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CoRPsEs CHANGED UP

As PaSGenGoFu-sllek Trick % the Bpanllh.
General Toralia FAREWELL General shat.
ter SaiIn for MOntAuk Point.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, August ga
5:l5 p. m.-The Spanish transports San
Francisco. San Augustln and Colon left
this afternoon for Spain with SOS Span
iards. including fifteen officers and their
families and four priests. Eight men
died on the way to the ships, Their
corpses were Checked on" as passen-
gers. II appears that there have been
many Instances OF this during the etn-
barkatIon OF the Spaniards, the trans
portatlop company being thus enabled
70 collect the passage money, a thing
readily managed under the easy inspec-
tlon OF the Americans.
General Toral,. when bidding adleu to
the Spanish officers and men who we're
leaving, said: Conquered, we Yield
with honor 10 ourselves and to Spain.
Whatever may be the future Of Cuba,
history will preserve the story Of your
heroic and noble deeds In this country.
We regret our failure and It's cost in
treasure and in blood; but sou have
nobly fought and nobly lost"
General Shafter and his STAN sailed
this afternoon on the United States
transport Mexico. His departure was
not marked by special incident. on ar
irving at Moltauk Point he will go
with Major MlleP 20 Washington to
meet President Mckinley and Secretary
Alger, atterward proceeding to San
Francisco. Colonel Green, of General
Skaters stan, and captain OF the signal
corps, will remain for another ten days
or until he Is relieved by Captain Leigh,
who with fifty-nine men OF the signal
corps Is expected on the Seguranca.
Maps and charts have been prepared
for q military telegraph and telephone
service between Santiago, Guantana-
mo, Baracoa. Sagua de TanRmo and
San Luis. all garrison points, and Cap
tain Leigh will begin the work Of
strlnglng the wires as soon as he ar
rlves.
On the recommendation of Washing
ton a bank OF exchange Will be estab-
lIshed here. The scarcity of small cola
Is great Inconvenience and cause Of
much trouble among the soldiers and
local merchants. One result Is exorbl-
tant prices.
The transport Roumania arrived to-
day from Ponce. Yesterday the trans
port Orizaba left for Porto Rico. The
Berkshire, with $50 convaleScents from
SiboneE. sailed for Montauk Point to-
day. She was soon followed by the
Berlin with General Bates and his staff
and the First Illinois coIored Infantry,
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BEREsFoRD's MISSION
To China Iu sald to Have semsthin to do
with Japan.

To China Is Said TO Have somsihin TO do
with Japan.
LONDON, August 26.-The London
correspondent of the Paris Pntrle in
forms his paper that the special mission
OF Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford to China in the Interests Of Brit
ish commerce includes the conclusion
OF an offensive and defensive alliance
between Great Britain and Japan, by
the terms of which, In case Of compli-
cations with Russia, Japan undertakes
to invade Corea and to place the Japa-
nese feet at the disposal OF the British
admiral"
According to the same most question:
able authority. Lord Reresford has been
FURNISHED with the means necessary to
cause the downfall OF Prince II Hung
Chang" and Is also bearer OF an au-
tograph letter from Queen Victoria to
the Empress Dowager OF China"
All this is regarded in London ss ut
terly improbable, but II is q fair sample
Of the fairy tales now In circulation re-
garding movements In the far east.
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Arrived on the i'VVhosIlnllp -

sRAGUAY, Alaska, August 10 viz
VICTORIA, 3. C., August 2G-John P.
clum, Of Warrington, D. G., who was
last March designated by Postmaster
General Gary as special postal oommIs-
sioner for Alaska, has arrived In SEaE-
uay from St Michael via Juneau IN the
gunboat wheeling after q journey Of
has established. @ great many new of
fees for the Interior Alaskan towns be-
tween Juneau and Tanana, and has ar
ranged twice a month mall, and for
the towns between St Michael and
Tanans a monthly mall This service q
to be maintained throughout the whole
aaar
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are partially compelled 70 serve " .
sense of shame. but they DO not show
the enrhuSiaam Of the volunteers.
"There has been some question con,
cernlns the transportation facilities q
the army. The facilities were all there
and transportation equipment provided
was all II should have been, but our
diGicuHes we're enormous. There vas
only one road. and to have built an
other would have taken two years. This
nature OF the country, the weather-an
these things helped to diSorganiSa thiS
department. The use Of wagons Was
almost impossible"
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TRADE EXPANSION
FIr,t Steamer for Port" Hieo and Santiago
10 start from New York Monday.

