The leader., 1898-08-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PRECEDENT MCKINLEY said there
would be no extra session of congress,
although the senate will have to be
called together to ratify the treaty of
peace.
UNOFFICIAL news which reached the
administration at Washington on the I'd
gave the government strong reasons
for believing that the terms of peace
had been agreed to by the government
at Madrid.
A DISPATCH to the London Daily
Mail from Hong Kong, dated August
l, said that Admiral Dewey had re-
ceived word from Capt Gen. August
that he was willing to surrender as
soon as he could do SO honorably. 1t
was believed that he will only make a
show of resistance Dewey expected
TO take the city without losing a single
man.
The republicans of the First con-
gressional district of Maine held their
convention at Portland on the I'd. The
name of Thomas b. Reed was pre-
scented to the convention and he was
nominated by reclamation amid much
enthusiasm.
AFTER a conference on the peace
question on the Sd between President
Mckinley and NJ. Cambon, the French
ambassador at Washington, Secretary
Day, who was present, announced that
the conference was inconclusive and
the parties to it had agreed to say
| nothing pubic as to what had occurred.
From this it was gathered that the
| long-eXpected answer of Spain to the
presidents note was either counter
proposition or request for fuller
statement on some point.
THE state department at Washington
has been advised by United States Con-
sui Wildman at Hong Kong that all
prisoners taken by Aguinaldo, the in
surgent chief, are treated with per-
feet humanity" and that all reports to
| the contrary are absolutely false.
A PRIVATE dispatch from San Juan
| de Porto Rico to Madrid on the I'd said
| that ., 900 volunteers had surrendered
| to the American troops.
IT was said on very good authority
that the president had decided on the
men to be selected for the peace com
missioners Elk President Harrison is
to be chairman of the commissions;
Senator Cushman X. Davis, OF Mime
sofa, will be the second member, and
Richard Olney, Clevcland's secretary
of state, is to be the third member.
AN official dispatch from san Juan
lie Porto Rico to Madrid stated that
Col. Sanmartin, who was in command
of the Spanish troops at Ponce. was
court-martialed and shot for abandon
ing the place without resistance.
Lieut. Col. Pnig, the second in com
mand, committed suicide.
CoURIERs reported at Santiago that
Gen. Garcia had captured the town of
Mayari, near the north coas. of Cuba,
taking $50 Spanish prisoners.
PRESIDENT MAso, of the Cuban re-
public, recently sent dispatches to
President Mckinley by George Reno,
an American citizen. A reply was sent
back the tenor of which was kept se-
cret by the mem berS of the admins
tration.
The Americans have taken peaceable
possession of the eastern portion of
the island of Porto Rico. There
seemed to have been u serious mistake
as to the rendezvous of the transports,
for no two ships got to the same place.
Capt. Gen. Macias, the Spanish com
mander at San Juan, has issued proc
!amation and will probably resist to
the utmost. Gen. Miles has changed
his campaign plans on account of re-
ceiving information that the military
road from Ponce to San Juan has been
mined by the enemy.
THE publicity given to the democrat
ization of Gen. Skaters army by sick
ness has annoyed the administration
at Washington. If the state Of affairs
had been known 10y Spain a week ago,
officials think. she would most prob
ably have refrained from making peace
overtures.
II was reported, in connection with
the Anglo merican movement, that
strong endeavors were being made to
get the prince of Wales to visit the
United States next summer, and it
was added that encouragement has
been given the idea in responsible
quarters.