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NOT ACCEPTED.
Linares' Proposal lDeclined-The lombard
ment to Begin at Once.

Linares' Proposal Declined The lombard
ment to Begin at Once.
Washington, July s.-A cablegram
was received from General Shafter at
the war department tonight. which is
understood to make certain recommen-
dations as to the action on the Spanish
proposals for conditional capitulation.
Immediately after it's receipt Secretary
Alger, Secretary Long and Adjutant
General Corbin went to the white house
and had a conference with the president.
The conference broke up shortly after
midnight. Secretary Alger said there
had been no reports of firing nor of ac-
ton. But" he added, "there has been
some talk of surrender. proposition
has been made which will not be con-
sidered, and things, think, will go on
about as they were intended"
"Do you mean by that" he was asked.
that the bombardment will be made at
once?"
81 can't say definitely, but that is very
probable" he replied.
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the ship makes a landing in the vicinity
Of Santiago. Five stock cars. loaded
with horses for the army, are being
loaded on the Duchess at the shipyards.
IL Is believed the horses will be used by
General Miles and staff.
IL can be stated on the authority OF
Surgeon General Sternburg of the army
that the rumor concerning the conver-
sion of the Hygea and Chamberlain ho-
tells into government hospitals is abso-
lutely incorrect. There is nothing to
show that the condemnation of the ho-
tells has at any time been the subject
of official consideration. The buildings
were not inspected by General Stern
burg during his visit here.
Arrangements have been made. II Is
reliably stated, for the erection of a
hospital which will meet every require
ment OF the government. Both lumber
and canvas will be used in its con-
struction, and 1t is said it will be large
enough to accommodate all the sick and
wounded soldiers that may be sent to
Old Point
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BOMBARDMENT TO Be BEGUN At ONCE
Shaer Denies That Short
Everything Reported o Be n a Satisfactory
dition-Feeding the Destitute Refugees.

tremely difficult. as shown by General
Skaters reports, to supply the Amer
lean troops with what they need. and
OF course the difficulty will be in
creased enormously by this large addi-
tion of hungry mouths, and. moreover.
II is expected that when the news Of
the fall of Santiago sifts through the
country a large part of the destitute
population of the interior will make its
way to that town to secure food.
yellow fever also is to be taken into
consideration as a factor that may
eomplicate the situation.
Ex-senator Donald Cameron. who IL
now i'm London. has cabled to Secretary
Long Offering the government the free
use for hospital purposes of his mag
nificent estate on St Helen's island,
opposite Port Royal, S. c.
The secretary has acknowledged
your very patriotic Offer" and has no.
titled Mr.. Cameron that the propriety
of acceptance has been left to the sur
geon general of the navy. The report
ed appearance OF a Spanish privateer
off the Northwestern coast has afforded
an opportunity to the engineer officers
to Justify themselves for insisting upon
the maintenance of the mines which
now guard all our navigable harbors.
The navy department has now
learned that the st. Louis, with her
load OF Spanish prisoners, will not ar
rive at Portsmouth. n. H, until to-mor-
row. The Harvard. with the second in
stallment of prisoners. sailed yester-
daV
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FEEDING NON-COMBATANTS.
General shafter Has Full Power i'm the
Matter.

General Shafter Has Full Power in the
Matter.
Washington, July 9.-Lively interest
is taken by the war department officials
in the reports regarding the large
number of refugees VINO have fed in
panic from Santiago to avert the hor-
rors of war. Many of these people,
non-combatants. have looked to Gen
eral Shafter for assistance, which will
make a severe drain on the commissary
branch of the expedition. Especially is
this so of the great difficulty expert
enced by the general i'm getting his
supplies from the transports. If the
city of Santiago holds out for a long
time and Shafter has the non-combat-
ants on his hands to feed. the question
of their sustenance may become a SER
ious conundrum for the government.
General Shafter has authority to issue
orders to issue supplies to the hungry
and will doubtless do so to the greatest
extent within his power.
He has full discretion to act in the
matter and will do his utmost to re-
lieve any suffering that may exist. For
the time being he has all the stores
necessary for his command and enough
to deal out some supplies to the Gu
bans, as General Egah or the commits
sary department shipped a great guam
tity on the transports. In addition 10
those already there, the transport Vic
tor is about to leave New York with Il
great mass of all kinds of stores. to be
followed soon thereafter by the Mo-
hawk and the Mississippi with stores of
refrigerated beef and fresh vegeta bles.
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Can save the Vessels.