FIr,t Steamer for Porto RIeo and Santiago
10 start from New York Monday.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 26.-
The frst of the steamers Of the newly
established government line between
New York and Cuba and Porto Rico to
start from the United States VIII be the
steamer Seneca, which Will sail from
New York next Monday, II is proposed
10 have a steamer leave New York In
this service at least once u week. on
each trip the United States malls and
the stores Of auartermasters and other
supplies necessary for the Islands will
be carried. The following official an-
nouncement was made to-day at the
war department: The quRrtermaster
general states for the Information OF all
bureaus OF the war department that the
steamer Seneca will sail from New
York, on Monday next at noon going
first to Porto Rico and thence TO SAN
tlnEo. Cuba, thence returning to New
Work -
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VISIT TO CAMP WIKOFF
Has Accomplished Wonders in Correcting Evils and Cheering
Up the Sick Soldiers.
"FIGHING JOE" wHEELERs VERY WARM TESTIMONIAL

WASHINGTON, following
ter from General o
CAMP wIKoTF aIontauR Point N Y, August se
OF the United States:
visit secretary He
promptly made valuable suggestions given directions
regarding administration.
visit 800 sick soldiers the hospital has ehe2red
up the bet
ter the sol
here FOR
accomplish Of which ony real
afer you have your visit
tsgned) WHEELER Commanding.
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AN EXCEEDINGLY OMIN0US LOOK.
Violent Scenes Between British Minister and Rssian Charge
d'AHares at Shanghai.
SUGGESTIVE MOVEMENTS OF WAR VESSELS.

LONDON August special Violent
between Sir Claude Macdonald the Brit
minister Payior
commanding with the Hong
Kong pain Chinese
clned Payalo seeing themselves verbal
protests
than All the Russian ships have returned
Arthur Wei and
activity preyala
LONDON. Aian
The relations between the Tsung
the
ntmated that failure by
will b
support Macdonald
the wahs 5000 tons have been
nava! Demonstration soly directed
Russlaa ecordlaL
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DUE TO INACTION.
Arrival OF thO Mains soldiers at Boston
Health Orths Troops.

Arrival OF tho Maine Soldiers AZ Boston.
Health Orths Troops.
BOSTON, Aug. 26.-The first of the
five sections OF the train bearing home
the First Maine volunteers from ChiclSa-
muaGa arrived to-day with 172 officers
and men under the care OF Surgeon Ell
Holt, OF the regiment. There were 20
serious cases, two Of whom were very
low when the train reached here. One
death occurred on the journey.
The men and officers who were able
TO do so, were 10th to talk Of their eH-
perience in the southern camps. Chap
iain EsterbrooB, however. said that tho
condition Of the men was due principals
~ to innctIom and the very unhealthy
section In which they were quartered:
'I don't think there is any section or
the United States more dangerous to
the health Of human beings than
Chlckamauga park" he said.
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solution NJ = Deadlock.
a Iot,n,tet, to tha TntniItVenreF

Special Dispatch to tho IhteIIIEenceF'
sTEuBENvfLLE. o., August es.-Af-
ter n dead lock and fruitless ballottlng
for three months for superintendent OF
schools here, the board OF education to-
night decided to ALLOW the county COM
mlssloners to elect. Six OF the twelve
members have voted steadily against
Prof. II. n. MertZ, the present incum-
bent, who has held the position nine
teen years 1t IS said the commission
ers favor Mertz. Everybody In the city
has been taking sides.
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LONDON. August 26.-with reference
TO the dispatch from Shanghai yester-
day to a local news agency asserting
that the entire available Brltish feet in
Chinese waters had arrived at Wei Hal
Wei to support the denfRnda oe the
British minister nt Pekln. Sir Claude
MacDounld, OF the admiralty. explaln-
ed that no special siGnihcance whatever
is attached 60 the movement.
The squadrons left Wei-Hai-Wel on
July % on the annual cruise, calling at
Port Hamilton, in the stipR Of Corea,
then return to wel-Hai-Wel IN the or
dlnnrY course.
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supreme chancellor, Mrs. Geo. W. Be
mis-. Worchester. Mass.;5upreme chan
cellor. Mrs. H. p. Lobby, West Brooke,
Maine; supreme vice chancellor, Mrs.
W, A. Dilworth. Lincoln, Neb.; supreme
prelate. Miss Annie Mueller. Providence,
r. l.; supreme mistress exchequer. Mrs.
L. A. Small, Pennington, n. H; su-
preme keeper OF records and seal, Mrs.
Geo. W. Adams, Avcrlll, Mass. supreme
mistress at arms, Mrs. Robert Smith,
Richmond, Ohio; supreme inner guard,
Mrs. d. S. Boyd, Plain City, Ohio; su-
preme outer guard, Mrs. W. N. Doug
hiss, Jersey City, N. ].
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nr,lnr,a io lhe PhlllppInaa

