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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
THE NOVELTY RESTAURANT,
Opposite Post Oflice,)
Emporium, Pa .
WILLIAM Mel

WILLIAM McDoNALD, Proprietor.
take pleasure in informing the public that
have purchased the old and popular Novelty
Restaurant, located on Fourth street. 1t will be
my endeavor to serve the public i'll a manner
that shall meet with their appreciation. Give me
Il call. Meals and luncheon served at all hours.
no27-lyr VIM. MCDONALD.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15

ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
THOS. j. LYSETT, PROPRIETOR,
Near Buffalo Depot, Emporium, Pa.
This new and commodious hotel is now opened
forthe accommodation of the public. New IN all
appointments, every attention will be paid to
the guests patronizing this hotel 27-17-ly
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-12-15
CITY HOTEL
WIN. MCGEE. PROPRIETOR

EMPORIUM, Ia,
Having again taken possession of this old and
popular house solicit share of the public pat
ronage The house is newly furnishedan is one
ofthe best appointed hotels in Cameron county.
30-1y.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
TERMS MADE PUBLIC.
PRESIDENT GIVES OUT HIS
ANSWER TO SPAIN.
Manila City, Bay aud Harbor to be Held
by America Pending Commissions
Decision Must Give mp Cubs and Porto
Rico-No Baggiing to be Done.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The cabinet
was I'm session an hour and ten min
utes. IL is positively stated that no
word in any form has come from Spain
nor were there dispatches OF any sig
nihcance from the front. There WAS
no important action taken, SO far as
could be learned, except that It was
decided to make public q statement of
our terms of peace.
The official statement given out by
authority of the President to-day as to
United States Is as follows.
"In order to remove any misappre.
hension in regard to the negotiations
as to peace between the United States
and Spain, IL is deemed proper to say
that the terms offered by the United
States to Spain in the note handed to
the French ambassador on Saturday
last are in substance as follows:
"The President does not now put
forward any claim for pccuniary in
demnity, but requires the relinquish-
ment Of all claims of sovereignty over
or title to the island Of Cuba as we'll as
the immediate evacuation by Spain Of
the island; the cession to the United
| States and immediate evacuation of
Porto Rico and other islands under
Spanish sovereignty in the West In
dies; and the like cesson Of an island
in the Ladrones.
"The United States will occupy and
hold the city, bay and harbor of Ma
nila, pending the conclusion of treaty
Of peace which shall determine the
control. disposition and government of
the Philippines.
"If these terms are accepted by Spain
in their entirety, it is stated that COM
missoners will be named by the United
part OF Spain for the purpose of con-
cluding q treaty of peace on the basis
above indicated"
President Mckinley believes that the
next forty-eight hours will determine
the question of peace or continued
war.
Reports which he has received have
shown the situation in Havana to be
such that Blanco cannot hold out much
longer and have convinced the Presi
dent that Spain will accept his terms.
There will be no haggling or bar
gaining as to the price OF peace. Pres
ident McKinley's note is an ultimatun
which Spain must accept or reject. It,
acceptance will result in the framing
Of treaty with the terms as a basis
which will at once be submi tied to the
Senate for ratification.
The committee to determine the fu
ture of the Philippines will not he re
quired to report prior to the ratifica
tion of the treaty, its decision to be in
corporated In q treaty which will ais,
be submitted to the Senate for ratif
cation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
MAY Be PEACE IN TWO Weeks
The Spanish Cabinet Meets to Talk
Over Americas Demands.
ALL DEPENDS ON HER ANSWER.
Madrid Dispatch Says 1t Il Generally BE-
lleved That tho Government Will Ac-
cept Our Terms Immediately After
OHiciai Consent Is Given Them.

PARIS, Aug. a.-It is announced this
afternoon in a dispatch from Madrid
TO the Temps that the Spanish cabinet
is to meet this afternoon and draw up
Spain's reply to the United States an
'wer to the peace proposals. The dis
patch adds that IL is believed the Span
ish government will accept the terms
Immediately after official assent is
given to them and that hostilities will
be suspended in the Antilles.
In conclusion the Madrid dispatch
says it is the general belief that peace
will be an accomplished fact before
August Is.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Americas an
Swer to Spain's request for peace
terms was not received i'm Madrid un-
til early yesterday morning. The
time required to- decipher it, the neces-
'ity for the Spanish cabinets consid-
,ration and for the framing an answer
give reason to believe that Spain's re-
oily will not be here before Tuesday.
The progress made in the negoti n
tions has given rise in some quarters
to an expectation that hos tilities arc
to be suspended very soon. This will
depend entirely upon the attitude of
The Spanish government and the ma
lure of its answer to our demands. 1t
has been made clear to the French
ambassador that hostilities will not be
suspended except upon the assurance
,f full acceptance of our conditions
md that he has undoubtedly informed
The Spanish cabinet that it depends
upon Spain when the war will cease
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
A PLOT TO BLOW UP MILES.
stories OF Mines and spaniards by n Cap
tain From San Juan.

