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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
ATTITUDE OF THE CUB4NS.
Cuban Junta Representatives Confer
 With Washington Officials.

Washington, July 20.-Senor Quese- da and other representatives of the Cuban junta have been in consultation with officials of the war department to- day. The United States officials were assured that there was no dissatisfac-
 tion with the management of affairs in
 Cuba so far as the Cuban representa-
 tives were concerned, and that if Gen. eral Garcia and other Cubans operat- ing about Santiago were not in harmo-
 ny with the United States authorities
 there it arose from a misunderstanding
 of the presidents proclamation and of the intentions of the United States government in the premises.
 | The Cubans at Santiago, it is stated, probably thought that the action of l General Shafter meant the continual tion of Spanish rule and Spanish au- thority. It being well understood here | that such was not the case it was the l belief of the Cuban representatives | that when the matter was made plain | to the Cuban officers in the field they
 would acquiesce in the action of the United States and render the United
 States army hearty support.
 1 The Cubans assured the war officials | that nothing was further from their
 desires than rupture with the United
 States forces and authority. It also became known that the junta had sent dispatches to General Garcia and other
 Cuban officers stating that their course
 at Santiago was not approved by the | junta and if persisted in would result
 in serious injury to the Cubans. It is
 believed that the representations will bring about a better understanding te- tween the Cuban officers and the Amer
 jeans. The opinion was expressed at
 the war department that the better class of Cubans in the island will
 have no sympathy With those who
 would bring about trouble, but that it
 is the lower and vicious classes who de-
 sire to loot and plunder the city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
DIED OF YELLOW FETER.
Three Engineers of the Norton Line
 Steamer Merida.


 New York, July 20.--The Norton line steamer Merida, which arrived to-day from South American ports, lost three of her engineers from yellow fever dur ing the voyage from Rio Janeiro to this port. The Merida put into St. Lucia on July for coal and was placed in quarantine by the health authorities where she remained for eight days. Three machinists were shipped to take the place of the dead engineers and the steamer proceeding on July 12 on Ter voyage to this port. She arrived here without further incident. When the Merida reached Quarantine Health Off, ficer Doty carefully inspected the crew of thirty-one and her five cabin pas- sengers and decided to detain the steamer for observation and disinfec- tion. Tomorrow she will be thorough ly cleaned. Dr. Doty said this evening no danger need be apprehended over the arrival of the Merida.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
FIRE BUG IN BRoCKTON.
At Work for Three Weeks Fires Last
 Night and This Morning.

NlRht hnu rms Morning.
 Brockton, Mass, July 21.-The work of a firebug, for the third week in sue cession was successfully accomplished late last night and early this morning, over $20,000 worth of property going up in smoke and causing the utmost exer- tion of the fire and police departments to protect property. The first fire was at Ii D. m., when C. H. Felker's grain storehouse and stable on Foundry street was burned, six horses being smothered. The fire was started on one side of the stable. where one hundred tons of hay was stored The smoke caused the death of the horses, each valued at $100, at the other end of the building. The hay, large quantity of grain, vehicles and harnesses and the building were all included in this blaze The aggregate loss was s3,000, with hardly any insurance.
 Just after midnight the firemen found grain storehouses, three in all, covering an area 500 by 30 feet, of Nye & Glea- son, in Freight House square, in flames. This fir chad been set among the hay. In the buildings were $50 tons of hay, thirty-sx tons of grain and 1000 bush els of oats, all of which was either burned or rendered unfit for use by wa ter MT. Gleason lives in Holbrook and MT. Nye placed the loss at $1S,000, with insurance of about half that sum.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
THE CHINESE RFB BILLION.
Report That It is Being Rapidly Sup-
 pressed In Kyang-Si.

London, July 21.-The Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail says the rebellion in the province of Kwang- Si is being rapidly suppressed. The imperial troops are disperslng the reb- els and are re-capturing the cities they had seized.
 The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail telegraphing Wednesday says: "A slight Chinese outbreak oc- cured this morning in the American settlement. The police charged the mob and arrested five leaders. It is re- ported that an arrangement has been made with regard to the Ning-Po joss house. The French agree to abandon their scheme for carrying a road through it in exchange for an extension of the French concession"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co
DIRECTUlr KELLY WINS.
Takes Merchants and Manufacturers
 Stake Race Worth $IO,OOO.