SAN FRANCISCO. August 2A-Ths
war department has ordered ne trans
port Arisona, now at Honolulu, TO pro.
ceed to the Philippines In company with
the transport scandla. composed Of tWo
and a half companies OF New YCEiIer1.
A battalion Of the California heavy ar
tilIery and $50 men OF the medical eorpS
went on board the steamer to-day. The
scandla will also carry S1,O00.00O for the
paymaster OF General Merrttt's army.
The Arizona has one million rounds OF
ammunition on board, and Il - Bup-
nosed that this q needed at Mlnlla
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WAR is A TRAGEDY,
Although Some People thought it Would
be Picnic
and Merely "A HOLIDAY LINE mn CUBA.

The Many Stories that are Aoat Regarding DetuO and the
Mmnnagement of the Conflict With Spain Deprecated by Off
a as Tending to DcrodIt the American Army and Having
bad Effect on Discipline Adutant General Corbn Says
Complaints Have Reached the War Department from Officers or
Men Regarding Lack Supplies or the Care Of
Soldiers in Cuba Got off Easier Than Was Expected
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WASHINGTON. d. C.. August 60
The navy department has ordered tho
cruisers 81. Louis and st. Paul to the
League island navy yard, Phlladelphla.
where they will be restored to their
condition as liners and returned to the
American line from which they were
chartered. The Yale and Harvard, the
other ships OF this line, arc Htill N the
service OF tho war department as troop
transports, but these are also likely to
be returned to the companv at an early
1uv
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Accident n C,1I6.I,-, JVo,s.r.

CORTLAND. n. 7, August as-llaE-
ION Mills, the celebrated GUldelesl pao-
ing mare, stumbled and fen on tho
track Of the Cortland county Ogricul-
ture society here to-day, and Q 6oii6V-
ed to have Conclusion OF the brain. She
thousand were present 70 zee AaF exhI-
billion.
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LONDON, Aug. 26.-The Dnlly Malls
Hong Kong correspondent telegraphs;
Tho British consul Mt KiHng Chan
Helnnn has asked the American consul
nt Canton TO urge the VicCrOy 10 send
soldiers to Nodca, near Hol How TO pro-
tcot the lives and property Of American
missionaries there, who have been
Obliged to ilcc for their lives from Nodca
and seek protection Of the British con-
sui at Tol How,
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Th. Ptofe..or wIll navs % E.plaIn.

sTEUBENvILLE, Ohio. Aug. 26,-
Miss Ida NJ Reid, has begun suit for
$4,000 damages against Prof. James
H. Lowry, for breach Of PROMISE The
plaintiff alleges that In 1889 Lowry re-
quested her to enter into an agreement
to marry him when he became thirty
years OF age. but on various pretexts
he has failed TO keep such agreement.
Lowry is n resident and superintendent
OF schools at Wirtersville, and at one
Mme was principal Of the high school
bhFe
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GOOD WORK DONE
BY Army aud Navy ChristIan commiIuIon
PrsailsnUs COmpIimsmtS.

