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pa of the wounded and sick officers who have been brought into that port on the transport Cherokee from sibonay. It did not include the names of enlisted men, but this may follow shortly. The surgeon-gen- now at Tampa as to the disposition of the invalids, and it is probable that such of them as are able to bear further transpor- tation will be brought north, where they will be surrounded with better conditions than exist at the temporary and crowded southern hospitals. The list of the wound ed and sick officers brought by the Chero- kee is as follows:
 Captain John Bigelow, Jr., gun shot in thigh and calf of leg.
 First Lieut.. M. H. Barnum, gun shot III right hip.
 First Lieut.. G. H. Godfrey, gunshot in scalp.
 Major Ellis, Thirteenth Infantry, gun shot in left knee
 Lieut.. William Wassell, gun shot In lert cheek and neck; also left hand
 Lieut.. w. S. Wood, Ninth Cavalry, gun shot in right cheek and throat.
 Capt. J. E. Brett, gun shot in elbow
 Lieut.. H. L.. Kennison, gun shot in left breast and elbow.
 Lieut. H. G. Lyon, gun shot in right hip
 Capt. A. c. Ducat gun shot in both thighs.
 Lieut.. w. H. Simmons gun shot in right arm.
 Lieut.. R. E. Spencer gun shot in right leg and left hand.
 Captain Lasster, gun shot in right side.
 The following are sick
 Gen. S. M. B. Young, Capt. A. B. He'll, Capt. s. F. Allen, Lieut.. c. M Salzman, Lieut. G. H. Patton. Capt. Robert s. Well, Mai. J. N. Coe, Chaplain Dwight Gallin- ger. Lieut. w. c. Rivers, Lieut.. c. E. Humphreys and Lieut.. c. Perkins, all SICK from the effect of heat, but are doing well.
 The St. Louis arrived today at Ports mouth, N. H., with 800 Spanish enlisted sailors and forty officers aboard, cap tured from Cervera's squadron. Her com ing was heralded by the United States
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CerYera Chose the Weaker Side of Block
 adinS Squadron to Escape.
THE NEW YORK WAS NOT PRESENT
The Crlstobal Colon, the Fleetest of the Enemy's Vessels, Attempted to Escape by Reason of Her Speed, but She Was Over
 hauled and Beached.

Off Santiago de Cuba, July 9.-Via Port Antonio, Jamaica, July g., p. m.-Follow- ing is the official account of the engage fnent with the Spanish squadron as seen from the United States steamer Vixen.
 When it was seen that the Spanish fleet was making for the open sea from the harbor, the American fleet approached closer to the mouth of the harbor. As the leading ships of the enemys column ap- preached, the western battery opened a heavy fire directed at the eastern and cen tral ships of the blockading squadron. As the fourth Spanish vessel turned to the
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west it became evident that the Spanish commander had chosen the weaker side of the American blockading position, the cur rent having drifted the heavier fighting ships somewhat to the east
 At 10:30 the Colon and leading ships of the enemy were close together, just clear of the Brooklyn's bow as viewed from the Vixen, the Crstobal Colon gaining speed and closing up. It was apparent that the leading vessel had been disabled by our fire and she dropped rapidly astern and apparently headed for the shore.
 The Oregon engaged the fourth ship. As she passed two smaller Spanish vessels en- gagged the Iowa and the Texas. At 1O34 the Cristobal Colon was gaining and was reserving her fire. At this moment the only American vessels seen from the Vixen were the Brooklyn, Oregon, Texas and Iowa, six miles behind the Oregon.
 The Texas Gained Rapidly
 At 10:49 the Texas reached Juan Fonseh, and the Indiana was apparently off Caba- mas. At 10:50 the Vixen approached, iiead- ing north northwest The Texas gaine d rapidly, the Iowa appeared to be off Juan Gonsules and the yacht Gloucester ap- peared off Guancabon, hotly engaging the enemy's ships. At 1054 another Spanish vessel was on fire and heading for the beach with heavy list to port. This was the Vizcaya making for the reef of Aser- radores. At 11:01 the Vizcaya ported her helm and headed east, apparently seeking the entrance to Aserradores. The Texas and Vixen directed their fire on the Viz caya until 11:N when, as the colors went down, we ceased
 At 11:09 there came a burst of flame and smoke from the Vizcaya's stern, ard all the ships reserved their fire while passing
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GENERAL CAMPOS
 |NTERv|EW WE'D ..ss Says the Time Is Not Yet Ripe for Peace Negotia-
 tiOnS.