Detroit, July 20.-Directum Kelly, the product of the East View Farm and the property of James Butler of New York, won the Merchants and Manufactur- ers' annual stake race, purse $1O,OOO, to- day. He also lowered the "M. and M." time record by quarter of second below 2:111k, made by Rilma, the win ming horse of last years race. Kelly's former record was 2:14. In winning the great event of the blue-ribbon meeting he displayed splendid staying qualities as well as speed. When the race was over the winner paraded before the crowd of five thousand people wearing a floral blanket representing the stars and stripes.
 Kelley's principal opponent was the Colorado mare Belle J., who failed to stay in front after two heats Battle ton, a Village Farm gelding driven by Geers, was a strong favorite in the pools before the start, but he was drawn after finishing four times among the tail enders. The Toledo mare Lur- line McGregor, who was considered a very good choice, was distanced in the first heat, caused by the breaking of a rein buckle. Belle J. became the first choice at even money and upward after the first heat, until Directum Kelly be- gan showing his business qualities.
 The day was ideal and the track fast. Four races were finished before dark, besides completing the 2:16 trot, unf1n- ished Tuesday McHammerstein got first money in the latter event, Judge at-Law second and Sister Alice third. The time in the deciding heat was 2:12A. The three minor races of the day went to favorites, but most of the heats were well fought out.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
Charged With Practicing Fraud.

Chicago, July 20.-William A. Sim mons, former controller of the port of Boston Is accused by Thomas R. Bry- an, former president of the world s fair, of practising fraud to secure val uable real estate. To-day the grand jury returned true bills on three counts charging Simmons with obtaining sig natures and property by false pre- lenses. It is claimed that Simmons represented himself as buying proper ty for the Clarke syndicate, thread manufacturers. MT. Bryan is said to have exchanged Chicago property worth $135,0O0 for Florida read estate of little value.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
THEY BLAME ITNfRES.
Spanish Officers Accuse Him of Faint Heartedness-Losse at Fl Clancy.


 Santiago de Cuba, July 19.-General
 Linares cabled to Madrid on July 3, be-
 fore General Slfafter demanded the sur
 render of Santiago a long message set
 ting forth the inability of the city to hold out against an enemy superior in
 numbers, with the Spanish dying of
 fever and starvation and demoralized
 by the loss of the squadron. He urged the government, for the sake of hu-
 manity, to offer to capitulate, but add ing that, if ordered to remain to die like a rat in a trap, he would do so, as his soldiers were doing their duty although realizing that a mistake had been made. Somehow information in regard to the message leaked out and the Spanish officers here are loud In their condemnation of General Linares, whom they accuse of faint-heartedness throughout the war, to the extent of
 under the plea of a slight wound" laying the mantle of the shame of sur
 render upon General Torals shoulders,
 instead of facing the disgrace himself. This feeling is general among the men who are passing the palace where the Stars and Stripes are flying. They | clench their fists and murmur: Que Verguenza Para la Patria? Pero le
 Meres bien." ("What shame to our l country, but she deserves it well.'D
 American Loss Greater.
 At the battle of Fl Caney our casual nvoon1n1 fhnen of ho rJe While they had 400 men killed to our 200
 they had only 500 men wounded to our | 1,500 The list of wounded has been in- | creased since to over 2,o00, who Iwere | lying in the Principe Alfonso, Reina Mercedes and other hospitals here. The l Spaniards feel no resentment and are | accepting their defeat with soldierly i dignified grace. Many of the Spanish soldiers are anxious to become Ameri- can citizens, and are applying for nat uralzation. A number of the officers of high rank in the Spanish army con- | demn their governments policy in di- viding its forces in Cuba, Porto Rico | and the Philippine islands, instead of | concentrating them and possibly sav- l ing one colony.
 spaniards Had No Usuable Ammunition 1 The usable ammunition of the Span | ish troops here was exhausted before | the surrender, as the 12,000,000 cart ridges found in the magazines of San tiago do not fit the Mauser rifles The | Spaniards say our troops fought like | tigers and that their discipline was ex- I cellent, but they insist that more lives l were lost on either side than were war
 ranted by the conditions or July They
 assert that our troops could have walked into the city without having a shot fired at them, as there were no
 soldiers left within the walls at that | time. It appears that they had only a
 few thousand men and they all went to | Fl Caney at the time that battle was | fought, leaving Santiago unprotected. | Reinforcements, however. landed and (Continued au Fifth Psge)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
B1anco Isolated.

Washington, July 20-Two days ago General Greeley, chief signal officer, cabled instructions to his officers jr Santiago to seal up and place a guard over the three cable lines connecting Santiago with Glen fuegos, where by a land line, communication is establish ed with Havana. To-day General Gree ly was informed that his orders had been carried out. The closing of the Cienfuegos cables absolutely isolates Havana and General Blanco from Madrid. Blanco's only means of com munication with the government at Madrid is by way of the Key West cable, which is under the strictest cen sorship by the government of the Unit ed States. Several cipher dispatches passing between General Blanco and the Spanish government drifted into this country. They did not reach their destination.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
The Famous Yacht ssAmerica. :,

Boston, July 20.-The famous schoon- CT yacht America, once winner of the international cup in the early sos and which was used by the late General B. F. Butler, and which is now owned by the generals son, Paul Butler, is go- ing to southern waters. Mrs. Ames, wife of Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames, now at the front, and daughter of General Butler. will have the craft put into commission, and with her family will go on sea trip to visit her husband, and also her son, Lieutenant Butler -Alnes, adjutant of the Sixth Massachu- setts volunteers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
lGARCIA REPORTED KILLED.
One of the Ablest of the Cuban Insur-
 gent Generals.