tain From San Juan.
BosToS. Aug. 3.--Thc British schoon
er Bravo, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, ar
rived at Provincetown to-day from San
Juan, Porto Rico, having run the
blockade. Captain Emeno in an inter
view said: "The Americans will have
hord job taking San Juan, no matter
how they succeed in other parts of the
island. San Juan is strongly forti-
fed and on the land side IL is very
well defended. The soldiers, and /
them on the island, have been prepar-
ing for the coming of the Americans
They have erected strong defenses all
around the city, earthworks and rifle
pits, and have prepared a plot which
they fondly hope to put into execu-
tion should the Americans enter the
city.
"This plot Is no less than TO blow up
the intirc American army. For this
purpose tn ey have laid pipes filed
with powder underground, leading to
mines here and there, all beneath the
city. Should the defense fail, they in
tend to surrender, allow the American
troops to take possession, and when
they are well within and flushed with
victory, the whole system of mines will
be fired and the American army will
be wiped off the face of the earth.
Also these pipes lead to a mine three
miles outside of the city. The Spanish
will defer the blowing up of the city
until their own troops have marched
out to safe distance.
I'VE arrived at San Juan July q and
ran the blockade We did not know
that n blockade was intaincd there,
1t not having been put in force when
we left home. The Yosemite started
toward us at full speed. altered my
course to meet her. The steamer
turned to the westward and away. We
again kept away and the steamer
put about and headed after us once
more. Again we hauled by the vino
and again the steamer slswed down fol
n while ere starting away from us
This occurred three times, when finally
we being then between two fires, tn,
Spanish batteries and the cruiser, w,
kept full away for the port and, goins
close in, hoistcd signals asking: Is i
safe to enterp
AT once the Spaniard signaled m,
to enter, and we ran in. The channc
is blocked, the Spanish having sunk I
craft in the middle and placed obstruc
tions on both sides of the vessel. J
portion of the Instructions wer,
moved that we might have cgress, bu
were replaced ut once. We sailed
having on board nearly fifty Spanisl
persons, wealthy residents, who tool
passage with us, hoping to reach Spail
by way Of st. Thomas and escape tn
horrors of n siege"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
TRIALS OF WAR REPORTERS.
One Correspondent offered to Buy the
Kingston Cable to Hurry Ilis Message.

One Correspondent offered to Buy the
Kingston Cable to Hurry His Message.
LONDON, Aug. 2.-The London corrc-
spondent publishes the following from
is Kingston correspondent: For the
oast two days l have b, n trying to
decide whether slow dispatch boat
or defective and dilatory cable serv-
'ce is the better calculated to test the
oatience of a war correspondent. After
the bombardment of Santiago de Cuba
we raced across to Port Antonio, the
nearest point in Jamaica from which
dispatches could be cabled, and all the
way we bcmoaned our fate that the
Triton was not an Atlantic greyhound
or torpedo boat destroyer or some
other tacer Of that kind. We might
have spsred our regrets.
On arriving at Port Antonio we
learned that the torrents of the rainy
'eason had washed away the overland
Telegraph line To Kingston and that
dispatches must be taken by rail to
that point. So ut 6 in the morning we
started for Kingston, arriving there in
seven hours, the distance being eighty
miles. When I and half dozen
American correspondents entered the
cable Office we were informed that
there would be a delay of from forty
eight to sixty hours before our matter
could be handled. One New York
newspaper man offered to buy the
sable, but his offer was courteously
declined. War corresponding in Cuba
thas its faults,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
TRIED TO BUY OFF HOOLEY.
The Promoter Says an Earl offered Him
$4,000 to Suppress Some Testimony.