Madrid July 1O.-1O p. m.-Marshal Mars. tnez Campos in the course of an frtersiep at San Sebastian said it was Impossible that negotiations for peace should be ehs' tered upon by the Spanish and Aftericafl governments for the reason that the tinae was not yet ripe. He had alwayb advorl eated reforms for Cuba since 1869. but not autonomy. He fully recognized that aus tonomy had not yielded the expected re- suits, partly in consequence of tho island war and partly because 1t had been granted too late. In 1896, he sald the late Senor Canovas, when premier, had proposed to him to introduce autonomy. but he Cam pos) declined to do so, considering the time unfavorable.
 General Campos denied a remark Gt- tributed to him that he was less concerned at the loss of Admiral Cervera's squadron than at the position of the kueen regent
 q believe" he declared, that Spain and the dynasty are intimately connected, but I am first of all Spaniard. My affec- tons for the queen regent is great, but that for my country is greater"
 Fl Liberal says that peace is impossible if the United States claims possession of Cuba. The Spanish army is determined to repel such claim, but even should the army cease to exist there are other volun- teers fully resolved to uphold the Spanish flag and reject peace.
 'In the event of the Spanish soldiers quitting the island,' says El Imparcial, 'the war would be continued by it's in- habitants, who do not wish to become Yankees
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following the ships, we used our rapid fire guns as well as the 6-inch guns upon them with telling effect.
 "As we ranged up near the sternmost of the ships she headed for the beach, evil dently on fire. We raked her as we passed. rushing on for the next ahead using our starboard guns as they were brought to bear and before we had her fairly abeam she too. was making for the beach. The two remaining vessels were now some dis tance ahead, but our speed had increased to sixteen knots and the Vizcaya was soon sent to the shore in flames
 "Only the Cristobal Colon was left and for the time it seemed as if she might escape. But when we opened with our forward turret guns and the Brooklyn fol- lowed, the Colon began to edge in toward the coast and her destrcution was assured. As she struck the beach her flag went down.
 "The Brooklyn sent a boat to her. and when the admiral ca"rht VT with the New York, Texas and Vixen r' Cristobal colon was taken poss, 'n af. | cannot speaN in too high te uz l- tb bearing nd ~on- duct of all on a51ri tnie shin. When they found that u Oregon had rushed t7 the front and wa hau ns 60 a sae.ess.9n of conflicts witt th- enemy Vessels, ii thoy could be overtaken and Hoaid enbaee. the enthusiasm was intense. As these Span ish vessels were much more heavily ar mored than the Brooklyn, they might have concentrated upon and overpowered her. ''Consequently I am persuaded that but for the officers and men of the oregon, who steamed and steered the ship aid fought and supplied her batteries. the Cris- tobal Colon and perhaps the yizcaya would have escaped"
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the doomed vessel. which was hard on the reef.
 At 1116 the Brooklyn, Oregon. Texas, Iowa and Indiana. the last named ten miles from the Cristobal Colon, were in sight of the Vixen It was believed on the Vixen that the vessel at Aserradores was the Spanish flagship. At 11:25 the Iowa had stopped. The after part of the Viz caya was sheet of flame and from 11:S6 to 11:42 there were many explosions on board the Spanish cruiser, apparently caused by the ignition of loose charges about the guns.
 They resembled huge ehrysanthemums, with ribbons of smoke, as the burning powder grains fell from the ends of the petals.
 The Chase Narrowed Down
 At 11:45 the chase narrowed itself 10 the Colon, which was close ashore and seven miles from the Vixen with the Ore gon one point on the starboard bow, dis tant a mile and a half; the Brooklyn, one point on the starboard bow, distant three miles, the Texas on the starboard quarter, distant one mile the Iowa two points on the starboard side, distant eight miles and the New York, one point on the starboard quarter distant ten miles. The last two vessels were apparently off Boca del Rio, but were too far distant to be certainly identified in the thin haze and smoke from the leading ships No other vessels were in sight The smoke from the ship de- stroyed at San Gonzales and to the east ward could be seen.
 At noon the relative positions of the American ships were practically the same When the Vixen was abreast of Seville, thirteen miles west of Santiago the Texas bore three points on the starboard quar- ter a little less than mile off and the Oregon and Brooklyn one point on the starboard and port bow distant four and five miles respectively, while the Colon bore two points on the starboard bow, dis tant fully ten miles. According to the of ficial pilot on the Vixen that vessel was off Bamita. The estimated distance was
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Factory Bn; ding .,urrea