Prehidsnfs Compliments.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-PreSdent
Mckinley has written the following let
ter conEratulRting the army and navy
Chairman executive committee, army
among the soldiers during the war:
Executive Mansion, Aug 26, 1888.
John j. McCoolc, Esq.
Chairman executive sommittee, army
and navy commission. New York
City:
MY dear sir:-I have noted with
much pleasure the admirable work that
the army and navy commission, or
ganizet by the International committee
OF the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton has been accomplishing for the
physical and social welfare Of our SOL
diers. Hoping that the good work may
be continued, I ap
Faithfully yours,
William Mckinley.
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Flr,, yy,.1 VIrgInIa ~ KnoIvIIIr.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, August 2d.-
Camp Poland near this city. is rapidly
filling up with troops from chlckamau-
ga. The One Hundred and Flfty-eighth
Indiana, Second Ohio and First West
Virginia have arrived. The health OF
the 1000 men now here IS excellent and
those sick In the hospital are improv-
ing, owing to the change OF air and wa
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CosHocToN, o., August e. AZ the
Seventeenth district Congressional con-
vont!on here to-day, judge Frank Tag!
gart OF Wooster, was nominated 70;
Congress by the Republicans.
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States 70 make canal, the United
States 20 keep Il open on equal terms
With all nations at peace with the Uni
ted States.
The paper says: '"If the diplomats
must have a quld pro quo there are a
dozen Canadian points which might be
set against the tearing up Of the
treaty."
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mrs. BOTKlN CALM

And Spends BIoEt Of Her Time in Jatl
PsrFoctinE Her AttiFo-san FrancisOO
A1thorltiss WIN Fight EItradltion.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 2s.-The
police OF this city are working hard to
perfect the local end of the BotlEln case
before Detective McVey arrives from
the east With the rcquisltlOn papers for
Mrs. Botldn's extradltion. Assistant
District Attorney Dunno is preparing
to aid the authorities In every way. and
at the same time. Mrs. Rotkin's attor-
neys are preparing en- elaborate argu-
ment against a transfer of the case to
the Delaware court. Attorney Dunno
has requested Chief of Police Lees to
get a more definite statement Of the
cause from the Delaware officials. and
to that end Chief Lees to-day tele-
graphed to Attorney General White, OF
Delaware, asking the andavits In the
case on a number OF points.
Mrs Botkin spends great deal OF her
time In perfecting her attire. She
changes her gowns frequently, and TO
all outward appearances is not nervouR
She, however, takes q great deal OF IN
tereet IN the case ana feeo9 oNetR inc
published IN the newspapers. She has
had several consultations with her at
torneyS, but the ordeal has 90 far had
little Gppreciable effect on her appear
ance.
KANSAS CITY. No., August 2s.-AlrS.
BotlSin, under arrest In San Francisco,
on the charge Of sending the box OF
poisoned candy which caused the death
OF Mrs. ]. P. DunnIng and her sister.
Mrs. J. r. Deane, OF Dover. Del, lived
in Kansas City twelve or fifteen years
ago. The family was prominent In So
clal and financial circles for a number
Of yeafs. Mr.. Botirin came here from
Jordan, Mo-. where he had Inherited .
small fortune. He became connected
with che Missouri bank and remained
with that Institution for aettFRl yeaFa.
Later he engaged In the grain business
IN q BmaA way. He was never an opOr-
ator on the board OF trade, at least none
Of the old time grain men remembor
him.
Mr.. BotlCln was a large man, Of genial
personality, and Mira BotlIih was q re-
fined, motherlP woman, who mRds many
friends.
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West Virginia Monuments at Gct'ysbuFE
Special Dispatch to the IntelllEcncer.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, August 2s-
Governor Atkinson and Prof. r, c. Mil
Ter, Of MorEantown, secretary OF the
Seventh West Virginia Infantry COM
mlttce, to-day fixed the date for dedl-
eating the four West Virginia monu-
ments at Gettysburg for September %.
The governor Will deliver the principal
address,
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SHAT TER ATISFIED
With the Result Achieved BY the Army in
Santiago Province.
THE FRUITS OF THE GREAT VICTORY

We're More than were Anepaedho Only Result Looked For
ward to was the Capture Of Santiago Do CubaCOud Have
Taken the City by Assault After the First Days Battle has
Would Have been Awful saystho Regulars won
the Battle Although the Volunteers Behaved AngnIae'n
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NEW YORK, August ga dispatch
10 the Herald from Santiago says:
Prior to embarldng on the steamer
Mexico. Major General shafter consent
ed to be interviewed. During tho Inter-
Wow he discussed in general terms the
campaign that has just ended The
bare prospect OF returning 20 the United
States caused him to be brighter. more
cheerful and less harassed hooking
than at any period since he embarked at
Tampa. General shafter said: II look
upon the campaign just closed as a sue
cessfui one in the highest degree. not
only in regard to the military operations,
reespecislly In regard 20 the great
results achieved. When we decided to
attack Santiago Ne looked for nothing
more as the Immediate fruit Of victory
than the capture of the city. What has
been achieved Is the capltulation of the
eastern part OF the eastern province
from a line at JabirI to the south coast,
together with che enemy's forces,
amounting to almost 1900 men, Surely
this was the most notable achievement
of the campaign, bearing In mind the
fierce opposition we encountered and
the comparative smallness of our own
eornaa
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EIovem,nt0 ofg gloow-Il.n