The Promoter Says an Earl offered Him
$4,000 to Suppress Some Testimony.
LONDON. Aug. o-Thc examination
of Ernest Terah Hooley, t.se bankrupt
company promoter, was resumed here
to-day. A number of lawyers were
present in behalf of the distinguished
clients who denied Mr.. Hooleys
tharges in connection with the pay
nent of large sums Of money for the
use of their names. or for introduc-
tions to people Of prominence.
Mr.. Hooley, upon examination, in
sisted, with, few exceptions, upon the
truth of the statements he had made.
tie said in regard to the Earl of Win
chelsea that the latter himself sug-
gested he ought to be given $50, 900 for
Joining the directorate OF the Cycle
Tube company.
The earl, Mr.. Hooley added, said he
,ould not take the money personally,
but that it might be given to his
brother, Mr.. Fitch Hatten. Continu-
ing, Mr.. Hooley said that Winchelsea
also received $4,000 for joining the
directorate of horseless carriage com
cany.
As to the Earl Of Albemarle, Mr..
Hoolcy said that his silly disclaimer
lid not need any explanation. MIR.
Hooley testified that Earl de Ia War;
offered him $4,000 to say that the
sl25. 600 paid him by Mr.. Hooley was a
gift made after the fiotation of the
company In which the earl figured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
TOASSUME AMERICAN CLAIMS.
The Administration to Pay for Damage
Done Our Citizens by Insurgsuta

The Administration to Pay for Damage
Done Onr Citizens by Insurgents
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-It is under.
stood TO be the present intention of tho
administration to assume liability for
all the indebted claims presented by
American citizens against Spain on ac-
count of injury to personal property in
Cuba. Some say this liability may
be imposed upon the government
of Cuba later, when that shall have
been established, and to include such
cases as can be directly charged up
against the insurgents where they
have destroyed the property Of Amer
lean citizens in the course of their
Mexican war the United States as
sumed all such claims in behalf Of
American citizens and established q
special tribunal for their payment.
The same course was pursued in 1918
in effecting a settlement of the Flor.
ida troubles with Spain, though the
decisions announced by the special tri-
bunal were source Of litigation and
negotiation down to the present time.
The amount of these claims against
Spain in behalf of American citizens
who suffered in Cuba was SIS, 200, 900
at the date of the destruction Of tho
Maine. 1t is estimated that this total
has been increased to $50, 500, 900 since
that time and no doubt is entertained
that there are many other claims OF
large amounts that have not yet been
presented. ofcourse it is not pos
sibie at this stage, to indicate what
proportion of the claims are justly
chargeable to the acts Of the Cuban
insurgents, and it Is known that in
many cases the claimants themselves
were unable to tell the source Of the
damage to their property, whether by
the Spanish troops or the insurgents,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
70 CALL AN EXTRA SESSION.
The President to Convene Both Houses
of Congress.

The President to Convene Both Houses
of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. 3.-Presidcnt Nc.
Kinley will call an extra session OF
both houses of Congress as soon "a
Spain accepts the terms of peace offer
ed by the United States.
1t has always been understood that
the Senate would be convened as soon
as the treaty of peace was ready to be-
acted upon by that body. The atten-
tion of the president has been called,
however, to a situation which makes
the assembling Of the entire Congress
necessary. This situation can be ex-
planned in few words.
Under the law which provides f>r
the raising of the volunteer army, II
army goes out of existence as soon as
the war ceases.
When this law was framed it was
not for a moment supposed that, after
the war had ended, there would be
any necessity for keeping the army in
tact. The developments of the war
make IL very evident that, instead Of
sending the army back to civil life.
fully 100000 men will continue to be
needed. 1t is the present intention to
distribute no less than $4,000 soldiers
throughout Cuba, with 10000 in the
Philippines and probably 10000 in
Porto Rico.
Under the law, as soon as hostilities
cease, the volunteer army is disbanded,
and the regular army goes back to it's
peace footing thus leaving only $1,000
men in the service. This is total far
too small for the work that will be re-
quired. Consequently, the aid of Con-
gress will be needed to frame new
laws which will keep an adequate
army for garrison purposes.
| In addition To this, laws must be
passed to meet the new requirements
of government in the Philippines and
| Porto Rico.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Sesr'y 500 Fully Equipped. In . Parade
st ChieksmaugA-

cp,cKAMAueA. July 3o.-At ? o'clock
,h.s afternoon the wagon train Of the
Third division of the First army corps
gas out on review on the Smith White
6eld. The scene was very pictur-
ssque one. The wagon train was three
lines deep. Each regiment had twenty
seven wagons, making 4s7 in all. To
.ach wagon were attached four mules
The wagons were packed with camp
equipments and, had call como for q
movement to tho front, could have
started o. Q seconds notice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
MILES CLEVER GAME.
san Juan Is to Worry About Losing the
Capital to Ponce.