New York, July 20.-A Kingston, Ja- maica, cable, to the Evening Post says: "Cubans arriving from Siboney bring reports of the death of General Garcia. They make a mystery of it, saying that it should not be known in Cuba yet or in the United States for reasons OF state and decline to give any particu- lars except that he was shot Spanish refugees here who are officially con- nected with General Blanco believe the story" Members of the Cuban junta here do not credit the report.
 Calixto Gargia, aged 60, was re- garded by the Cuban insurgents as one of their most intrepid soldiers. In the energy won him continued promotion
 until he received a generals star. In an
 action in 1874 Garcia was surrounded
 by Spanish troops, but rather than surrender he shot himself through the SillIl NiLAl puiSlNiAi iAtSlAl' IIC IGCUNGl =
 ed and was sent to Spain. He was re- | leased in 1877, when the peace of Lan- | jon was declared. Garcia at once set out for New York
 and organized an expedition to Cuba. He landed in Santiago de Cuba, but
 was taken a prisoner a second time. | He eluded the vigilance of the prison guards in Spain one night after fifteen years imprisonment and fled to Eng | land.
 Garcia was the promoter of the Haw- | kins expedition, which left this city | January, 1896, with 300 men and large quantity of supplies and ammunition. | The vessel sunk. He next fitted out l the Bermuda, which was siezed upon | the eve of her departure. Garcia was
 arrested and released in s2, 300 bail. He
 at once made another start and landed
 in Cuba several days before the day set l for his trial in this city.
 | For the last two years he has been
 engaged in conducting the campaign of
 the Cubans against Spain in the prov ince of Santiago de Cuba.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
TROOPS LEAVE CH4RLESTON.
First Expedition to Follow General
 Miles to Porto Rico.

Charleston, S. C., July 20.-With bands playing and 3O,Ooo people cheer ing, the first expedition to follow Gen eral Miles to Porto Rico got away from here at o'clock this evening. The ex- petition is under the command of Ma for General J. H. Wilson and when complete will consist of the Second and Third Wisconsin, the Sixteenth Penn syIvania and two companies of the Sixth Illinois. The first two regiments are on the transports Grand Duchess and No. 30, respectively, and they are at sea. No. q, carrying the Sixteenth Pennsylvania and the Illinois men, is in the stream and will sail early to-mor- row morning. Each of the ships car ries a large quantity of supplies, and in No. 2t there are one thousand head of mules and the wagon train of General Wilson's division.
 These men, together with those of the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21

Washington, July 2O.-The statement from Madrid that Sir Brummond- Wolff, the British ambassador there, has been informed of peace terms, is in line with similar statement made about two weeks ago when the British ambassador here, Sir Julian Paunce- fote was about to leave for New London Conn. At that time Sir Julian stated that if any negotiations had proceeded from Sir Drummond Wolff they had been made known to him and that moreover he, Sir Julian, had not discussed the subject of peace with any official of the United States gov crnment. Since then the ambassador has been absent and the embassy it. self, with the entire staff Is at New London for the summer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
Pending Revolution in Guatemala

San Fancisco July 2o.--MaiI advices received from Guatemala state that the pending revolution in that repub- lie has reached alarming proportions. Prospero Morales one of the leaders of the last uprising against the late dicta- tor Barrios, is said to be plotting to carry the forthcoming elections and if possible assume the reins of govern ment. Morales is gathering an army and collecting arms and ammunition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
ARCTIC RELIEF EXPEDITION
Statement Received from Captain Tut tie of the Revenue Cntter Renr

Washington, July 2O.-The following statement has been received from Cap tain Futile of the revenue cutter Bear, commander of the overland relief ex- petition, dated St. Michaels, Alaska, June 26, 1898.
 Overland relief expedition reached Point Barrow March 29 all well. Horses and reindeer in good condition There is food enough in sight to last until the Iar+er part of August. Bedding mostly needed vessels will be saved. In that case there will lac Eut one hundred men for inc Fear to bring down. Three men thames m knowni wandered away from the station and were frozen to death. As soon as sun plies can be procured here the Bear will ssIart n0I th.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
MANY SPANISH PRISONERS SICK
26O in the Stockade Besides Those Con-
 fined in Hospital.