Philadelphia, July 10-Halton & Shoe makers five-story brick factory building at Boone and Diamond streets, was en- tirely destroyed by fire today, involving a total loss of about slDO,O0O, divided among the owners of the building and various tenants. Fuly insured.
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not been reached shortly afterwards it will be for him to decide whether the rest of the army is to be called into play.
 Cherokee Arrive' Witt, Wounded
 Another grim reminder Of the dark side of the war came to the war department in the shape of lirt 'Nlagraphed from Tam
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here until the feling of unnatural reselt/ ment displayed against him fin Spain has subsided.
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OLD GLORY FLOATS
 ON THE SABBAIH.

tCoGtinpd from Pa se l.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-15
War nennrtment Scored

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 14-The Demo-
cratic state convention to-day nominated
B. H. Roberts for Congress on the first bal
lot. The platform says, in part: "The Con-
gress of the United States and the entire
people of the country did not wish to spare
cipher money or effort necessary to provide
our soldiers and sailors with everything
needful for their health, comfort and well
fare Notwithstanding this it is to the cha
grin OF the Nation that, through political
corruption or incompetency OF the Repub-
ncan administration our soldiers and sail
ors nave not been sufficiently provided for.
Seemingly no regard has been paid to the
condition of their health. Through the or
ders of the War Department they have
been kept at places which became veritable
pest holes, until they were so stricken with
hunger and disease that if they were called
upon to render the service for which they
were enlisted they would be found physi-
cally unable to respond. The people of the
United States hold to d rigid account these
persons who may be found responsible for
this condition, which discloses that they
were worse enemies to the country than
those against whom our brave soldiers and
seamen were ready to go forth and do bat
tle."
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Republican Campaign Textbook.
Washington Special