Washington, July 9-The navy de-
partment is having great difficulty in
communicating with Sampson by wire,
though 1t is not known whether this
arises from bad cable service or from
the distance at which Sampson is from
the cable station. The following dis
patch was received from him last night:
preliminary report from board or
dered to examine wrecks states that
wreckage appliances should be gotten
here Immediately. Think no doubt about
saving Vizcaya, Maria Teresa and CrIs-
tobal Colon. If haste be made. Colon
is much the most valuable. being in
perfect order. Would suggest most
perfect appliances be sent at once"
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
j. Ii. Hendricks Director for Montana of
| the National Educational Association.

Washington. July 9.-The feature of to-
days session of the National Educational
association was the election of officers
for the ensuing year. The ticket present.
ed by the committee on nominations was
elected by a unanimous vote. The fol-
lowing were chosen: President, h. Dram
Lyte, Milersville, Pa; secretary, Irwin
Shepard, Winona, Mimi: treasurer, l.. G.
Mcneil, West Superior. Wis; first vice
president, James NJ. Greenwood, Kansas
City,. Among the II other vice presidents
elected were r. S. Bingham, WASH
ington, l.. r. McElroy. oregon, and 5. n.
Hopkins, Oklahoma. Directors were elect
ed for the western division as follows:
Montana, j. B. Hendricks: Wyoming. Es-
telle Reel: Colorado, G. q. Greene: New
Mexico Mrs. Il. r. Jackson; Arizona. r..
S. Hafford: Oregon. J. II. Ackerman;
Washington, O. G. Whitney: Utah, ]. M.
Tanner; California, +. T.. Brown; Nevada.
J. +. Stubbs; Idaho, J. &, Black.
The two general meetings held this
morning were well attended. The features
at the Grand opera house were addresses
by Prof J. w. Redway of Mount Vernon,
n. Y, upon THE influence of topography
and climate on national development !"
and by Prof w. ]. MCGEE of Washington,
vice president of the National Geograph-
ical society on "Geosphere." General dis
cussion under these addresses followed.
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PRISONERS OF WAR.
The Enlisted Men VIII he Confined on
Sayeys Island.


Washington, July 9.-The Spanish
prisoners of war will reach Portsmouth
to-day. Captain Crowninshield of the
navigat ton bureau has just returned to
Washington, having prepared quarters
there for the enlisted men and nom
commissioned officers. Being given
carte blanche by the secretary of the
navy. this officer succeeded in having
erected in As hours eight buildings 100
feet long by is feet broad for the ac-
commodation of the prisoners. The
site is at Savey's island, in Portsmouth
harbor, where it will be easy to confine
them within bounds. Considering the
limited time allotted for the prepara-
tion for these men it has been well
taken care of.
The ST. Louis will land the enlisted
men at Portsmouth and they will be
conveyed across the harbor to Savey's
island. The Spanish officers will not be
landed at Portsmouth, but will remain
aboard the ST. Louis and be taken TO
Annapolis, where they should arrive
about the middle of next week. On the
St. Louis there are 40 Spanish officers
and 500 men.
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SITUATION UNCHANGED.
IL Is Generally Believed That Santiago
Will Surrender.
Copyright 1sas by Associated Press.

Copyright 1893 by Associated Press.
In front of Santiago, July S, 3 a. m. by
Associated Press dispatch boat Gym
thia, via Kingston. Jamaica, 9 a. m
There has been absolutely no change in
the situation at Santiago de Cuba dur
ing the past twenty-four hours. The
Spanish authorities are taking time TO
consider the proposition TO surrender.
and no answer will be made before
noon tomorrow. Cable operators, at
the request of the Spanish officials
have been allowed to enter Santiago,
and the matter OF the surrender OF that
city is now being considered with Mad
rid direct. The general feeling among
American officers is that surrender will
be made, not necessarily tomorrow
Saturday, but believe that date will
be the beginning OF final negotiations.
The Spanish authorities request that
all communications be made in Span
ish, as ''the officers who did the trans
lating are no longer with us"
IL has been proposed that a battalion
Of sharpshooters be formed from each
Continued on Page ThreeJ
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L|NARES IS TRYING TO SAVE HIS ARMY
Provided Permitted to
Retreat Across the Isand-The
Proposition Not Entertained a Moment