Portsmouth, N. H., July 2O.-The number of sick among the Spanish prisoners since their arrival at Sea- vey's Island was reported tonight, when the officials announced that there were 250 in the stockade, beside those who are confined in the hospital. All of those reported sick in the stock ade, arrived here on the Harvard. There have been six deaths in the hos pital to-day The navy yard officials received a telegram from Admiral Cervera to-day, in regard to the parole of the Spanish officers. The admiral requests them to accept the parole for two weeks. Two hundred Red Cross ribbons were sent to Camp Long to- day by the wives and families of the navy officers. They are to be worn by the sick.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
Senator Pritchard,s Escape.

Asheville, N. C., July 2o-tJnited States Senator Pritchard of North Car olina left his home Sunday to attend court at Evansville. It has just been learned that when crossing a swollen mountain stream his buggy was over- turned and the senator had narrow escape for his life. He had an exhaust ing struggle with the flood, and his horse and buggy were swept away. The senator came to Evansville bruised and with several ugly cuts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21

Days From TO-day, Two More in
 Seventeen Days From To-day and
 Enough to Complete Transportation
 in Twenty-one Days-The Money
 Terms.
 Washington July 20.-Arrangements practically were concluded by the gov ernment tonight for the transporta- tion for the Spanish prisoners at Sam tiago from Cuba to Spain. The con- tract was awarded to the Spanish Trans-Atlantique company, represent ed by J. M. Ceballos & Co., of New York. The company agrees to carry the prisoners from Cuban ports to Spain at the rate of $2O for each enlist ed man and $55 for each commissioned officer, subsistence to be furnished by the company on the army ration basis, as provided for in the governments advertisement for bids.
 The award provides also that the company shall have five ships at San tiago In nine days from tomorrow (the Fist inst.), two more In seventeen days from tomorrow and enough to complete the transportation of the pris- oners in twenty-one days from to-mor- row. Two days ago Colonel Hecker, in charge of the transportation of troops in the quartermaster's department of the army, went to New York to con- suit with shipping companies concern ing the transportation of the Spanish
 troops surrendered at Santiago. Bids which he had previously advertised for were opened at the army building in New York to-day. Colonel Hecker re- turned to Washington tonight. To-
 night he had a conference with Sec retary Alger, Quartermaster Luding- ton and Adjutant General Corbin. The bids of the several companies were considered, that of the Spanish Trans | Atlantique company finally being ac- cepted, as in all respects it was re-
 garded as the best made.
 On the basis of 24,000 enlisted men | and 1000 officers, it will cost the gov ernment s535,000 to transport the pris- oners, and the ships will fly the colors of Spain and will be manned, probably entirely by Spanish crews It was re-
 marked tonight as one of the curious 1 developments of the war that the United States government should enter | into a friendly contract with a com Dany, many of whose vessels are auXil- | iaries to the Spanish navy and some of which have been captured or destroyed | by the navy of the United States.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
SPELLED SANTA CRUZ DEF SUR.
American Warsitp Fired One Hundred
 Shots at the Place.

Madrid, July 20.--A despatch receiv- ed here to-day from Havana says an American warship fired one hundSed shots at the town of Santa Cruz del Sur, province of Puerto Principe, on July 16, without doing any damage. The Spanish force, it is further assert ed in the despatch, has defeated the detachment of insurgents in the prov ince of Santa Clara. The Spanish gov ernment has received advices to the effect that the Cuban insurgent leader Cepera died recently in Puerto Prin- cipe,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
oanadian-American Conference.

Washington, July 20.-The high com. missioners recently appointed by Pres ident Mckinley to represent the United States at the coming Canadian Ameri. can conference will hold a preliminary meeting at the state department next Friday for the purpose of organizing and outlining the American plan of pro- cedure Lord Herschel, the British representative, sailed yesterday for this dountry He will probably go to Pc. quot, Conn, on his arrival here to con. fer with the British ambassador, Sil Julian Pauncefote, who is summerine there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
On a Reef.

Kingston, Jamaica, July 20, 9:90 p. m.-The Boston Fruit company s steamer Ethelwold, Captain List, bound for Philadelphia with a cargo of bananas, ran on reef outside Port Royal early this morning.
 The British cruiser Pallas tried to pull her off. but failed. The cargo is being jettisoned. Tonight the ship is lying easy and she will probably be saved.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-21
BELIEVES MILES HAS SAILED.

The Expedition Under Convoy of &
 Strong Naval Squadron.
 Washington, July 20.-Secretary AL ger said tonight that he believed that General Miles. one brigade of infantry and some artillery, had left Cuba un- der convoy of strong naval squadron for the invasion of Porto Rico. Orders, he said, were sent to-day to Admiral Sampson to start at once with his fleet for the landing place in Porto Rico determined upon by the war authori- ties. No information could be obtained at the navy department tonight as to whether the fleet had actually sailed.