NEw YORK, Aug. "A dispatch
from Ponce. sent by Richard Harding
Davis to the New York Herald under
date Of July 81, SAYS: The occupation
of this city was carried on with as
much thoroughness and as little fric-
tion rs though the United States had
made practice of picking up rich
islands for the last hundred years.
The army has been here four days
now and the custom house is already
open for business; the wrecked rail-
road has been put in order by General
Stone and the telegraph offices have
been opened.
Shutters have been taken down from
the windows of stores aud cafes. No
stranger entering the city would be-
licvc that three days ago the fright
ened inhabitants were locked inside
their homes and that business of all
kinds was paralyzed. Good order is
maintained in the city by the Pennsyl-
vania and Wisconsin volunteers, who
guard it with discretion and judg.
mcnt.
The establishing of a military gov.
crnment here has given the city sud
den value, which General Miles will &c
use as to make good impression upon
the citizens of San Juan. Fearing
that Ponce will be selected as the cap
ital of n more prosperous. people, they
will desire to conciliate the Americans
Their influence will thus be given in
favor Of throwing open San Juan to
| the invaders.
The captain of vessel engaged IN
the coasting trade asked permission
yesterday to clear for ncighborinl
Porto Rican ports and to dispose Of hi,
cargo. His request was granted. ii,
then raised a question for which there
was no answer in American history by
asking il he should fly the American
or the Spanish flag.
II he set the Spanish flag the wa
ships in the harbor would seize hi,
vessel as prize; II he flew the Amer
lean hag he could visit no other por
in the island except Guanica withou
being thrown into Jail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
NOT FORGIVEN IN DEATH.
Bismarck's Quarrel with the Kaiser
Brought up Again.

un"nrcks VuArroa VII" t"e Na'ser
Brought up Again.
FREIpRIcHsRUHE, Aug. 3.--The en-
afternoon and the funeral service
takes place in Bismarck's bedroom i'm
uediately.
The gates of the castle were thrown
open to-day for the first time since the
chsncellor's death to admit enormous
masses of flowers, some six to eight
feet square, which arrive by evrry
train.
BERLIN, Aug. 3.--Last night Prince
von Hohenlohe, the imperial chanccl-
lor, and Count Won Schoenborn ar.
rived Mt FREDERICKSBURG. In the pres
ence Of the chancellor the coffin was
closed. after which Prince Hohenlohe
left Friedrichsruhe.
The emperor has ordered that gor-
eeous funeral obsequies be held in Ber-
lin on the square ia front Of the Reich
stag building.
The famous German artist, Franz
Won Lonbach, was commissioned to
paint q portrait Of the dead statesman.
For time it seemed doubt
full whether Emperor William
would go to Friedrichs-
ruhe, owing TO the attitude of Prince
Herbert Bismarck, who not only has
not needed his majesty's desire to have
the chancellor buried in Berlin, bu,
seems to have refused Lord Lembach
permission TO paint q portrait of the
deceased, as the emperor desired.
Besides this, the coffin containing
the body Of Prince Bismarck has beer
closed somewhat hurriedly.
When the kaiser signified his inten
don of coming 10 Freidrichsrhue
Count Herbert said that the funera
would De private and without cere
mony, and that only the immediate
family would be present.
Added TO all this is Prince Bis
marck's final written instructions
signed by himself, expressing his de
sire to be buried In q selected spot II
the Sachsenwald. The instruction.
conclude: For an epitaph ! wisl
Prince Won bismarck, born April ]
1873. died - with the addition O
"A faithful, German servant Of Em
peror William r."
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
MILES, ARMY ADVANCING
Ills Troops Have Reached Coamo, sixtess
Miles From Ponce.

Miles From Ponce.
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies,
Aug. 2.--The American troops have
reached Coamo, about sixteen miles
northeast OF Ponce, on the road TO San
Juan. Thus far they have met with
no resistance.
PoNcE, Porto Rico, July 3i.-In spite
of the brave words Of the pronuncia-
mento of Captain General Macias,
Spanish power in Porto Rico is rapidly
crumbling. Mr.. =. C. Hanna, United
States consul at San Juan until war
was declared, gives the following text
of a dispatch received by him to-day
from a Spanish official in the northern
part of the island. Resistance is i'm
possible. The volunteers have refused
70 march, and we have no ammunition. Z"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
sautinro Get, . rran,Dort.

New York, Aug. al. nj. Ceballos,
the New York manager of the span.
ish transportation line, said yesterday
that the first Of the transports of the
line which has the contract for taking
tho surrendered Spanish troops at San
tisgo back to Spain, arrived yesterday
at Santiago. The work of embarking
1900 soldiers was Immediately begun.
The transport is the Alicante from
Martinique.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Day Ono Out OF Ten Claims Around
Dawson Pays Wages.