The Republican textbook for the cam
the authority of the Republican congress
sional committee and issued under the
supervision of Representative Jesse Over
street of Indianapolis. 1t is a book of four
hundred pages and will be found of great
value to newspapers and to everybody who
has to do with active campaigning Il. F.
Schrader editor OF the textbook. has this
to say about the work:
THE statements and figures used in this
book have been taken from the latest data
contained in the regular department publi-
cations of the government. They are be-
lieved to be accurate, so that speakers and
writers may quote them with every assur-
ance of finding them reliable. Editorial COM
ment has been sparingly undertaken. Be
them Ineligible the statistics speak for
themselves.
Among other things the book contains a
very complete record of congressional action
upon matters relating to the war IL con-
tains the roll calls in both branches of Con-
gress upon all important enactions The
history is complete with all essential details
Great pressure was brought to bear upon
the committee to strike out the roll calls
on the votes for and against Cuban inde-
pendence and to tone down the record In
that particular. The committee was deaf 10
appeals on this score. A ma jority of the
few Republicans who were so clamorous for
the Cuban independence rider on the
declaration of war are heartily ASHAMED
of themselves for the position they took on
that issue in opposition 10 the administra
ton and In violation Of common sense a.
subsequent developments proved They
made their bed however, and there thaS,
viii have to lie. The fight against the recosss
milton Of the independence ef the paper re-
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HAVE LEFT PORTO RICO
ALL SPANISH WAR SHIPS NOW PROB
ABLY AT MARTINIQUE.
Delay in Moving Troops ImperiIing
the Lives of Americans-Trans-
port Expected Soon.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-Word reached
the Navy Department to-day that all the
Spanish war vessels in Porto Rico had left
that country. The information came from
Admiral Schley but further than giving
the names of the ships contained no details
of their departure, nor their point of des-
tination are given, although it is thought
likely at the Navy Department that the YES
sells have left for some nearby port, prob
ably Martinique. The war vessels included
the Isabel H. a cruiser, the Creolla. the
torpedo boat Terror, small gunboat name
not given, and one other Their departure
is simply in accordance with the plan of
evacuation of the island by the Spanish
forces as provided for in the protocol of
peace.
The delay Of the military commissioners
in arranging for the evacuation of the
island by the Spanish troops is deprecated
by the medical officers here because of the
danger to which it exposes the United
States troops on the island. After lapse
of a month from the appointment of the
commission nothing has been accomplished
beyond the exchange of a few formal cour-
teses. 1t has been represented to the Pres
ident by General Miles that the cause of the
sickness of the American troops was to be
found in this delay. 1t appears that under
the truce now existing, according to military
law, neither side is authorized to either
advance or withdraw troops. Consequently
the American troops are obliged to main
tain the position they occupied when the
news of the signing of the protocol reached
them. Those positions while we'll adapted
for fighting were unhealthy and were not
fit for permanent camps.
The troops were lying around In the grass
and out in low country, when they might
be brought into the towns and comfortably
housed and cared for if the evacuation COM
missioners forced the Spaniards to an issue
as they should do The conditions in this
respect are not so bad in Cuba where the
only American troops are as we'll settled in
the neighborhood of SAINT ago and in the
town itself as they could be.
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Mr.. BYNUM STEPS DOWN
RESIGNS GUARDIANSHIP OF GOLD
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
Cutting OF of Salaries Given rs the
Reasonable Ex-HOOsier Charged
with Trfckery.

CHICAGO. Sept 14.-W. D. Bynum, chair
man of the National Democratic party. ten
cered his resignation to the executive COM
mittee to-day, and George Foster Peabody,
of New York, was elected as his successor.
The resignation was a great surprise to the
leaders of the gold Democratic party c.
Vey Holman of Maine, declared after the
meeting that he proposed to have Mr.. By
mum investigated. Mr.. Holman claims Mr.
bynum called the meeting of to-day with
the intent to force him to leave Maine,
Wnere the election was held on Monday, the
morning of election day, ana he charges
the ex-chairman with conspiracy. A COM
mttee OF which Mr. Peabody was made
chairman was appointed to prepare an adj
dress to the people.
resolution which was adopted by the
meeting stopping the salaries of all the Of
ncers is said to be the real cause of Mr.
bynums resignation. Treasurer Frenzel,
OF Indianapolis, reported that when the
campaign of 1896 was ended there was
$4,000 in the treasury of the National
Democracy. Since that time 1000 had
been expended. There was $500 which
could be had when necessary from uncoI-
lected subscriptions. Mr.. Bynum had re-
CeIved $500 as salary, while $50 was cred
tied to personal expenses. The treasurer re-
ported that $500 had been sent to Ken
lucky for the 1897 campaign; 81, 200 to Iowa ;
S2,oVO to Ohio during the campaign in which
Hanna was elected United States senator
Sl9o mad been expended for stationery and
postage.
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LEFT FOR FORT WAYNE.
The 2Sth Battery Furloughed and
Quits Camp.