QUEENSTOWN, Angus. 2G-The Gu
nard liner campania. Captain walker,
from New York August .. for Liver
pool, passed here Ut O'Clock this morn
Ing without making the usual stop to
land mail and passengers, owing 60 the
fog prevailing,
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BosToN-C Cephalohia. Liverpool.
NEW YoRR-Bulgaria. Hamburg.
RoTTERDAAl-Fott otterdam, New YoCk.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, New
York
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weather Torecast nor To-day,

For West virginia, threatening weather
and Oceaaional showers; variable winds,
For Western POnnSylvania and ohla
eriy Woda, becoming northWeStorly,
Local Temperature,
The Temperature yesterday a. ohrt
BY c. Hchnepf, druggist. corner
and Fourteenth btreetA, was - to1ouoi
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Took HsEoIe nIeasareI.


From q military point Of view / per-
maps took step which might not be
deemed 3ustihable under other eircum-
stances, but knew the temper and the
capabilities of my soldiers and the moral
effect Of our gradually coopinE up the
enemy within MS own lines.
'My engineers wore very apprehen-
siye that the spaniards might break
through on my left and cut OF slbouey.
This, from a purely military stand
point, might have been truthtully cor
rect. but personally I had NOT for a mo-
ment any fear on that score. The re-
suit has, think proved the correctness
Of my conclusions
"our primary object was to drive
cervera out, and next to take the town.
We had gradually driven the spaniards
back on mis- hines. circing the city and
slowly advancing DAY by day. The en-
emy began losing spirit as soon as our
guns had been placed in a position to
cover the town.
when cervera left. the situation was
changed. The town was at my mercy.
and had given the order for direct
assault It would have been taken with
in four hours. 1 believe that with the
forces then at my command, reinforced
as they have been. was in position
to take the city by force.
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AZ AwfaI Cost.

But Il I mad taken a step of such
character what would have been the re-
suit? I estimate that our casualties
would have been 5000 men, and the ao-
ton took has had more brilliant real
results without heavy loss Of valuable
lives,
''The town itself 10 admirably situa-
ted for defense and the hEht would
have been long and bloody one. Every
house Is strongly constructed of stone
and entirely different from the ordinary
frame building. Every house was a lit
tie fortress In itself. Had the spaniards
forced by desperation, fought the battle
out in tho streets, our loss would have
been enormous But from the moment
General Toral made a proposition for
conference knew he was determined to
give up, and I acted accordingly
personal reflections have been cast
upon me because I was not on the fight
ing line That was mot the place for a
general In command Of an army. It
must be remembered that I was con-
nected by telephone with the oficers at
the front and was better able to direct
operations from the position 1 had
taken.
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ReEnIarl yron lhe Battle.

Save for two days when I'll I was In
direct command OF this campaign,
which / consider unique in American
history, for It was really the nrgt Tina
the United States had fought with rs
regular enemy. The civil war was a
war Of volunteers but this campaign
was fought and won by our regular
troops.
II did not notice the fact at first, but
there were only three volunteer regi-
ments engaged against the spaniards,
While the highest credit is to be given
them, and they fought braveiy and well.
there was the moral support of the reg
ulars back of It all.
"our volunteers lacked that unity,
cohesion and Individual support notice
able In our trained troops, but at the
same time no dispangement should be
made of tho volunteer regiments in the
campaign. What they lacked otherwise
they made up for in enthusiasm and
patriotic spirit. and 1 desire to command
no better army than the one composed
Of the class Of volunteers under me in
the Santiago campaign.
DlGsrsnos In Troops.
1.-THE operations OF the regulars In the
campaign have proved conelusively
their superiority over some orEanl1a-
"a