those OF the Iowa are twelve-inch. In
other respects their batteries are SINH
lar to the Iowa. They are commonly
regarded as better seagoing ships than
the Iowa.
The department has not decided to
increase the number of Watson's ships.
as has been reported. as it is felt that
the list announced yesterday is quite
ample to take care of Admiral CANA
ra's squadron, now returning hastily
to protect the coast of Spain. CANA
ra's only armored ships are the Pelayo
and Carlos W. the former of $500 and
the latter of 5000 tons. They are out
ranked in every point by the ships of
the American squadron in armor. arm
ament, speed, size and number of guns
and general effectiveness.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-10
OUR POSITION IMPROVED

General Shafter Has Lost Nothing by
the Armistice-Siege Guns Are Nearly
All in Position and the American Lines
Have Been Strengthened Throughout.
The Provisions of the Spaniards Great
ly Diminished and They Are Losing
Confldence-The Colon. Maria Teresa
and the vizcaya May Be Saved-The
Iowa May Not Be Sent With Watson.
Owing to the Damage She Sustained
in the Fight.
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Looking for the Privateer.

Vancouver. b. c., July 9.-Although
there is believed to be nothing in the
story that privateer has been fitted out
to attack boats bringing down Klondike
gold. IL has leaked out here that the mat
ter was brought TO the attention of the
British admiral by American Consul Dud-
ley a few days ago. Admiral Palliser at
once dispatched III. NJ S. Amphion north.
The Amphion is a second class cruiser.
The admiral has also ordered the sloop
Carus, carrying eight guns, to be on the
outlook for any suspicious craft.
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THEY WILL FIGHT TO-DAY.

Washington, July 9.-Unless the Span
fish forces at Santiago surrender to-
morrow 1t is expected that a battle will
from the city without yielding them
selves up, but nothing less than surren-
der will be accepted by General Shafter
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Bound for the Philippines.

Chicago. July 9.-Bound for the
Philippines. 1900 New Workers. COM
prising the 1st New York provisional
regiment. reached this city last night
on the Erie railway and were trans
ferred 10 the Northwestern road to
continue their journey to Join General
Merritt. The officers wore the regu-
lation uniforms but the men were at
tired In citizens dress
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Truce Expired Saturday.

New York, July "A Herald dis
patch from Havana says: The Ameri-
cans have again demanded the surren-
der of Santiago. fixing the terms of
truce until Saturday noon. General To-
raj has refused the proposition, saying
he is resolved TO defend the town until
he dies. General Blanco approves Of
the f1rmness of General Torars reso-
lution
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San Francisco. July s.-The Califor-
MIA Red Cross society has selected DR..
F. ]. Hart of Arizona as its surgeon
for the Philippines. He has served
five years in the army. Oswald
Schlott will be sent as steward. Al
together a corps OF eight nurses and
doctors will soon be supported at Ma
nila by the Red Cross society OF Calls
fornia.
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The Bennington Is Ready.

San Francisco, July 9.-The Benning-
ton has arrived from Mare Island and
anchored near the Rush. Admiral MIL
ler will transfer his flag to the Ben
nington in a few days. She will sail
for the Hawaiian islands probably next
Tuesday to carry the ofticial news Of
the annexation of Hawaii.
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Troops on Board.

Norfolk, Va, July 9.-The steamer La
Grand Duchess, which was chartered by
the government as a transport, received
her first troops when the 9th company,
signal corps. and a company of the en-
gineer corps marched on board at the
Newport News shipyard. The men We're
assigned to permanent quarters until
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Additional Paymasters.

Washington, July 9.-Paymaster Stanton
OF the army has referred to Secretary of
War Alger the appointment of 25 addi-
tional paymasters for the volunteer army
of the service. There are now on the rolls
20 paymasters in the volunteer and - in
the regular army, but this number is In
adequate for the work in hand.
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Arrived at Santiago.

