citation from us all, there remains bn