San FRAScIsco, July 5o.-F. Lewis
u Circle City, Alaska, who came down
in the steamer Portland, brings more
than s25, ZOO. He stated that only ono
out of every ten claims around Daw-
son Is paying wages. Those that pay
At all are paying big money. On El
Dorado creek, he says, there are about
three miles OF really rich ground, and
on Bonanza creek, every foot OF which
has been advertised as paying, there
are moro than twenty miles of abso.
iutcly worthless claims. -
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
THE DIXIE DEFlED Ell MORR0.

San Juan's Castle Bombarded by y shos
From . six-Poundsr.
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies,
Aug. 3.-The United States auxiliary
cruiser Dixie, left here Saturday morn
ing for Ponce. She secuted along tho
north coast Of Porto Rico, spoke tho
Prairie, Montgomery, Puritan, New
Orleans and four transports, over
hauled an English bark and, passing
In close to San Juan. fred q defiant
8-poundcr, striking the base Of III
Morro
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Tho Val. Returns From Porto Rico.

New YORK, Aug. 2.-The United
States cruiser Yale, Captain Wise, ar
lived here to-day from Guanica, Porto
Rico. The Yale carried General Miles
and staff and about 800 troops from
Cuba, and landed them
1t Porto Rico and then proceeded with
nut delay for this port.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
CAMP ALGER IS CONDEMNED,
rroeps win Bs Removed From the
Fever Infected SPOT.

WASHINGTON, Aug. a.-Surgeon Gen.
eral Sternberg, of the army, has recon-
mended TO Secretary Alger that the
troops now at Camp Alger, Va, near
this city, be removed at an early day
to some other location more healthful
than they now occupy The increas-
ing number OF cases of typhoid fever,
which disease has prevailed there for
some time, is the reason assign ed by
General sternberg in maxim g the rec.
ommen dation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Kaiser Th..h. Waited state.

WASHINGTON. Aug. a.-AmbassadoS
White to-day cabled the State depart
ment az follows: Berlin, Aug. a.--I
am requested to tender the thanks OF
the emperor and the German people to-
the president and people Of the United
States for the message of condolences
referring to the death Of Prince His
marck. WHITE"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Hawaii May Settle With Japan.

YoKoHAMA, Aug. at is reported
here that Hawaii has agreed to pay
Japan So00,000 in settlement Of the
dispute which arose out of the eSclu-
ion Of Japanese emigrants from the
Hawaiian islands.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-William II,
Marston, 6s years OF age, II broker,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat at his home in this city to- day.
lie was brother of Charles H. Mars
'on, who has been missing from home
,iuce last Tuesday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
New Riass for Porto Rico.

WAsHIRaroN, June 30. - Twenty
thousand Krag.Jorgensen rides have
reached Newport News for shipmen:
10 Porto Rico for the use OF the volun
seers who compose the nass OF the in
vading army.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
MERRITT ABOUT TO ATTACK.
riAas Of the American General for
Taking Manila Arc lYatured.

HoNe EoSs Aug. 3.--Letters re-
celyed here from Cavitc, dated July 20,
say General Merritt is completing his
preparations to attack Manila. and
that otherwise there is nothing doing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Another Treasure ship.

SEATTLE, Wash. Ang. 3.-Thc
steamer Discovery arrived yesterday
from Alaska with sixty Klondikers and
about s500, 900 In gold and drafts.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
Triple Murder and Suicide.

RossLyS, Wash, Aug. 3.-Andrew
Warge, an Austrian miner, shot his
wife and two small children and then
killed himself. WarRc was insane.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
POINTER FOR GOVERNOR.

Reform Forces Agree on the Man FroS
Boone County.
LINCOLN, NEB., August 3.-The fus-
ion forces of Nebraska early this morn
ing nominated Hon. w. \. Poyntet
of Boone county for governor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05

BERLIN, July s0.-Thc London cor
respondent Of the Cologne Gazette
says: II learn that the United Statei
recently requested Italy 20 abstain
from forcible measures to compe
Colombia's compliance with Mr.. Cleve
lands award in the Cerruti claim
promising American influence to insur
the payment,
Italy replied that her patience was
exhausted, and that she would abide
| by the ultimatum Of Admiral Cambi
AMI. The Washington government
thercupon applied unofficially TO Great
Britain, asking her to use her infiu
ence at Rome, too, in support of tn,
American request. England's reply Il
not vet divulged."