Washington, July 9.-The war de-
partment is a9Xised that Randolph $
six batteries of artillery, District of
Columbia regiment, and a regiment of
Illinois infantry. which left Tampa
several days ago, have reached San
tiago.
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on for Santiago.

Charleston. S. c.. July 9.-The two trans.
ports carried the 9Th Massachusetts, infan-
try and one battalion of the 9Th Illinois.
The expedition is commanded by Brga-
dier General Garetson. Four thousand
men remain I'm Charleston.
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detail a sufficient force or trained en-
ployes of the postal service to accom-
pany II and organize a military mail
service at any camp.
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SAILED FOR CARTHAGENA.

Port Said, July AT p. m. to-day
the Spanish warships, colliers and
troop ships sailed for Carthagena.
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Continued on Page Threel
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-08-11
RUSSIA AND CHINA AT ONE.
Report That the Gar Would Factli-
tate the Expectation of Celes-
tial PrOducts.

The intimacy of China and Russia has
most profound causes, says the Chau-
tauquan. The Chinese have very dis
tinct feeling of their interests. Be
tween Russia and Chinese interests
there is no opposition; there is simili-
tude. England. the United States, Ger
many and France have only one object:
To make of China an immense market
for the product of their industry, to ian
pose upon It, by force, if need be, their
merchandise. On the contrary. Russia
and Japan seek to facilitate the eX-
portation in Europe of Chinese prods
ucts. Russia, with its railroads, will
be the middleman between producing
China and consuming Europe. The
Russian provinces produce nothing
which China furnishes; they have
every advantage i'll being put in contact
with the innumerable population of the
Celestial empire.
The immense current of exchanges
which will be established between
China and Russia by the new railway
will carry life and prosperity into the
Siberian steppes. In exploiting China
the Russians will with the same stroke
throw Siberia open to improvements;
they will rapidly make it one of the
greatest centers of agricultural produc-
ton In the world. In the economic de-
velopment Of China, Russia has moth
ing to lose and everything to gain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-08-11
WHIRLED THE VARNISH AWAY
Hardened Lacquer Runs Like Liquid
from g. Rapidly Revolving
Dynamo Disk.

A curious observation was made in
the shops Ct an electric establishment
in Berlin the other day. For the r"r-
pose OF making certain experiments
disk covered with varnish and lacquer
was mounted upon the axle of rapid
ly-rotating dynamo, and it was noticed
that when the number of rotations was
increased to several thousand per min
ute the lacquer covering on the outer
surface would crackle and break OF,
says the Philadelphia Record.
On the sides the varnish, which had
been quite solid, began to flow toward
the outer edge and in about an hour
every vestige of it had entirely disap-
peared. 1t is doubtless the centrifu-
gal power which caused that unusual
flow Of solid lacquer. There is still an
other fact to be mentioned III this con-
nection. The shaft upon which the disc
was mounted remained quite normal
until the number of about $500 revoIu-
tions was reached; from then on the
shaft began to pound and TO waver, be-
came more quiet after thousand more
revolutions, but started again to beat
and pound when 1000 revolutions were
registered. Curiously enough the
pounding was almost entirely stopped
when a slight pressure was brought to
bear upon one end of the shaft.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-08-11
BLIND PEOPLE IN SPAIN.
The Number Is Very Large and There
Is No Effort to Re-
duce II.

The large proportion of blind people
in Spain has attracted attention since
the beginning of the present century
The subject is again brought up by an
article by Privy Councillor Hirschberg
in the German Medical Weekly giving
the results of his recent observation
in Spain, where he attended the hy-
gienic congress. He says the streets
of Madrid swarm with blind beggars;
the further south he went the more
blind he met. The proportion in Spain
as given in the census of 1860 is II to
10000, against eight to nine in Ger
many, France and England; but that
figure is considered undoubtedly false
by continental authorities. More re-
cont figures give 14.S. The chief causes
of blindness in Spain are infiamma-
ton of the eyes of infants, granula-
tion and smallpox. The widespread
fatalistic attitude of the sick, the lack
of governmental oversight and the
small attention paid to disease of the
eye operate to increase the number
Of the blind in Spain. There is not
single public eye hospital In Spain, ac-
cording to DR.. Rirschberg: only wards
In general hospitals and private insti-
tutions. instruction In diseases of the
eye is neglected in the medical schools,
though there is hope that the new med
zeal faculty in Barcelona. which has
oeen organized within two years. may
work an Improvement in ophthalmol-
ogy in Spain.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-08-11
THE MEXICAN HOUSEHOLD.
1t Is Arranged and Conducted on an
Economical and Orderly
Plan.