Yesterday morning at II O'Clock the Twen-
ty-eighth Battery, of Fort Wayne, under
the command of Captain Ranke, left the
state fair grounds for home via Peru. The
men had been paid off by Maj. Jonas
Cleland and Assistant Paymaster n. j.
Smith. The men were very anxious to leave
on the thirty days furlough. A camp guard
of ten men under the command of Lieut.
Oliver S. Jones has been left The guard
is under the direct charge of acting Sergt
George Depner The names of the men who
volunteered are as follows: Corporal VIII
Briggaman, Privates Richie, Lucas, Rebel
sheimer, johnson, Young, McMiller, juicy
Sullivan and Luddington. The headquar
terS, hospital, commisSary, mess and tents
for the shelter of the guards were left
standing. The other tents were taken down
and placed in the hospital tent. The entire
camp guard that has volunteered TO remain
here will be relieved at the expiration OF
fifteen days by a guard under the command
of Lieut.. viii Cleary, of Fort Wayne.
The battery left the following sick pa
tients at the state hospital at Camp Mount:
Sergeant Hassenfuss, Privates Sovine, Hol-
lopeter, Harper, Carl, Evans, Zollinger, Ra-
BILE and Zimmerman. Private Henry collin
ger, who was in a serious condition, is i'm
proving. The condition of Private Paul
Zimmerman remains about the same.
trained nurse is in constant attendance and
every comfort possible is extended to the
sick. The other sick patients of the bat
terry are confined by slight attacks OF
malarial fever, and it was recommended by
the surgeons that they be left in charge
of the hospital until their condition is such
that they are able to go home. Miss Scott,
chief nurse and Mrs. Peake, aSSiSt ant, nave
charge of the trained corps of nurses.
Everything in their power is being done for
the sick patients, in whom they take much
interest Corporal George Depner, who was
confined in the hospital by a slight illness,
has entirely recovered and reported 1or
dutV.
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the men squatted down on the pavements
and lounged on the grass plots all along the
street Little girls passed among them from
time to time carrying pitchers Of water
which they eagerly handed out to the SOL
diers, who for the first time in many days
had the pleasure of finding their wants an
ticipated.
One feature which quieted the cheering Of
the people watching the parade was the
procession of anibulances and carriages
which started from the Union Station about
noon on its way to Camp Mount. 1t con-
sisted Of two ambulances and ten carriages
containing nearly sixty sick soldiers of the
One hundred and ffty-eighth Regiment
The procession moved at a slow pace over
the entire distance and attracted general
attention. In the ambulances We're the sol
diers who were too sick to sit up, while the
carriages were filed with the boys who
were on the road to recovery under the doc
tors care. When the procession reached the
fair grounds it was met - the hospital at
tendants, who at once put the men to bed
and gave them all the attention they needed.
All the sick men stood the trip from Knox
vile we'll
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Maine Election Retnrna

PORTLAND, Me-. Sept. 14.-Additional
returns of the state election from the back
woods districts and plantations make some
changes in the general result. Returns from
All cities, towns and plantations out of 515
give Powers, Republican. 81, 573 Lord. DEM
ocrat, o. 701, plurality for Powers of 49,
S22. If the remaining towns show the same
proportiorate loss his plurality will he
about 500. The up-country towns, espe-
cially in AroostoOk and Piscataquis, all fell
away from the usual Republican majority,
in some cases the Republican loss, as COM
pared with 1894. being between 40 and 80
per cent, while the Democratic loss was less
than 70 per cent. Later returns in Somerset
county also show Republican apathy, while
the Democratic vote in the First. Second
and third Democratic districts was larger
than in 1894
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WANT TO BE ANNEXED.
May Be Best for Cubn, but Is 1t Best
for Us.

We have received the following letter from
the head of a mercantile house in Cuba:
Thank God the war Is over and if we
have peace, with nothing to disturb the har-
mony that may now ensue, there will be a
chance of making up for the past which has
been so full of trouble Unfortunately there
is no trustworthy information as to the
terms agreed upon. All that is known is
that whereas Porto Rico has been given
over TO the United States, Cuba has not been
disposed of in the same way. Spain re-
nounces her right of sovereignty over the
island, and from this ii is inferred that it
is the intention on the part of the United
States to grant independence to Cuba under
an American prOtectOrate, leaving the col
lection of customs in the hands of the Unit
ed States. Without knowing positively what
is to be done | do not care to express an
opinion: / would, however venture TO say
that If the wishes of the people are consult
ed, immediate annexation would be more ac-
ceptable than independence. BY the people
/ mean resident Spanards who represent
about 50 per cent. of the wealth of the ISL
and, all the foreigners. and / might say
large, If not the greater, part of the Cubans
certainly of all those possessed of any prop
erty."
The writer of this letter is a Scotchman
without bias and without political Interest
OF any kind. He represents only the COM
mercial view Of the situation in the island
and we are bound TO assume that he spea ks
the real sentiment Of that GLASS and for this