The arrangement of furniture Is
much more formal than in the United
States. 1t is very common sight TO
see a splendidly-fur parlor with
a row of straight backed chairs all
alike with their backs against the wall
and as close together as they can be
placed clear around the room, says
the Modern Mexican.
Heavy single doors, such as are used
in the United States, are practically
unknown in Mexican houses either at
entrances or between interior rooms.
All doors open in the middle AID are
fastened with bolts at top and bot
tom Exterior doors are always fitted
with glass panels, for they also servo
as windows. All such doors opening on
the street or open courts are fitted
with solid shutters that are folded at
the sides out of sight when not In
use.
4 good Mexican cook relieves the
mistress of The house of worry and re-
sponsibility in mannec that is al
most unknown in the United States.
The cook is given so much a day, and
with this amount she will purchase
each morning all the provisions for
the day, including even the staples
that are Usually bought n large guam
titles in other countries. On dollar
a day a cook will provide very good
table for family of three or four.
and get enough beans and tortillas and
chile tC set the servants table besides.
They can really do better than their
mistresses, because they can usually
drive sharper bargains with the mar
ketmen of their own class, and they
have more patience to haggle over the
last peDnV
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-08-11
NUMBERING QUEENS ENGLISH
A Queer Old Southern Chm and
One of His Remarkable
Speeches.

Over in Jeffersonville is a quaint old
character, Capt. Bill Taylor, whois noteG
FOR his many peculiar sayings and his
frequent assault and battery on the
queens English. Capt. Taylor, says the
Louisville Post, has a collection of big
words and he just drops them into his
conversation here and there without re
gard for their fitness or correctness.
Some years ago, it is said, he gave it out
among his friends that he was going to
have dance at his house and he wanted
everybody to attend. But il rained on
that night and there were very few
present. Even the musicians did not
put in an appearance. But Bill was
equal to the emergency and, mounting
the kitchen table, he said in loud,
hoarse voice:
Friends, we will have to CORES pond
this dance until some more supersti-
tious occasion. when the inclemency of
the weather will not be so severe and
the music will be more deranged. BY
that time will build a condition to my
house and everything will be more
imitistical."
Capt. Taylor is the man who killed
bad John Tucker, the Point evangelist
and ex-convict. Only q few months ago
he was acquitted of the charge in the
Jeffersonville circuit court. He claimed
the ghost of Tucker haunted him until
he hunted up medium and apologized
to the spirit of the dead man. Since
then he had had rest from the persecu-
tions Of the ghost.
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WORSHIP OF THE SHAKERS.
In Stately Manner They March Into
Church by Tyvos to the Sing
Ing OF Their Hymns.

Sabbath worship is usually conduct
ed at the public church, where visitors
from the world are free to attend.
writes Madeline S. Bridges, of the
Shakers of Mt. Lebanon, \. Y, in
Ladies' Home Journal. Four sisters
and four brethren stand in the center
of the room and form a double quar-
tette. The Shaker dance, so miscalled,
is in reality more or less stately march,
in which all the members join-the
brethren in a procession, two by two,
followed by the sisterhood in like or
der. They move in step 10 the hymns
they are singing, either slowly or
quickly, as the measure of the time de-
mands. The ritual is of the sim
plest. Testimony of faith feryently
uttered by those who feel impelled TO
speak, a few earnest words of ex-
hertati from the elders, the march
and the singing Of hymns.
Something curious in regard TO these
Shaker hymns is the fact that they are
claimed to be largely inspirational-
the music and words come together las
gifts" and frequently to those who are
not musical. For instance, very often
tap will sound on the door of mu
steal sister, and an unmusical sister
will enter with the announcement
SISTER, a song has just come TO me
Can you take the words and note 1t fol
me?"